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	The Brainstorm Sessions - Amsterdam Francisco López Immersive Mind Massage Performance @ Opening exhibition "Neurons Firing" part of "The Brainstorm Sessions" Friday 13 December, 19h00 Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond - Amsterdam Exhibition runs until 19 January Europe and the USA are looking to completely unravel the secrets of our brains within the next ten years. Europe has designated 2014 as The Year of the Brain. We have decided to dedicate a month to the grey matter: The Brainstorm Sessions. A month in which guest curator Frank Theys – filmmaker, philosopher and visual artist – i.c.w. Damiaan Denys - philosopher and professor of psychiatry at the AMC-UvA, the Amsterdam Medical Centre of the University of Amsterdam - will bring together elements he considers interesting from an artistic and philosophical viewpoint related to this theme. OPENING EXHIBITION WITH SOUNDSCAPE PERFORMANCE The exhibition Neurons Firing is part of The Brainstorm Sessions. We are pleased to invite you to the opening of the exhibition on Friday, 13 December at 19h00. The central focus of this exhibition, which combines neural images made by both artists and scientists, each approaching the subject from their own unique perspective, is how the visual arts respond to the prospect of being able to unfold someone’s mind. During the opening, you will also be able to visit the concert by soundscape artist Francisco López, free of charge. Lopez has performed and exhibited installations in all the major museums and festivals, such as PS1 Contemporary Art Center (New York), Museum of Modern Art (Paris), Institute of Contemporary Art (London) and the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Prepare yourself for an immersive mind massage in the dark. The exhibition includes works by Anirban Bandyopadhyay, The Blue Brain Project, Henry Markram, Jennifer Kanary Nikolova, Shinji Nishimoto & Jack L. Gallant, Frank Theys and Harald Thys & Jos De Gruyter. Read more about the exhibition> FRANK THEYS (Brussels, 1963), guest curator of the exhibition, is a filmmaker, philosopher and visual artist. His audio-visual work ranges from interactive installations to documentary, experimental film and theatre. The common thread is a scientific approach to existential questions and vice versa. His work has won various international awards and can be found in the collections of MOMA (New York), SMAK (Ghent) and the Centre National de la Cinématographie in Paris. His recent documentary series Technocalyps stirred up a storm of debate within the cultural and scientific worlds. PROGRAMME THE BRAINSTORM SESSIONS Below, you will find the complete programme of The Brainstorm Sessions, our month dedicated to the brain: Fri 13 Dec - Sun 19 Jan: Exhibition Neurons Firing Tue 17 - Sat 21 Dec, 20h30 / Sun 22 Dec, 16h00: Theatre performance: What is fear? Thu 09 Jan, 20h30: Sonic Soirée #22 is taken over by psychedelic soundwaves Fri 10 Jan, 20h30 - 2h00: ABC Night of the Brain Sun 12 Jan, 16h00 – 19h00: Zjoek, The Brain Screen (in Kriterion) Mon 13 Jan, 20h30: Lecture: Film and Brains in the Digital Age, by Patricia Pisters Thu 16 Jan, 13h00 – 17h00: Symposium: on Deep Brain Stimulation and the Law. Thu 16 Jan, 20h30: Lecture: on Microtubules & The Big Debate on Consciousness, by sir Roger Penrose, Anirban Bandyopadhyay & Stuart Hameroff Fri 17 Jan, 20h30: Science Demonstration: Sapta Rishi (The Seven Stars) by Anirban Bandyopadhyay, Subrata Ghosh and Batu Ghosh Sat 18 Jan, 20h30: Science concert: Ajeya Chhandam (The Invincible Rhythm) by Anirban Bandyopadhya www.thebrainstormsessions.nl Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond Nes 45, 1012 KD Amsterdam tel info: (020) 622 90 14 tel kassa: (020) 626 68 66 www.brakkegrond.nl
