Aural Spaces 2024 - The Concertgebouw
4DSOUND is collaborating again with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and FIBER Festival for the second edition of Aural Spaces.
Information and tickets here
From 12 to 15 December, we will welcome an exciting lineup of international artists, all converging in Amsterdam to perform on a bespoke 4DSOUND system. The setup will feature forty-one omnidirectional speakers placed throughout the historical Recital Hall, blending tradition and cutting-edge technology. The lighting design for this edition will be provided by Dutch artist Nick Verstand.
In 2024, Aural Spaces presents an intensive programme including world premieres of spatial performances, immersive listening sessions, sonic meditations, workshops, and a masterclass.
World Premieres
Aural Spaces will showcase a range of live spatial performances. Acclaimed electronic producer Loraine James will debut a newly commissioned piece, blending her signature glitchy, dreamy, UK-infused sound with the 4DSOUND system. Danish cellist CTM will also premiere a spatial composition, filling the Recital Hall with rich melodies and improvisation.
Additional live performances include percussionist Dominique Vleeshouwers (DOMINIQ), the Alma Quartet playing Beethoven, and Marijn Cinjee featuring soprano Julia Sinclair with a spatial rendition of Hildegard van Bingen. Each artist will present their unique interpretation of spatial sound through the 4DSOUND system.
Listening Sessions
In addition to the live performances, the listening sessions of Aural Spaces invite the audience to experience spatial listening in a deeply embodied way. The programme will feature carefully selected pieces from the rich 4DSOUND archive, such as James Allister Sprang's blend of poetry, experimental jazz, and orchestral music "Rest Within the Wake". The full listening sessions programme will be introduced soon.
Listening sessions ‘Low Stimuli’ and ‘Seeing With Your Ears’ are part of a programme tailored for audiences with disabilities. These sessions will offer an inclusive approach to spatial sound, by exploring different ways of engaging with sensory experiences.
Educational Programme
Workshop: Space As a Collective Instrument
Hosted by sound artists Mint Park and Robin Koek, ‘Space as a Collective Instrument’ will take a collective and interdisciplinary approach to composition, by approaching the topic of listening and sonic design through the lens of spatial sound. Participants will work as a group to gather sounds and create spatial experiments on a 4DSOUND system.
Workshop: Interactive Session: Bring Your Own Sounds
This workshop invites the audience to engage in listening and composition practices as a way to explore spatial sound. In anticipation of Aural Spaces, participants will collect sounds from their surroundings which will be transformed into a variety of listening experiences and moments of discussion during a session that will include an introduction to spatial sound as an artistic medium, and an artist talk with Mint Park and Robin Koek.
Masterclass: Play the Space as an Instrument
Combining creative and technical perspectives, 4DSOUND co-founder Poul Holleman and artist James Allister Sprang will lead ‘Play the Space as an Instrument’. This masterclass presents a technical part that demonstrates the latest features and possibilities of the 4DS system, discussing its underlying concepts and principles. From a creator's perspective, James Allister Sprang will discuss his own multidisciplinary approach to spatial sound as a creative discipline.
Aural Spaces is an initiative of Concert Vrienden and Entrée in collaboration with 4DSOUND and FIBER Festival.
Credits
Light design: Nick Verstand
Photos: Aural Spaces 2022 by Veerle Bastiaansen and Sabine van Nistelrooij.
Artists: Alma Quartet, CTM (Cæcilie Trier Musik, DOMNIQ (Dominique Vleeshouwers), James Allister Sprang, Julia Sinclair, Loraine James, Marijn Cinjee, Mint Park, Poul Holleman, Robin Koek
Information and tickets here
From 12 to 15 December, we will welcome an exciting lineup of international artists, all converging in Amsterdam to perform on a bespoke 4DSOUND system. The setup will feature forty-one omnidirectional speakers placed throughout the historical Recital Hall, blending tradition and cutting-edge technology. The lighting design for this edition will be provided by Dutch artist Nick Verstand.
In 2024, Aural Spaces presents an intensive programme including world premieres of spatial performances, immersive listening sessions, sonic meditations, workshops, and a masterclass.
World Premieres
Aural Spaces will showcase a range of live spatial performances. Acclaimed electronic producer Loraine James will debut a newly commissioned piece, blending her signature glitchy, dreamy, UK-infused sound with the 4DSOUND system. Danish cellist CTM will also premiere a spatial composition, filling the Recital Hall with rich melodies and improvisation.
Additional live performances include percussionist Dominique Vleeshouwers (DOMINIQ), the Alma Quartet playing Beethoven, and Marijn Cinjee featuring soprano Julia Sinclair with a spatial rendition of Hildegard van Bingen. Each artist will present their unique interpretation of spatial sound through the 4DSOUND system.
Listening Sessions
In addition to the live performances, the listening sessions of Aural Spaces invite the audience to experience spatial listening in a deeply embodied way. The programme will feature carefully selected pieces from the rich 4DSOUND archive, such as James Allister Sprang's blend of poetry, experimental jazz, and orchestral music "Rest Within the Wake". The full listening sessions programme will be introduced soon.
Listening sessions ‘Low Stimuli’ and ‘Seeing With Your Ears’ are part of a programme tailored for audiences with disabilities. These sessions will offer an inclusive approach to spatial sound, by exploring different ways of engaging with sensory experiences.
Educational Programme
Workshop: Space As a Collective Instrument
Hosted by sound artists Mint Park and Robin Koek, ‘Space as a Collective Instrument’ will take a collective and interdisciplinary approach to composition, by approaching the topic of listening and sonic design through the lens of spatial sound. Participants will work as a group to gather sounds and create spatial experiments on a 4DSOUND system.
Workshop: Interactive Session: Bring Your Own Sounds
This workshop invites the audience to engage in listening and composition practices as a way to explore spatial sound. In anticipation of Aural Spaces, participants will collect sounds from their surroundings which will be transformed into a variety of listening experiences and moments of discussion during a session that will include an introduction to spatial sound as an artistic medium, and an artist talk with Mint Park and Robin Koek.
Masterclass: Play the Space as an Instrument
Combining creative and technical perspectives, 4DSOUND co-founder Poul Holleman and artist James Allister Sprang will lead ‘Play the Space as an Instrument’. This masterclass presents a technical part that demonstrates the latest features and possibilities of the 4DS system, discussing its underlying concepts and principles. From a creator's perspective, James Allister Sprang will discuss his own multidisciplinary approach to spatial sound as a creative discipline.
Aural Spaces is an initiative of Concert Vrienden and Entrée in collaboration with 4DSOUND and FIBER Festival.
Credits
Light design: Nick Verstand
Photos: Aural Spaces 2022 by Veerle Bastiaansen and Sabine van Nistelrooij.
Artists: Alma Quartet, CTM (Cæcilie Trier Musik, DOMNIQ (Dominique Vleeshouwers), James Allister Sprang, Julia Sinclair, Loraine James, Marijn Cinjee, Mint Park, Poul Holleman, Robin Koek