K.L.E.I.N.E. Performance at 4.30 pm
The ‘Kleine Catalogus van de Collectie van S.M.A.K’ ('My Little Companion to the S.M.A.K. Collection' is a catalogue in Dutch for youngsters and adults) will be on sale in the museum bookshop from 3 March 2020. Selected by pupils from the De Buurt primary school, amongst others, the book contains the artworks they feel are the most special, interesting, sensitive, confusing, beautiful and inspiring of all, and so much more besides. To shine a spotlight on the publication, the children are organising a K.L.E.I.N.E. Performance on Thursday with five happenings and four installations at 4.30 pm.
CITADELIC JAZZ at 8 pm
LA VALLEE DE L'ETRANGE - THE DOUBLE BASS IN THE AGE OF AUTOMATION (FR-DE) - Pascal Niggenkemper (double bass)
Pascal Niggenkemper's new solo work 'la vallée de l'étrange' reflects on the shift that occurs in the work environment due to automatisation, exploring the interaction between human and machine by using an augmented double bass he calls cobonore (word construct btw cobot and & sonore). The instrument becomes a revisited device zoned into eight areas where motors are used.
Described by the New York City Jazz Records as "one of the most adventurous bassists on the scene" and by the Chicago Reader "genius for sound exploration" Franco-German bassist and composer Pascal Niggenkemper creates music bluring the lines between improvised, experimental and pure sound. The focus of his musical work is the extension of the sonic horizon of the double bass: the acoustic sound modification using preparations.