	Workshop/Residency in South Africa 'Sonic Mmabolela' Annual Workshop/Residency for sound artists and composers at Mmabolela Reserve, Limpopo, South Africa November - December 2013 - 2 weeks Conceived and directed by Francisco López (www.franciscolopez.net) Coordination and logistics by James Webb (www.theotherjameswebb.com) An intensive and extensive immersion into the sonic environments of the African savannah, as well as into a myriad open questions about field recordings, "sonic reality" and sound creation.
	"NO", Global Tour. The Film. by Santiago Sierra (120 min, b/w, 2011) Screening at Zeise Kinos, Hamburg with a live sound performance by Francisco López Matinée November 3rd 11:00am http://deichtorhallen.de http://www.zeise.de/
	Todays Arts - Den Haag "Hantu Hilang" an immersive live performance by francisco lópez with the legendary Low-Fi High Definition Portable Multi-Channel Surround Sound System @ Todays Arts Festival, The Hague, The Netherlands September 28th 5:30pm More info > http://todaysart.nl/2013/program/francisco-lopez/
	Hyper-Rainforest / Ars Electronica "Hyper-Rainforest" an immersive installation by Francisco López at Spharae / Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria “Total Recall - The Evolution of Memory” September 5th-9th, 2013 As part of the Studiolab open call, “Synthetically Yours”, the ArtScience Interfaculty and Synergetica Lab present a series of multi-sensory performances and installations in the context of synthetic biology. Transpiring inside Sphæræ, an inflatable multi-dome pavilion created by Cocky Eek, these spherically projected artworks evoke the transformation of prebiotic conditions into the complex behavior and dimensionality of synthesized living cells. Sphæræ will be in front of the Ars Electronica Center on the bank of Danube River, offering a full program of performances, talks, and installations during all 5 days of the festival, September 5th -9th. September 5th, Thursday 17:00 - 19:00 Sphæræ introduction by Arthur I. Miller, Synergetica Lab, ArtScience Interfaculty (The Hague), Royal College of Art (London) 19:00 - 19:30 Joost Rekveld"#43.5" September 6th, Friday 12:00 - 17:00 "Hyper-Rainforest" installation by Francisco López 20:30 - 23:00 Sphæræ reopens for performances 21:00 - 21:30 Mariska de Groot and Dieter Vandoren "Shadow Puppet?" 21:30 - 22:00 Paul Prudence "Hydro-Acoustic Study" 22:00 - 22:30 Eduard Haiman, Michael Holub, Evgeniy Vaschenko, Vadim Smakhtin "Biosphere" 22:30 - 23:00 Nenad Popov, Erfan Abdi "Polar" September 7th, Saturday 12:00 - 15:00 "Hyper-Rainforest" installation by Francisco López 17:30 - 19:30 Sphæræ reopens for performances PLEASE, WEAR WHITE CLOTHES FOR THESE PERFORMANCES! 18:00 - 18:30 Bas van Koolwijk "Runaway AV" 18:30 - 19:00 Evelina Domnitch, Dmitry Gelfand "10000 Peacock Feathers in Foaming Acid" 19:00 - 19:30 Matthijs Munnik "Citadels" September 8th, Sunday 12:00 - 14:00 "Hyper-Rainforest" installation by Francisco López 17:00 - 19:00 Sphæræ reopens for performances 17:00 - 17:30 Joris Stribos & Yamila Rios Manzanares "Covex" 17:30 - 18:00 Eric Parren "Gut Feeling" 18:00 - 18:30 Martijn van Boven "On Growth and Data" 19:00 - 23:00 "Hyper-Rainforest" installation by Francisco López September 9th, Monday 12:00 - 17:00 "Hyper-Rainforest" installation by Francisco López
	Noosa Biosphere Reserve Francisco López Masterclass in Noosa Biosphere Reserve (Queensland, Australia) Join internationally renowned sound artist and ecosystems biologist Francisco López for an exclusive masterclass in the Noosa Biosphere Reserve on September 15th 2013 http://www.biospheresoundscapes.org/noosa-biosphere-masterclass.html Date: Sunday, September 15, 2013 Time: 9am – 12pm Location: Noosa Biosphere Reserve, Sunshine Coast, Queensland. Field recording will take place in the upper Noosa River; participants will travel by boat to the entrance of the Everglades. Meeting Point: 8:45am at the Big Pelican on Noosa River (222 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville QLD 4566) Please bring your own field recording equipment and sun protection. Field recording kits are available for hire if you do not have access to your own equipment. Cost: This event is free of charge supported by Biosphere Soundscapes and Noosa Biosphere Ltd.
