Wednesday at Stichting Centrum: The elektro acoustic improvisation ensemble RecPlay....The RecPlay collective is an constantly renewing live improvisation and mechanica improvisation group of ArtScience students. It has been initiated in late 2001 on the Royal Academy of Visual Arts in The Hague, by Robert Pravda and Stefan Brys, both graduated from the Image And Sound department.
Everyday objects object were used to construct electro-acoustic instruments. Initially, the sessions were recorded with couple of condenser microphones straight onto DAT-tape. The first big opportunity to perform in front of audience, was the ID11 festival in Rotterdam 2002.
W.E.I.M. (as the group was called at the time) was the part of the “sound” day. They brought their own constructing material that consisted out of iron pipes from which they later build a 2x2 meter cube. The performance was very well accepted by the audience.
The line-up of the group has changed constantly over the years. Although there are core-members that are still active nowadays. By time, the process of making sounds has changed and developed in many ways. From a Duchamp ready-made metallic instruments, all the way to the latest models of Apple laptop computers. Nevertheless, the spirit behind the creative process, has remained truly experimental in its constant quest for ambient landscapes and harsh sonic battlefields.
text by Ferenc Teglas
Besides Recplay we'll have tonight again performances of Wen Chin, Lars Kynde, Rachida Ziani and Dewi de Vree.
Installations by Simon van Kray, Ejderkan A.Tastekin, Ehsan Farjdaniya, Bram Esser, Mirko Lazovic and Partick de Leede
are displayed untill 02. April
Stichting Centrum
Open at 17hrs
Performances: 19hrs
RecPlay: 21hrs
Entrance free
Hope to see you all there!
