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Eraeran + Radithor + Testura + Alvin Lucier’s In Memoriam Jon Higging
Eraeran + Radithor + Testura + In Memoriam Jon Higging de Alvin Lucier
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April 28, Wednesday
6:00pm Lantegia 1 15€ / 12€ with Az Card 9€ / 7€ with Az Card (under 14 and over 65) Tickets: Az Info and azkunazentroa.eus
Use your Bono Bilbao and/or Kultura Bizkaia Aurrera vouchers to buy your tickets at Az Info
HOTSETAN IS AZKUNA ZENTROA’S EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC AND SOUND ART PROGRAMME, AIMED AT PRESENTING THE SOUND WORK OF LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS AND FOSTERING MEETINGS BETWEEN CREATORS.
Eraeran Radithor
The Azkuna Zentroa’s experimental music and sound art programme, Hotsetan, continues on 28 April with Eraeran, Radithor, Testura and In Memoriam Jon Higging by Alvin Lucier, all proposals that explore using drones and sounds sustained over long periods of time. Eraeran (Miguel A. García) is back with a series of electro-acoustic pieces in which he investigates collective sound creation, working with scores in various stages of freedom ranging from pure improvisation to performance. Radithor is the pseudonym of Yeray Portillo, co-founder along with WLDV of the electronic music label, Eclectic Reactions; co-founder of the Distopia Club group/promoter; and manager, along Antton Iturbe, of fanzine Uhin. As a DJ and producer he has played at many venues and festivals such as Mugako Festibala, Vocoder Club, Femur Club, Club Le Larraskito, Fever, Dabadaba, Jimmy Jazz, Zarata Fest and MEM, among others. His work runs the gamut from experimental music to industrial music, IDM, techno, ambient or drone, and his live sessions are characterised by creating hypnotic and kinematic atmospheres through a combination of different tools. In 2021 he will publish his second work in physical format titled A Tierra. Next up is the Ander Mújika’s group, Testura. Following the break-up of Napoka Iria, Mujika worked on several projects before eventually retrieving the drafts he had kept in a drawer and getting to work drawing something that would be very much his own. Recovering the sketches drawn between 2017 and 2019, he cleaned them up and arranged them into a series of sound pieces and songs. In Memoriam Jon Higging by Alvin Lucier, performed by a local artist, is a composition for clarinet and sine wave. The sine wave passes slowly through the clarinet’s entire frequency range so slowly that the glissando is hardly noticeable. Meanwhile, the clarinet plays long tones, producing audible hits between the two sounds. Alvin Lucier (1931, USA) is a composer and sound artist, and one of the most influential figures in experimental music of the last half century. His work focuses on the exploration of sound as a physical phenomenon.
Testura. Photo: Nora Alberdi
AND ALSO…
In collaboration with the eszenAZ programme, the Azkuna Zentroa performing arts season, and as part of the programme to support creation, the Centre will be hosting a series of initiatives to support live art research, creation and production. The aim is to support our cultural fabric and promote the production of artistic works, bringing them closer to different audiences, either through the works themselves or the creative processes.
Contemporary dance residence
Open call through 4 April
In collaboration with the Dansateliers dance creation and exhibition centre in Rotterdam (Netherlands), this residency for dance professionals will take part in two stages, the first at Azkuna Zentroa and the second in Rotterdam, at Dansateliers. At the same time, a choreographer associated with Dansateliers will enter into a dialogue with the person selected from Azkuna Zentroa.
Associated artists and researchers
This is a creation and research support programme for artists whose work focuses on inspiring visions of contemporary language. During their two-year stay with us, the invited artists will share their processes with other artists and researchers, promoting their expansion and connecting them with other artistic networks. Laida Lertxundi, Aimar Arriola and Isabel de Naverán are the associated artists and researchers for 2021.
Babestu, extraordinary support programme for contemporary creation
This programme in support of creation is aimed at local artists and cultural agents whose processes and research have been affected by the Covid-19 crisis. Selected artists: Sahatsa Jauregi, Camilla Téllez, Raquel Meyers & Borja Crespo, Josune Urrutia, Elena Aitzkoa, Iker Vázquez, Maider Aldasoro, Miriam Isasi, Irati Inoriza and Karlos Martinez B.
Lanean, program to support artistic processes
Through this programme, creators are offered the materials and spaces needed to develop projects linked to the Centre’s programming and lines of action. In 2021, the creators are Artoteka, Horman Poster and Societat Doctor Alonso.