	absolute australia - sonopolis francisco lópez - australian tour 2013 “Sonopolis” / Liquid Architecture Festival live immersive performances: sept 3rd: PERTH - the bakery > http://nowbaking.com.au sept 7th: MELBOURNE - RMIT > http://www.liquidarchitecture.org.au sept 9th: SYDNEY - Art Gallery of NSW > http://www.liquidarchitecture.org.au sept 12th: BRISBANE - Powerhouse > http://brisbanepowerhouse.org
	Heitsi-Eibib-Rec by Francisco López Sound Installation at Ohrenhoch der Geräuschladen, Berlin Sunday 4 and 11 August 2013, 2pm - 9pm Weichselstr. 49 - 12045 Berlin-Neukölln http://www.ohrenhoch.org Francisco López - 'Heitsi-Eibib-Rec' [17:25]: Original environmental sound matter recorded worldwide between 2003 and2007. Created at mobile messor (Den Haag), May 2012. (c) francisco lópez 2012
	“untitled#310” a new composition for blindfolded music ensemble by Francisco López Performed by: Jill Richards (piano) Reza Khota (electric guitar) Waldo Alexander (violin) Siya Makuzeni (trombone/voice) Marcus Wyatt (trumpet) Magda de Vries (percussion) Preview concert: Goethe Institut, Johannesburg (South Africa) - June 30th 2013: http://www.goethe.de/ins/za/joh/ver/enindex.htm Premieres: National Arts Festival, Grahamstown (South Africa) - July 2nd & 3rd 2013: http://www.nationalartsfestival.co.za/ López has created a new work for an instrumental ensemble for the National Arts Festival 2013. It is the result of an unorthodox process of his working directly with the musicians involved: sonic textures, gestures and compositional structure itself all arise from the particular skills, style and features of the specific ensemble. Grounded on a “concrète” aesthetic of the specific sonic material itself being the basis and origin of the music, his compositional work proceeds without a preconceived “theme” or programmatic drive. López also requires the musicians to be blindfolded. Both scores and visual cues are thus replaced by aural cues that the performers have to carefully listen to within the music textures as they perform the piece. This is a rare opportunity to hear one of the major compositional voices of our time, together with some of South Africa's finest musicians. Untitled #310 is supported by the National Arts Festival, the Goethe-Institut, the University of Johannesburg and the Spanish Embassy.
	“Sonópolis” (2012) created by Francisco López from original environmental sound matter from cities all over the world presented at the Studio für elektroakustische Musik of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany June 25th 2013 - 20h: http://seam.hfm-weimar.de
	'Ghost Forest' - Amsterdam Opening Sunday May 19, 2013 - 3:00 PM Glazen Huis, Orangerie en Rietveld Huis Amstelpark Amsterdam Zone2Source is a new international platform which invites artists to develop projects inside and outside of the glass pavilions of the Amstelpark, in which alternative practices and experiences of our ‘natural’ environment are being proposed. Zone2Source is concerned with a return to the source to observe and experience anew in order to explore new relations between humans, nature and technology. In exhibitions, workshops, presentations and discussions alternative imaginations are being offered to reorient ourselves with what a 21st century way of dealing with our world could be. Exhibitions run from May 19 to July 14 and are on view Thursday to Sunday 12 – 5 PM Glazen Huis: Lab Portal 1 \| Secret Signals Front space: Francisco Lopez, Ghost Forest A sound installation consisting of recordings made in forests around the world projects its sonic layers as a surround sound experience in the space. Back space: Dmitry Gelfand and Evelina Domnitch, Hydrogeny Transformation of energy is made visible through the use of a white laser which transforms water bubbles animated by electrolyse into many coloured illuminated micro-lenses. Orangerie: Lab Portal 2 \| Utopia Now Arne Hendriks, The Incredible Shrinking Man An ongoing speculative research project into the possibilities of creating a human being which would more ideally fit our planet. Zone2Source is organized by Alice Smits in association with Stichting ICU2. For more information check www.zone2source.net, or contact info@zone2source.net
