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Tectonics
is a research project focused on synchronizing the human body with the earth. Step into an experience of vibration and sound that will unveil the latest insights in this ongoing exploration. New Maker Ciro Monoarfa Goudsmit uses sounddesign, physical frequencies and rhythm to explore tectonic plates, where landslides and volcanic eruptions are understood as responses of planet earth to exhaustion.
A response to the enduring extraction, for example due to gas extraction or oil drilling. What mythologies emerge from this response? And how can humans learn to deepen their listening to the underlying rhythm?
Ciro Monoarfa Goudsmit, is an artist with a fascination for vibrations. Their background in club and street styles forms the starting point, followed by an exploration of the impact of sound on the body as a choreographic aid. Central to the work is the discovery of a personal rhythm, increasing the body’s sensitivity to drum patterns and physical vibrations.
Tectonics part of a larger research trajectory in which Ciro focuses on synthesis and sound design as choreographic tools, in relation to Dutch and Indonesian myths embedded in the earth, alongside a long-term investigation into the healing properties of frequency.
Earlier explorations of this theme took shape in works such as Sonic Portals, which imagines an alternative future through DIY instruments, including a very large spring. Tung! delves into polyrhythms, the healing aspects of low frequencies, and line dance/poco poco/electric slide. Both works attempt to translate rhythm and culture into a landscape choreography that questions the Western theatrical frame.
Edited by: Sharona Lautoe
Met dank aan:
- Theater Utrecht
- Bijlmer Park Theater
- Theater Rotterdam
- Amsterdamse Fonds vd Kunsten
Pictures by Lowiephotography
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Tung..
Tung... is an exploration of the sensorial, emotional and physical response in relation to frequencies; a live performance in which various constellations of dancers come together, each bringing their own rhythms.
Inspired by the philosophies of Augustus Pablo, who stretches cultural connecting from the West Indies through West Africa, East Africa and on to the islands of the Indonesian archipelago, as the dancers unite in a dance called Poco Poco / The Electric Slide. This is performance for ambi-, intro- and extroverts that come together in a dance that makes your organs vibrate.
My reasoning:
Through my study, I started questioning what dance is inside the institutions we move in. When dancing in Indonesia (Java and Sulawesi) I started to recognize the difference between western dance and traditional dance(in an Indonesian context)—and questioned how I move inside of this as a mixed kid. I started to see mixedness as a style. Looking at the rhythms, instruments, the relation between tonalities, drum patterns, and ways we use our body in movement. For me, it is a healing practice to see that there was so much beautiful exchange between places before the exploitation of the West. I realized that so many rhythms are living in our body, the ability to adapt and learn from others, and how I have been doing that for so long. Therefore I want to work with you to celebrate those rhythms.
Advisors: Joy Mariama Smith and Rachwill Breidel and La Uyi Ihasee
Musicians of Makassar: Andi Sukrant ElRumy, Arif Daeng Rate, John Salmard, Muhammad Ruslan, Vandy Rahmarta Sunguik
Researchers: Amisha Kumra, Marilou Fortuné, Nayo Sauter, René Bizimana, Kairo Fumilayo Edward, Ana Longo Nsame, Aez Pinay
Previous researchers: Sasu Korom, Uhr'lice Rosaria, Mia Malencia, Mahamboro, Otniel Tasman
Previously hosted by: Colorblock, Lorong Galeri, Rumata, and Siku
Speakers by: @additaudio and @no.club
Pictures by Lila Rodrigues
Documentation by creative beyond house
Sonic Portals, A subwoofer Oddesey
In Sonic Portals, its creator – Ciro Goudsmit – combines his research on low-frequency oscillators, with (afro) futuristic thinking: A possibility to curve “reality” and create alternative ones, where colonialization didn’t happen.
With a group of intergalactic beings, they create a landscape of sound where you can feel your whole body shake. Using movement research, subwoofers, bass shakers, vocoders, and DYI instruments as elements to open different portals hidden in between the waves. Not in the need for another utopia but in the need for different options.
The performance created by Ciro Goudsmit and his team is a continuation of the STUDIO theatregallery’s trend in which young artists combine various forms and genres of art – in this instance sound installation, dance and video – in order to search for new means of expression and explore them as the carrier of contemporary, critical reflection on the world.
Performed in Theatre Studio, Warsaw, Poland
Performed by:
La Uyi Ihassee
Agnė Auželytė
Kofi Ayno Yeji Boanyah
Music: Rachwill Breidel
Clothing: Floor van Hellmond
Advisors: Paula Montecinos Oliva, Geo Wyex, Joy Mariama Smith
Produced by: Change Now, Akademia Theatre, Studio Teatrgaleria, and Erasmus+
