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UEI II: Concerts in Murcia and Madrid, January 21 and 23, 2015

 

Último Esfuerzo Industrial II was premiered at the MEM festival

at November 7, 2014.  It was shown there  until November 29 at the

MEM Exhibition Hall, Harrobi Plaza 4, Bilbao, Spain 

More about the MEM Festival

January 2015 UEI II was performed in two live concerts, together with Matteo Marangoni:

-Wednesday January 21st, 2015, at 9 PM: Centro Puertas de Castilla, Murcia

-Friday January 23rd, 2015, at 8 PM: CentroCentro, Madrid

programme:

Bosch & Simons: Último Esfuerzo Rural II

Matteo Marangoni: Echo Moire and Lampyridae (in collaboration with Dieter Vandoren)

links:

Puertas de Castilla, Murcia

CentroCentro, Madrid

 

Pictures from concert with Último Esfuerzo Industrial II, MEM festival, November 7, 2014 and in Murcia and Madrid, January 2015.

 

Sound recordings:

At the concerts in Bilbao the sound was being amplified only with the four bass amps while in Murcia and Madrid the sounds were sent to a mixer from the line outputs of the amps and then distributed with a bigger sound system with more spacial and dynamic control. The first 2:30 of this recording comes from Murcia, while the following 10 minutes is an excerpt from  Madrid. The concerts lasted 30 minutes.

Excerpt from concerts in Murcia and Madrid, 21st and 23rd of  January, 2015. Press at the left side of the bar for play/pause
Recording of private concert, MEM Exhibition Hall, Bilbao, November 8, 2014. Press at the left side of the bar for play/pause

Último Esfuerzo Industrial II (2014)

Último Esfuerzo Industrial II,  Chelva, October 2014

Último Esfuerzo Industrial II, Chelva, October 2014

 

Último Esfuerzo Industrial II consists of four electric motors, four frequency controllers, four contact microphones and four bass guitar amps that amplify the signals captured by the mics. The motors are mounted on ancient moulds for the production of cast iron from Puerto de Sagunto, an industrial town north of Valencia, founded at the beginning of the 20th century. These wooden moulds are not just pedestals they also function as sound chamber for the microphones. Together with the old second-hand motors with reduction gear and cogwheels they evoke the aesthetics and dreams of the futurist movement of an age ago. At that time, sound design and control were very limited, but now contemporary laptop performers enjoy almost infinite sonic possibilities. Último Esfuerzo Industrial II builds a bridge between these two eras with simple and direct means. The contact microphones do not only capture mechanical noise, but also the electromagnetic interferences caused by the pulse width modulation that is used for the speed control of the motors. The motors are being used as variable pulse width oscillators that produce a more dynamic and complex sound spectrum than the oscillators normally used in analogue electronic music. Their frequencies are being controlled with a computer when shown as autonomous installation and manually with analogue control units in concerts. At the MEM festival in Bilbao, November 2014, the work was exhibited during three weeks. At the opening concert only the four bass amps were used for amplification. In January 2015 two concerts were given in Murcia and Madrid. Here the sounds were sent to a mixer from the line outputs of the amps and then distributed with a large sound system with more spatial and dynamic control: an intense and immersive experience lasting 30 minutes. In future performances the work may be expanded to 5 or 6 motors.

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Special thanks to FCV Patrimonio Industrial Puerto de Sagunto for providing us with cast iron moulds from their collection.

 https://fcvsagunto.wordpress.com/

DVD – Visionaries 21 : The Music Machines by Bosch & Simons, 1989-2012

 

DVD Bosch & Simons 1989-2012

April 2013 Contemporary Arts Media, Melbourne released a unique compilation of works conceived and created by us in the period between 1989 – 2012.