	Klokken - Tijuana, Mexico Francisco López - “klokken” immersive installation Exhibition “Teoría de la Entropía” Centro Cultural Tijuana, Mexico Opening: April 19th 2013 Works by: Alvin Lucier (US), Andrés Padilla Domene (MX), Chris Watson (UK), Enrique Jezik (AR), Francisco López (ES), Iván Abreu (MX), Iván Puig (MX), Luciano Matus (MX), Marcela Armas (MX), Miguel Rodríguez Sepúlveda (MX), Pablo Helguera (MX), Pierre Scheffer (FR), Tania Candiani (MX), Ximena Díaz (CO) Curated by Bárbara Perea More info > http://www.cecut.gob.mx
	untitled #275 piano composition Red Ear Festival, Rotterdam Francisco López's "untitled#275" piano composition Performed live by Reinier van Houdt (mechanically-prepared piano) and Francisco López (live immersive surround system) April 21st - 12:00PM Lantarenvenster - Zaal 1 Wilhelminapier, Kop van Zuid, Rotterdam More info: http://www.redear.nl/content/secrets-pier
	absolute Barcelona Störung Festival Barcelona PERFORMANCES - 19th April 2013La Farinera del Clot, 20:00h: FRANCISCO LÓPEZ (ES) FRANCK VIGROUX & ANTOINE SCHMITT (FR): 'Tempest' SAFFRONKEIRA (IT): 'Experiment#1' MATHIAS DELPLANQUE (FR) More info > http://www.storung.com/
	Overtoon Exhibition - Brussels Programme 17 April, 18:00 - 22:00 Opening night - vernissage & concert Overtoon invites field recordist and sound artist Francisco López to join Aernoudt Jacobs in a concert with Jacobs' Phantom Melodies installation on the opening night. This is an opportunity to present the CD LITH, a collaboration of Francisco Lopez and Aernoudt Jacobs which will be released on the Brussels Sub Rosa label. During Art Brussels (April 17th-21st), the exhibition is open on Thu-Friday: 12.30-10 pm and Sat-Sunday: 12.30-6.30 pm. 25 April, 20:00 - 22:00 Lecture - Acoustic Phenomena and Applications of Acoustics Overtoon organizes a lecture with Prof. Dr. Christ Glorieux, associate professor at the KUL. This evening is part of a lecture series that relates to the research program of Overtoon. More information here. Parallel activities Overtoon THE DIGITAL NOW Drones / Birds - Princes of Ubiquity Group Exhibition with work of Christoph De Boeck (Hortus), curated by Bram Crevits. Botanique, Koningsstraat 236, Brussels. 11–21 April 2013. www.thedigitalnow.be ARTIFICIAL NATURE Group exhibition with work of Christoph De Boeck (Hortus solo) Lille 3000 – Gare Saint-Sauveur, Lille, France. 2 May -11 August 2013. www.lille3000.eu ONE OF A KIND Group Exhibition with work of Christoph De Boeck (Plant Condition) and Aernoudt Jacobs (Leslie/History) GalerieFortlaan17– Ghent, Belgium. 5 May - 29 June 2013. www.fortlaan17.com More info: http://www.imal.org/en/activity/overtoon-exhibition
	absolute Chalon sur Saone Kontact Sonores Festival Chalon sur Saone, France FRANCISCO LOPEZ / KAUMWALD Concerts immersifs en multidiffusion JEUDI 4 AVRIL > QUAI DES ALTEREALISTES Nicéphore Cité / 20 H 00 Plus info: http://kontactsonores.com
	absolute Hong Kong Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre Hong Kong francisco lópez Feb 26 - conference hall: artist talk Feb 28 - black box space: live immersive performance http://cmc.scm.cityu.edu.hk/en/
	"untitled#291" a sound piece by Francisco López @ "Fricciones" Encuentro de Prácticas Sonoras Santiago de Chile 18 & 19 January 2013 CasaViva: Av. España 502, esq. Toesca [metro república] More info: http://encuentrofricciones.wordpress.com/
	absolute Aalst francisco lópez live immersive performance @ NETWERK center for contemporary art Aalst, Belgium January 18th 2013 - 20:00h more info @ http://www.netwerk-art.be/en/activities/events/870

17 April, 18:00 - 22:00 Opening night - vernissage &amp; concert

25 April, 20:00 - 22:00 Lecture - Acoustic Phenomena and Applications of Acoustics

Parallel activities Overtoon

THE DIGITAL NOW

ARTIFICIAL NATURE

ONE OF A KIND

17 April, 18:00 - 22:00
Opening night - vernissage & concert

25 April, 20:00 - 22:00
Lecture - Acoustic Phenomena and Applications of Acoustics