Bart van Rosmalen reflects on the improvisations performed during the Lab21 of March 16th.
Working group Art in Conversation – Meeting musically in LAB 21
Art in Conversation is not only about talking. Guest artists, searching for context, finding new ways to connect with society, are invited to give an insight in their art and way of working.
Masterstudy participants bring their instruments and together we'll improvise and bring art in the conversation.
Art in Conversation is not only about talking. Guest artists, searching for context, finding new ways to connect with society, are invited to give an insight in their art and way of working.
Masterstudy participants bring their instruments and together we'll improvise and bring art in the conversation.
on March 23, 2009
on March 22, 2009Flash | QuickTime
on March 16, 2009Flash
After the first improvisation session, an inventarisation of it by each of the players leads to 4 different interpretations of the session, and thus, 4 different research questions, to be explored further by new improvisations, conversation and reflection.
on March 12, 2009Flash | QuickTime
On monday the 9th of februari I was a guest at a LAB21 session in the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. With the goal of documenting the improvisational and reflective process , I was videoblogging during the sessions and conversations, interfering with my questions and curiosity.
In this first post, Bart van Rosmalen explains […]
on March 9, 2009First post expected on monday March 9th
on March 2, 2009
During 9, 10 and 11 februari 2009 a group of musicians named “Cooperating Creative Musicians” stayed in the desolate location Radio Kootwijk, experimenting for 3 full days with new forms of performance and audience interaction.
The progress of the experiments was recorded on video and documented live on a blog-website. Musicians were asked to describe their […]
on February 27, 2009
Beginning:
The concept of beginnings and ends can be related to the physical properties of a ball bouncing. To start something requires a certain energy, or impulse- in musical terms, intention- and the nature of this impulse determines not only the beginning, but also the the course it will take, and when it will […]
on February 2, 2009
Reflection is necessary, especially in areas so intangable as improvisation, in
remember elements which work well, which can be expanded on, and habits for which other solutions should be found. It helps to answer questions such as, What is the ethos? What makes it work? What is it about? Or how do you judge an improvisation?
Reflection […]
on January 27, 2009
How do musicians learn? Do we learn something every time we play? What do we learn?
These questions, although often characteristically thought to be quite intrinsic in studying music, more often than not, highlight the difference between a good musician and a better one.
on January 26, 2009On januari 12th flutist, improviser and composer Anne la Berge worked for two hours with masterstudents improvising by experimenting with, as I interpreted, interhuman and ‘interinstrumental’ contact.
Lector and teacher Bart van Rosmalen provided Anne and participating students with guidelines written on cards to reflect on this evening’s experience and challenged them to relate their reflection […]