Salon of Touch

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Aviva Endean: A Face Like Yours

“A Face Like Yours” invites the audience to take part in a sonic exploration of their own face; the experience “amplified” by inserting foam earplugs into their ears. Following the visual instructions from the performer on screen, the audience are led through a series of actions to create a soundscape that only they can hear. The piece leads the player through a series of thuds, flickers, hums, squishes, tingles, powerful bass tones and miniature sounds, as they explore the varied textures and sonic landscapes of their own head. “A Face Like Yours” uses the medium of silent film to create a visual score, requiring the active participation and imagination of its viewers to sound the work. – Aviva Endean

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Kuba Krzewiński: Contre No. 1

contre (Fr.) – against, versus
Piece about points and lines, points of contact and counterpoints, positions and oppositions. – Kuba Krzewiński

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Wojtek Blecharz: blacksnowfalls

The piece is dedicated to Brian Archinal.

Everything has been written
You have no more words
Nothing is going to change and you know that
And you have so much to offer, but it won’t be taken
You feel like a fragile, fluctuating center.
So fucking hopeless, your favorite word,
Hopeless, helpless, forceless
Perfect sunny day, high skies, deep blue
“California state of mind”, hummingbirds,
Palm trees, the laziness of a quiet, hot afternoon
Everything looks so sharp in that sun, no shadow
The smell of eucalyptus, birds are chirping
You, in your room, by the table, the fan is working
Light breeze, teapot, work, routine, another hour.
And at a certain moment... it comes, it returns, you feel it again
Overwhelming.
You know you can’t do much; you just have to hold on and wait.
That moment returns and takes you.
Perfect sunny day, palm trees, humming birds, you at your table.
You look at the window and you see black snow falling from
the deep blue sky. – Wojtek Blecharz

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Jeppe Ernst: Offertorium: Behandling B

“Offertorium: Behandling B” is music for physical touch and is to be performed by two male performers. The piece is composed for the torso and the two male performers should therefore be naked from the waist up. The two performers are sitting on two chairs facing each other. When the hands are not in motion they should be resting on the thighs with clenced fists. The piece is the second in a cycle consisting of four pieces with the overall title “Offertorium”. Since the musicians won’t have the score in front of them during the performance, the piece is to be memorized. – Jeppe Ernst

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Kuba Krzewiński: Listen with your skin

Let your ears rest. Refocus your hearing to a palm, a fingertip, the back of your hand. Listen directly. From up close. Hear a surface, feel a texture, sense vibrations through your bones. Touch. – Kuba Krzewiński