Saturdays
October 4, 11, 18 & 25
2 - 8 pm
Esther Venrooy
Vessel
field recordings drifting on sound waves a multi-channel sound installation
Vessel is a spatial composition consisting of field recordings of cargo ships, drifting on sound waves. The piece will be presented at Diapason as a site-specific multi-channel sound installation.
Esther Venrooy
(1974, Rosmalen, The Netherlands) is a composer and sound artist working
in the field of electronic music.
After completing studies in classical saxophone, Venrooy attended the
European Dance Development Center (Arnhem) as a composer in residence,
where she began employing electronic and digital techniques in pieces
aimed at choreography and stage performance. Gradually her music evolved
into an independent means of expression and she continued her work with
electronica at the IPEM (Institute for Psycho-acoustics and Electronic
Music) in Ghent, Belgium where she still resides. At this time she started
utilizing film editing paradigms as a foundation for her personal composition
methods.
Her works range from purely electronic composed music to improvised combinations
of electronica with traditional instrumentation such as piano, flute and
satsuma-biwa. She has created site-specific works as well as multimedia
performances and installations. Much of her music has been released on
CD or vinyl and has received good critical acclaim.
Esther Venrooy has performed her music extensively for audiences in cities
such as Antwerp, Amsterdam, Brussels, Berlin, Madrid, Hamburg, Cologne
Washington DC and The Hague. Upcoming concert destinations include New
York, Dusseldorf, Berlin and Rotterdam.
Apart from her artistic activities, Venrooy is a lecturer on 20th century
music and experimental arts at the Ghent school of fine arts, where she
also runs the audio workshop. Together with her husband she runs Odradek
- an organization that curates events, releases and concerts dedicated
to sound art and innovative or experimental music. Venrooy also presides
the board of (k-raa-k)3 organization.
