We invited the Lemuriformes to do a residency and presentation at worm. Allthough their starting point did not sound very rock n roll to our ears (Improvisation through oscillation) it turned into a very interesting project with a great live event at the end. It was about noise & electronics, improv strategies & interdisciplinary interactions.
Some background;
Lemuriformes is an improvisation project of Julie Dassaud (FR), Eliad Wagner (IL), Roel van Doorn (NL) and Laurens van der Wee (NL). It is a ‘mixed media’ project in which audio-visual live coding, painting and electronic Eclectica are used. The week of June 18 to June 23 they were guests in WORM and worked on a new piece that was presented live last sunday (june 24h).
Their starting point;
Musical movement has its origins in feedback. We are talking about ‘feedback’ between systems (human systems, disciplines, digital, analog systems, etc.), tools, video, contact microphone on Julie’s pens.
At all levels oscillations (oscillations / vibrations)
cause new actions that resonate in the connections between the parts and people who compose the system. The result is an aesthetic and challenging mix of disciplines and techniques.Here’s the interview Lukas did with Eliat before the concert, about the way Lemuriformes worked;
Here’s one of the pieces; (musicians invisible, Julie doing live drawings)
Here are some photo’s from the project.
Supporting act; Idan Karucci with his project; Brain Waves.
