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Tilen Lebar: 𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗘 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖

19.10.2022, Studio LOOS, Den Haag, NL

In collaboration with South African poet Ronelda S. Kamfer, we present the 'Vicinity of Solitude.' Inspirational thought comes from Rashomon's Effect, where multidimensionality and particularity of of the subject's memory response depend on the portrayal of the so-called 'truth.' The portrayal represents differences in experiences through occurring events with multiple representations of the protagonists.
Ronelda's narrative becomes somehow disrupted and developed within segments. Musical movements titled 'A Holy Water, A Holy War & A Holy Ghost' refer to us as the essence of the libretto. That concentrates us on the insecurity of the memory response as such. Because we are thrived on forgetting certain events within a short period of time remembering as an act - defines the narration of the events.
Each time we recall something, the memory becomes different, distorted and altered from its initial state. You see, every poem that comes along connects the narrative of the questions that the poet had. If a certain event - as remembered depends on the outcome of the other (for instance, the memory of the cousin of the character could be approved as ignorance towards the memory of the Other) the memory becomes obstructed and defined as the only action that keeps the 'dead ones' alive. In that way, Memory prolonged our lives or gave us a certain power of a voice, even though it is a deformed one.
The ensemble represents the painting through a sonic part. It secures the position by its omnipresence with the distortion or consolidation itself. It's not something that would help us to remember - for instance as a sound of a fixed idea, it rather enables the erosion of thoughts and the process of a fading nostalgia.
The electroacoustics with fragile environments, sound objects, acoustic instruments and voice could be compared to the painting technique of water colours that could be immersively damaged with a single gesture. The gesture of a viable water-soluble binder as it melts and fades away.
Reality as such, present the concept of multidimensionality of the narrative within the story, segmental development, prevention of remembering it and intentional diversity within the perception of the 'Real.' Vicinity of Solitude expands the parameters of the memories into perceiving the multi-layered objectivity in its defined as a universal thought.

Performers:

Belemir Baran – violin
Sean Bell – countertenor
Diogo Marques – percussion
Tilen Lebar – saxophone, composition
Urška Rihtaršič – harp
Mauricio Valdes San Emeterio – electronics & disposition of sound
Ronelda S. Kamfer - poetry