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strummminggg in charleworlddd!!!

Charlemagne Palestine

music
performance
26.03.2017
CENTRALE for contemporary art

During his studies, Charlemagne Palestine discovered the Bösendorfer Imperial: a piano with 97 keys that ranges across eight complete octaves. With his background with carillons and synthesizers in mind, he developed the strumming technique. The lightning fast alternation of individual notes grows into an overwhelming soundscape. His instrument looks like a sculpted altar made of cuddly toys that he rescued from thrift shops (or, according to him, orphanages). He elevates them to divine creatures or shamanistic totems that are always close by. This performance is the final piece in the exhibition BXL UNIVERSEL.

• The American composer, filmmaker, performer, painter, and installation artist Charlemagne Palestine studied and taught at CalArts (California). His reputation on international avant-gardist stages soon grew, and he later relocated to Brussels.

by and with Charlemagne Palestine

Caad Hoogendoorn
Part of
Performatik17
LANGUAGE : English
BELGIAN PREMIERE
EXPO

BXL UNIVERSEL geeft een subjectief en onthutsend portret van de Belgische en Europese hoofdstad, om in een adem door de tiende verjaardag van de CENTRALE te vieren. De expo is een feestelijk verhaal waarin tegenstellingen elkaar ontmoeten, gevoeligheden botsen, en ernst en humor de dialoog aangaan. Vanaf 19:00 gratis toegankelijk met uw ticket van de voorstelling.
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Kaaitheater De centrale