/ Maritime Frictions (2023)
Description:
This listening excursion was a commision based project and was part of the Maritime Frictions event organised by FieldARTS and Sonic Acts. The excursion here encouraged listeners through poetic prompts to approach and encounter a closer intimacy to the natural surroundings of Ruigoord. Paying close attention to the positions in which the participants stand inbetween the contrasting environments of nature and non-nature.
“Sonic Acts joined FieldARTS for Maritime Frictions – a special event with a fieldwork presentation from Harpo ’t Hart and Frank Bloem (Embassy of the North Sea), a listening walk with Lance Laoyan, talks by Fred Carter and Charmaine Chua, a performance lecture by Jacob Bolton and Miriam Matthiessen (Liquid Time), a screening of Michaela Büsse’s ‘Building with Nature’ (2022), a sound performance from Velma Spell and a DJ set by Nessim. Drawing together artistic and critical practices, the gathering presented a grounded and brackish encounter with logistical infrastructure, ongoing environmental injustice and dispossession.”
Format:
Soundwalk
Duration:
35 mins
Performed:
Location: Ruigoord, Netherlands - May 2023
Big thanks to:
SonicActs
FieldARTS
Photography by:
Pieter Kers
This listening excursion was a commision based project and was part of the Maritime Frictions event organised by FieldARTS and Sonic Acts. The excursion here encouraged listeners through poetic prompts to approach and encounter a closer intimacy to the natural surroundings of Ruigoord. Paying close attention to the positions in which the participants stand inbetween the contrasting environments of nature and non-nature.
“Sonic Acts joined FieldARTS for Maritime Frictions – a special event with a fieldwork presentation from Harpo ’t Hart and Frank Bloem (Embassy of the North Sea), a listening walk with Lance Laoyan, talks by Fred Carter and Charmaine Chua, a performance lecture by Jacob Bolton and Miriam Matthiessen (Liquid Time), a screening of Michaela Büsse’s ‘Building with Nature’ (2022), a sound performance from Velma Spell and a DJ set by Nessim. Drawing together artistic and critical practices, the gathering presented a grounded and brackish encounter with logistical infrastructure, ongoing environmental injustice and dispossession.”
Format:
Soundwalk
Duration:
35 mins
Performed:
Location: Ruigoord, Netherlands - May 2023
Big thanks to:
SonicActs
FieldARTS
Photography by:
Pieter Kers
