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New Emergences presents: Spelltown 1
October 10 @ 20:00 – 22:30
Improvisation / Electronic music
w/ Mehrnaz Khorrami, Dominique Chabot, Jasna Veličković, Dan Gibson, Anne Wellmer, and Semay Wu
GROND Bijdorpstraat 1, 1096AP, Amsterdam
20:00 (doors: 19:30)
Tickets: €10 recommended, sliding scale
New Emergences and GROND come together and host an Improvisation – Electronic Music evening.
Spelltown is NE’s new concert series, a gathering for experimentation and improvisation. Its first edition is a collaboration between GROND & NE members: together we invited newer and older friends and join each other on stage. The participating artists are Mehrnaz Khorrami, Dominique Chabot, Jasna Veličković (GROND), Dan Gibson (NE), Anne Wellmer (NE), and Semay Wu (NE).
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Mehrnaz Khorrami is an electro-acoustic composer and violin player based in The Hague, the Netherlands. She studied Sonology at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague and has a background in classical music. Mehrnaz’s artistic practice is centered in designing sound installations, audiovisual performances, and live electro-acoustic improvisation. Her compositions integrate diverse sounds, including custom-made acoustic instruments, urban spaces, and synthesized sound generated and manipulated through creative coding.
Dominique Chabot is a versatile double bass player, based in Amsterdam. She is active in classical, contemporary and improvised music. She performs regularly with ensembles and orchestras in the Netherlands and abroad. The projects she enjoys most are the ones that collaborate with other disciplines.
Jasna Veličković is a Belgrade-born composer and performer based in Amsterdam. Her artistic output has been developed through an interaction between a life-long fascination with the sound, an enduring interest in an intricate encounter between music and technology, and an inclination toward experimentation.
New Emergences is a platform for advocating diversity within digital media culture, electronic & contemporary music, and sound art. The NE Foundation is based in the Netherlands and consists of a group of composers, improvisers, performers, and researchers working in the field electronic music. It is part of an engaged music and art community that acts on the notion of grassroots activism that desires the honest, the curious, and the provocative.
Performing New Emergences members
Semay Wu – Composer, Media artist, Cellist & Performer
Anne Wellmer – Composer, Performer, Media artist
Dan Gibson – Composer, Sound artist, Instrument builder & Designer