LOOKING FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL DETAIL

Some pics from last’ summers visit to Moscow to perform JA!! July 29th 2010 with Luis Lara Malvacías and Manuel Perez Torres at the Tsekh Festival. The smog and heat were unbearable, it got even worse after we left. How can the Russians stand this?

In Russia they seem to put Dill in everything. The first time you think “great, dill!, what a great thing to put in my salad!”, the second time you think “yes, dill”, after the third time it becomes too much. This Siberian mushroom tomato soup was great however, comes with a mushroom shaped bread as cover.

I just returned from Barcelona, to perform Concau II with Roser Lopez Espinosa at the courtyard of the amazing La Pedrera

The next day I went walking to enjoy the view from the hilltop at Tibidabo, where a giant Jesus is the neighbour (but not part) of an amusement park.

I spend the evening hitting the tapas bars in Gracia, using the excellent “Bicing” service. Now this may be normal in some cities, but we do not have it in Amsterdam (although it was kind of invented here) and I love it. For a few monthly euros you get to use these red bikes, that you can unlock electronically with a Bicing card, anywhere anytime.

And I always make sure to visit the Boqueria (or one of the other fantastic markets), to understand the Catalans (or the Spanish for that matter) is to indulge in food.

Tientos y Lucientes: premiere 11-01-2010
Kunst-Station Sankt Peter / Cologne, Germany

das mollsche gesetz
Udo Moll: trumpet, Electronics, composition, concept
Matthias Muche: trombone
Sebastian Gramss: double bass
& Guests
Léon Berben: harpsichord
Ivo Bol: live-sampling & electronics
Luis Negron: live video manipulation

Music by Juan Bautista Cabanilles, Antonio de Cabezon & Udo Moll
Videowork inpsired by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes

Yang Ah Ham

Lecture at the Seoul Institute of the Arts

My Korean drum Teacher Seon-Ja Seo

The Red Chamber, a installation and performance inspired by Cao Xueqin’s classic epic, was performed March 12 and 13 2010 at the Dutch Culture Centre in Shanghai as part of the Shanghai World Expo

The Dream of the Red Chamber is one of China’s most famous novels. Set in the 18th century, it describes the decline of the Jia family. With over 400 characters, several plotlines and themes, the novel has led to a multitude of visions about its “meaning”. To some it is foremost a tragic love-story that traces the relationship of Baoyu (the heir of the Jia family) with two female cousins: the melancholy Daiyu (Baoyu’s ill-fated love) and the more vivacious Baochai (his eventual wife).

In The Red Chamber the audience visits a contemporary Red Chamber, an installation where sound and visual images interpret the novel’s key notions illusion – reality, harmony – conflict, prosperity – decline, masculinity – femininity – against the backdrop of today’s society in China.

Artistic team
Concept / Artistic direction: Ibrahim Quraishi & Ivo Bol
Sound Design: Ivo Bol with Yin Yi
Film & Performance Direction: Ibrahim Quraishi with Zhang Xian
Dramaturge: Gabriel Smeets
Sound Engineer: Norscq
Stage design: Johannes Weckl & Ibrahim Quraishi
Produced by: CultureXpress / Constance Vos & Dineke Koerts

Performers: Coco, Guo Lifeng, Li Linxi, Li Zhen
Chinese Production Team: Thomaz Zihunt Chow, Lin Yiyun

Some things are just really off putting in China. Like having to do a last minute shoot of the piece that is not even finished for the censor.

exit Balkenende

Our new prime minister? (who was not always that radical), I cannot see the damn Youtube myself right now).

In Shanghai for The Red Chamber

Tientos y Lucientes: premiere 11-01-2010
Kunst-Station Sankt Peter / Cologne

Udo Moll: trumpet, Electronics, composition, concept
Matthias Muche: trombone
Sebastian Gramss: double bass
Léon Berben: harpsichord
Ivo Bol: live-sampling & electronics
Luis Negron: live video manipulation

Music by Juan Bautista Cabanilles, Antonio de Cabezon & Udo Moll
Videowork inpsired by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes

Hankil Ryu