The NEXT 2025 festival will bring five days of contemporary and experimental music, performances and discussions to Bratislava. These will include the symposium 'Listen, empty, occupy: 𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥', which will focus on how sound is used and instrumentalised in contemporary military conflicts.🦋
The symposium will feature a workshop led by Palestinian sound artist 𝘉𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘔𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘩.
𝘳𝘦-𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘳-𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦
re-choir-ed presence is a workshop of improvised choir singing for non-musicians. Everyone who attends is invited to explore their voices in different ways. And often in ways you might not expect.
During the 1.5-hour workshop, Bint Mbareh will present vocal exercises that are neither verbal nor musical. They respect those present in the room at that moment and how their voices sound together. No musical or technical background is needed, but a desire to scream with absurdity, comedic intent and bewilderment is a necessary condition for attending.
𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴:
Collective reading, which ultimately flips language until it becomes meaningless.
Shared hums, where, for us to maintain the hum as a group we have to desynchronize our breaths so that we can breathe comfortably, but the hum still carries through strongly.
Creating strange sounds, which we will share with the group through echo and then correct the group's delivery of the sound that we invented. This will allow us to teach each other how to listen and use our sound-making facilities (throat, nose, mouth, ears and face) in ways other than we have tried in the past.
We may nominate a group member to be our despot, giving us dynamic instructions or instructing us on how to make our loud hums.
The exercises bring music back to the collective, away from the solo genius, back to the body, away from the cerebral, back to anonymity, and away from data extractivism, back to opacity, and away from being intelligible to the systems that harm us.
▪️WORKSHOP IS LEAD IN ENGLISH AND
PARTICIPATION IS FREE
▪️LIMITED CAPACITY
▪️REGISTER VIA:
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You may also like the following events from Next // Advanced Music Festival:
- Next Wednesday, 26th November, 07:00 pm, NEXT 2025 / 🔊 60-speaker sound system / Opening w/ Drew McDowall / Félicia Atkinson / BJ Nilsen in Bratislava
- Next Thursday, 27th November, 10:00 am, NEXT Workshop / Fred Frith: Improvisation Masterclass in Bratislava
- Next Saturday, 29th November, 10:00 am, Symposium ╱ Listen, Empty, Occupy: On Weaponisation of Sound in Bratislava
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