It comprises two discs:

DVD 1
1. Interview at Ars Electronica, Linz, 1998
2. Was der Wind zum Klingen bringt, Multimediale2, ZKM, Karlsruhe, 1991
3. Electric Swaying Orchestra, TARt ´91, University of Twente, Enschede, 1991
4. Trajectversterker, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, 1993 / Vooruitgang, Argument,Tilburg, 1994
5. Krachtgever, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1995
6. A Castle for Kobe I and IV, studio, Chelva, 1996, Universidad Politécnica, Valencia, 1999
7. Cantan un Huevo, Metrònom, Barcelona, 2001-02
8. Último Esfuerzo Rural II, Stenersen Museum, Oslo, 2004 / Metrònom, Barcelona, 2005
9. Springtime in a Small Town, KLANKENBOS, Neerpelt, 2006
10. Último Esfuerzo Rural I, Re:New, Huset i Magstraede, Copenhagen, 2008

DVD 2
1. Retrospective Bosch & Simons, Espace Pommier, La Tour du Pin, 2009
2. Aguas Vivas, 2003-2009
3. Bang Spring Time, Forja Arte Contemporáneo, Valencia, 2009
4. Chutes Libres du Printemps, Gare de St Sauveur, Lille, 2010
5 Bang Spring Time, Transitio, Fonoteca Nacional, Mexico-City, 2011
6 Mirlitones, Kunst Werkt, Dordtyart, Dordrecht, 2012
7. Wilberforces, Winter Sparks, FACT, Liverpool, 2012

DVD, NTSC/PAL
Year 1989-2012
Length 82:40 mins.
ISBN: 978-1-922007-53-7

Prices for institutions in Australia A$ 187-220, UK and rest of the world  £ 75.00-125.00

Prices for private use only: A$ 40 / € 32,50 / £ 27,50

See http://www.artfilms.com.au/Detail.aspx?ItemID=5009 

TRAILER

Mirlitones at ICMC / Totally Huge New Music Festival, Perth, Australia, 2013

 

During 14-18 August, 2013 Mirlitones was shown as part of the ICMC 2013 and the Totally Huge New Music Festival at the Kidogo Art Institute, Fremantle, Australia. For the occasion we made a new computer program based on data taken from seven planets. The length of the pipes is related to the diameter of these planets and the elapse in time of the dynamics for each pipe is deduced from day and night cycles. Each pipe is treated differently  resulting in a slow, hypnotizing, ever changing sound mix. A new phase in the development of the work.

Another, practical novelty is that the pipes were bought in Australia while all other essential materials were brought in the plane as personal luggage. A formula that can be performed worldwide with little transport costs.

August 17 bass clarinet player Krista Martynes improvised together with the installation after a short introduction on the work by Peter Bosch.

 

Sound recordings: (play/pause at the left part of the bars)

The 1st track is a recording from the centre of the space when working as an autonomous installation, the 2nd is an excerpt of a recording made by Johannes S. Sistermanns of the live improvisation.

      Mirlitones at Kidogo Art Institute, Fremantle, Australia, 14-18 August 2013

Links:

http://thnmf2013.tura.com.au/shows/mirlitones/

http://icmc2013.com.au/

http://www.kidogo.com.au/

http://www.lontanomusic.com/review-of-notable-works-from-icmc-2013/   (Mirlitones at the bottom)

http://www.dordtyart.nl/

http://www.kristamartynes.com/

http://www.sistermanns.eu/

Mirlitones was commissioned by DordtYart, Dordrecht, Netherlands for the exhibition Kunst Werkt, April-September 2012.

Special thanks to Günter Geiger for his assistance in the development of the software.

financially supported by Performing Arts Fund, the Netherlands

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Artist Residency in Chelva

House with studio space in Chelva: Azoque 1

300 meters away from us, we renovated an ancient house. Chelva is an authentic Spanish village, 70 km from Valencia, surrounded by olive trees. Nearby is a Roman aqueduct, deep gorges, etc. The house has three floors: On the ground floor are the living room, kitchen, bathroom and a terrace of 20 m2. On the first floor there are three bedrooms and in the attic there are two rooms that can be used as a studio. Rent: € 380 per month, for larger groups around 440 €. Per week 110-140 €. Wifi internet included.

