“Life ain’t nothing but a good groove / A good mix tape to put you in the right mood.” — Beastie Boys, ‘Professor Bootie’ When an institution like the Ancienne Belgique here in Brussels devotes a special event to a music-cultural phenomenon, you know the bridge between the ‘underground’ and the ‘mainstream’ has been crossed, … Continue reading An Affair of the Heart
The concert of Tony Conrad & guests at Bozar was excellent, and so was his presentation at Argos. Here are some pics of the days and nights before, including the rehearsals with the musicians and the Brussels nightlife excursions. MV Carbon practicing with Sofie Vincent Meessen MV Carbon rehearsing rehearsing with Julia Eckhardt and Stefaan … Continue reading hangin’ out with Tony, part 2
Tony Conrad arrived yesterday, together with MV Carbon ( a member of Metalux, amongst other projects), who’s going to play the cello tomorrow. He lost one of his instruments on the way, so we keep our fingers crossed. Hopefully it will turn up. Tony Conrad and Charlemagne Palestine Tony and Charlemagne’s hat Maria and MV … Continue reading hangin’ out with Tony
Floris Vanhoof (BE) makes films and music, lately with old/modified electronic instruments and 16mm camera tricks. he plays in the collective R.O.T., whose recordings are distributed by (K-RAA-K)3 and other independent labels, made film programmes (for the international film festival of rotterdam a.o.) and teaches audiovisual arts. www.geocities.com/sirolffoonav/endlesswebsite.html “Youtube to compress and control the horizontal … Continue reading Video Vortex: Floris Vanhoof programme
Brian Holmes: The Absent Rival. Radical Art in a Political Vacuum LECTURE Thu 15.02.07 Argos, Brussels The story begins with the archetypal scene of interventionist art: the moment when the Yes Men step out of the Internet and into a corporate conference, expecting to provoke violent outrage. Instead everybody smiles, shakes hands and asks for … Continue reading Brian Holmes: The Absent Rival