dunk! x VIERNULVIER 2023
Today we proudly announce that we'll be teaming up with
Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER to bring you 3 exclusive performances by
Maria W Horn,
SLUMBERLAND + Sainkho Namtchylak &
Use Knife at
#dunkfestival2023!!
Developed at VIERNULVIER Arts Centre these special mixed-media performances are a unique opportunity to explore diverse soundscapes enriched by surreal, enchanting, and explosive audiovisual compositions! One for each day, go see these special live shows on 18, 19 and 20 May!
𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐀 𝐖. 𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐍 - MAY 18th
Maria W Horn is a composer hailing from the north of Sweden. She is interested in the manipulation of time and space through sonic extremes – oscillating between minimalist structures and piercing power electronics utilising both digital and analog synthesis as well as acoustic instruments and audiovisual components. At dunk!festival she presents ‘𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒆’, a piece composed for female vocal quartet and electronics. The name and thematic focus of the piece is inspired by the eponymous Latin poem describing the last judgement, the time when the souls of men are summoned for a final divine judgement and the unsaved are cast into eternal flames.
The piece is divided in two vocal parts, performed by 4 vocalists of
KASK & CONSERVATORIUM School of Arts Gent followed by an improvisation for tuned glass, voice and electronics.
𝐒𝐋𝐔𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭. 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐇𝐎 𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐘𝐋𝐀𝐊 - MAY 19th
Slumberland embraces the experiment. The band led by Belgian sound artist Jochem Baelus deploys an arsenal of home-made mechanical instruments, unleashing a hypnotic krautrock sound with echoes of distorted exotica. After creating his signature battery of sewing machines and projectors, Baelus immersed himself into the world of 65-year-old Siberian voice-artist Sainkho Namtchylak. Namtchylak grew up in Tuva, an autonomous Russian republic north of Mongolia. Known as a rebel pur sang, she became the first female overtone artist and started combining these traditional chants with influences from avant-garde music and working with artists such as Evan Parker and Tinariwen.
At dunk!festival, Namtchylak’s Russian beat-poetry is now accompanied by Baelus’ minimal yet vigorous compositions. Together, they released the album ‘Lightkeeper’ (2022). Their audiovisual live show was developed at VIERNULVIER in 2021.
𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐈𝐅𝐄 - MAY 20th
If you missed out on Use Knife’s audiovisual live show at VIERNULVIER’s ‘VIDEODROOM’-festival last October, here’s a second chance: Stef Heeren, Kwinten Mordijck (Kiss The Anus Of A Black Cat) and Saif Al-Qaissy (Babylon Trio) perform their groovy Arabic percussion and urgent vocals of debut album 'The Shedding of Skin' (2022) live at dunk!festival. The album, also the very first VIERNULVIER Records release, is brimming with driving electronic beats, sequenced melodies and lively Arabic drum rhythms. Youniss Ahamad provides the live visuals and scenography. The live show is a co-production of VIERNULVIER Arts Centre, Wilde Westen, STUK, AB, Trix and De Grote Post.
Don't miss out on these super special shows!! If you haven't yet, grab you festival pass at the link in bio or on
Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER's website!!