 

Anyone interested is invited to apply from April 2021 and further.

For more information send a message to boschsimons@gmail.com

 

Wilberforces at “Winter Sparks”, FACT, Liverpool, 2012

Wilberforces at Winter Sparks, FACT, Liverpool
From Dec 13, 2012 until  February 24, 2013

Opening times:
Weekdays and Sunday: 12pm – 6pm
Saturday:                        11am – 6pm

Participants:
Edwin van der Heide Evolving Spark Network
Alexandre Burton      Impacts
Bosch & Simons         Wilberforces
Daksha Patel              Diffusion

FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology)

88 Wood Street
Liverpool,  L1 4DQ
+44(0)151 707 4464

Wilberforces is a new work within our long series of vibratory projects. The title refers directly to a phenomenon from science, the Wilberforce Pendulum. This pendulum is nothing more than a hung metal spring with below it a central weight plus eccentric weights for calibration. The secret of the system lies in conceiving a calibration in such a way that the resonant frequencies of vertical movement and rotation of a spring are so near to each other that once set in motion its movement can change gradually from vertical motion into rotation and vice-versa without adding energy from an external source. It is an example of a coupled mechanical oscillator, often used as a demonstration in physics education.

In Wilberforces three long springs are used for generating video and audio data. The springs have a length of around six meters, a size normally not found in physics laboratories and resulting in spectacular large and slow movements. Each spring is hung from above and attached to a pneumatic actuator that sporadically adds energy to the system. Below one of the springs hangs a video camera and microphone, below the other two hang tiny loudspeakers. Signals from the moving camera, mike and speakers provide the basic material for the sound and images produced by the work, obviously influenced by everything occurring in and around the FACT Atrium. The irregular motion of the springs can be tracked and experienced through a real time projection of further processed sound and image within a purpose-built dark space at the rear of the building.

Read more at http://www.fact.co.uk/projects/winter-sparks/bosch-simons-wilberforces/

and in the article for “espacios sonoros”, UAM, Madrid, 2015

This first version of Wilberforces has been produced by FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology). The preliminary research for the project was made possible with a grant of Fundación Arte y Derecho/VEGAP, Madrid.

Acknowledgements: Günter Geiger (software development) and Peter Van der Hoogt  (scientific research)

Mirlitones and Krachtgever at “Kunst Werkt”, Dordtyart, 2012

A big version of Mirlitones was commissioned by DordtYart, Dordrecht and shown in their space at the exhibition “Kunst Werkt” during April-September 2012 together with Krachtgever (1994-98). More info at www.dordtyart.nl

Mirlitones (2012)

Mirlitones was commissioned by DordtYart, Dordrecht, Netherlands. The title refers to a primitive instrument that has appeared in a multitude of forms in various parts of the world. All these instruments exist of a hollow form with a membrane mounted that can be brought into vibration by blowing or singing. The best-known member of the family is the kazoo used until present times in pop music.

The point of departure for the work was the spectacular noise produced by children with minuscule plastic mirlitons in the cavalcade of the Funeral of the Sardine, the final act of the biggest fiesta in the Spanish town Murcia.

In 2004 we built giant lions roars for Último Esfuerzo Rural where we created a new context for age-old instruments. Also the Mirlitones are much bigger than their predecessors and produce a world of sounds little known in musical practice. The installation exists of suspended vertical pipes, one to three meters long, equipped with a vibrating membrane at the upper side. The air used to bring the membranes into vibration comes from a compressor and a web of tubes and taps controlled by a computer. Small fluctuations in the air pressure cause subtle changes in the sound, composed of many ultra-low frequencies, harmonics and phenomena like beats and combination tones that arise from simultaneously sounding pipes. Because all the pipes share the air from the same limited source they also influence each other resulting in a fragile and complex sonorous system, unpredictable up to the smallest detail.

