Installation pieces, scores for dance and theatre, music for film, and radio broadcasts (co-)produced by Matthijs Kouw.

Installations

Mani-fold (2009)

Site-specific audiovisual installation at the Kunstuitleen (art library) in Utrecht (The Netherlands). A collaboration with Arlo Laibowitz made using only audio and video recorded on site. By using different degrees of manipulation of this source material and by alternating between the inside and outside of the building, the installation provoked reflection on ‘perspectivism’: all ideations take place from particular perspectives, and there are many possible conceptual schemes or perspectives in which judgments of truth or value can be made.

Für das Argument der Künste (2004)

Installation for a conference on art, titled ‘Für das Argument der Künste’, which took place at the University of Arts (Universität der Künste) in Berlin (Germany) in the winter of 2004. A CD with short pieces and a CD with longer drone-like pieces were played randomly, thereby creating new configurations of the material used for this installation.

Untitled (2001)

Sounds from a classroom were recorded using contact microphones and subsequently processed and streamed to the Internet. By playing with different degrees of manipulation, the installation was either ‘objective’ witness and active sound manipulator that transformed the classroom with its assembly of listeners into an instrument.

Music for dance

Plisé (2006)

Collaboration with Ina Senftleben (choreography). Performed in the summer of 2006 at the Wasserschloss Groß Leuthen (pictured). The performance won a prize in a contest organized by the Rohkunstbau Foundation and Theater Hebel am Ufer.

Untitled (2005)

Score for a performance piece by Ina Senftleben (choreography). Accompanied by drones, a procession of Russian girls (pictured) entered a room, holding lit candles and performing traditional Russian songs. The performance took place in a Bunker at the Flutgraben in Berlin (Germany), and was part of a larger exhibition called “Der Freie Wille” (the free will).

1…2…3…4… (2001)

Score for a butoh dance piece by Lisa Marie Patzer. First performed at the Bunt Port Theatre in Denver, Colorado and later displayed as a projected video piece. The work is based on a quote by Maria Prophetissa:

“In the beginning, there is always ONE. The ONE manifests into TWO which necessitates a THIRD. All together, ONE, TWO and THREE create a FOURTH.

The score was created using only metal as source material, emphasizing the alchemical characteristics of the performance.

Music for theatre

Kus van de Spinnevrouw (2002) (Kiss of the Spider Woman)

Music for a play written in 1983, which was adapted from Manuel Puig’s novel ‘El beso de la mujer araña’ by the author himself. Performed several times in Utrecht (Netherlands) during the spring of 2002.

Music for film

Paranoia (2003)

Music for the film ‘Paranoia’ directed by Arlo Laibowitz. Recorded in collaboration with Martin Kloos and Lars Zwanepol.

Radio

Radio 100 (1999-2003)
Radio show on Amsterdam’s famous pirate radio station Radio 100 focusing on experimental electronic music. Guests on the show included Michael Northam, Yannick Dauby, Kim Cascone, and members of the Hactivist collective. Listen below or visit the archive of recorded broadcasts.