http://lab21.artistry21.nl LAB21 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:50:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bart van Rosmalen reflects on the improvisations performed during the Lab21 of March 16th. Reflection by James Laura talks about the session. http://lab21.artistry21.nl/2009/03/23/reflections-on-an-improvisation/ http://lab21.artistry21.nl/2009/03/22/improvisation-with-a-dancer/ 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. http://lab21.artistry21.nl/2009/03/16/4-questions/ 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 ... http://lab21.artistry21.nl/2009/03/12/blogging-a-lab21-session/ First post expected on monday March 9th http://lab21.artistry21.nl/2009/03/09/live/ 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 ... http://lab21.artistry21.nl/2009/03/02/radio-kootwijk-videoblogging/ 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 ... http://lab21.artistry21.nl/2009/02/27/beginings-and-backgroundforeground/ 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 ... http://lab21.artistry21.nl/2009/02/02/reflection-as-intention/ 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. The realisation came to me when I was ... http://lab21.artistry21.nl/2009/01/27/learning-to-learn-a-reflection/ On 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 ... http://lab21.artistry21.nl/2009/01/26/connecting-instruments/