Mirlitones at the festival Nits d´Aielo i Arts, 2012

Mirlitones (2012)

Mirlitones was commissioned by DordtYart, Dordrecht, Netherlands. The title refers to a primitive instrument that has appeared in a multitude of forms in various parts of the world. All these instruments exist of a hollow form with a membrane mounted that can be brought into vibration by blowing or singing. The best-known member of the family is the kazoo used until present times in pop music.

mirlitones-2012.mp3

The point of departure for the work was the spectacular noise produced by children with minuscule plastic mirlitons in the cavalcade of the Funeral of the Sardine, the final act of the biggest fiesta in the Spanish town Murcia.
In 2004 we built giant lions roars for Último Esfuerzo Rural where we created a new context for age-old instruments. Also the Mirlitones are much bigger than their predecessors and produce a world of sounds little known in musical practice. The installation exists of suspended vertical pipes, one to three meters long, equipped with a vibrating membrane at the upper side. The air used to bring the membranes into vibration comes from a compressor and a web of tubes and taps controlled by a computer. Small fluctuations in the air pressure cause subtle changes in the sound, composed of many ultra-low frequencies, harmonics and phenomena like beats and combination tones that arise from simultaneously sounding pipes. Because all the pipes share the air from the same limited source they also influence each other resulting in a fragile and complex sonorous system, unpredictable up to the smallest detail.

Nits d´Aielo i Art, 2012, Último Esfuerzo Industrial I

Último Esfuerzo Industrial was premiered at the festival Nits d´Aielo i Art , Valencia, 14-03-2012. More info about the festival at

http://www.sportingclubrussafa.com/index.php?…

Último Esfuerzo Industrial (2012)

Our work Último Esfuerzo Rural (“Last Rural Effort”) was premiered in Valencia at the Ensems festival of contemporary music in May 2004. It is composed of two complementary installations. Together these produce a poetical ode dedicated to rural life and its people with an independent and creative state of mind that is disappearing in our globalised world. At the time we combined three periods in the project: The rural, industrial and computerized eras. Now, eight years later, it is about time to dedicate a work to the mechanical and analogue era, before nobody remembers how real things work and interact.

Último Esfuerzo Industrial-2012.mp3

Último Esfuerzo Industrial is a simple and effective work. It consists of three electric motors, three frequency controllers, three contact microphones and three bass guitar amps that amplify the signals captured by the mikes. The motor speeds may be controlled with a computer or manually with analogue control units.

Its sound is extremely dynamic with frequencies parting from humming basses and pleasant mids up to acrid trebles.

Bang Spring Time in Mexico, 2011


Bang Spring Time, festival Transitio_MX_04,
Mexico City, October 1-9, 2011.

Bang Spring Time was shown for the first time in a new, outdoors set-up in the garden of the Fonoteca Nacional, Coyoacán, Mexico City.
More info about the festival at http://transitiomx.net

 


 

 

Chutes Libres de Printemps, Lille, 2010

A production of Le 8 renversé, Lille, France.

Choreography: Carla Foris

Mise-en-scene: Bosch & Simons

Dance: Charles-Edouard Danghin

Maude Vergnaud

Live music: Nicolas Mahieux, Peter Bosch

Light Design: Gordo

Chutes Libres de Printemps is a project by Le 8 renversé and Bosch & Simons, an adventure around the relationship between man and machine, experienced by two dancers, a double bass player and the music machine Bang Spring Time.

It was premiered at Gare de Saint Sauveur, Lille, December 2010.

Sponsored by:

la Commune d’Hellemmes,

Département du Pas-de-Calais,

la Région Nord/Pas de Calais,

Ville de Lille, SPEDIDAM (all France)

Instituto Valenciano de la Música (Spain),

Performing Arts Fund (Netherlands).

Le 8 renversé is funded by the Département du Nord (France).

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