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1 S e _ R e n _ D i p T r i o Dries Verheyen (baritone sax, hard & software, sound engineering bio engineer) Thomas van Walle (guitar, photographs, concepts architect) Toon Van den Brempt (cello, video, drawings engineer electronics) P O R T F O L I O facebook website contact serendiptrio [email protected]

architect) Toon Van den Brempt (cello, video, drawings engineer electronics) P O R

2 ' O u r p e r c e p t i o n o f s p a c e d e p e n d s A s m u c h o n w h a t w e h e a r A s o n w h a t w e s e e. M a x N e u h a u s

3 C O N T E N T / / I. Bio Se_Ren_Dip Trio II. Work of Serendip trio II.I Concepts II.II Sketches, Images and Scores III. Addenda III.I Past and Future events III.II Inspirations, Collaborations and Equipment III.III Interesting links

4 I. Bio Se_Ren_Dip Trio Se_Ren_Dip Trio is a Belgian contemporary music ensemble with a focus on transmedia, combining sound with image and art with science. The media thus produced engage in constantly renewed relations with each other: sometimes they are complementary, at other moments they clash Se_Ren_Dip Trio is in the first place a collaboration of three people. Each of them carries his past, education and experience with him: Baritone saxophone player Dries is a KULeuven doctorandus in bio engineering, fascinated with all the rich tones a bariton sax can produce and with on the edge technology and programming. Now he is working as a watermodeller at Hydroscan. Guitarist (Bouzoukist, ) Thomas is an architect (Ghent, LUCA School of Arts), devoting his time to music, photography, literature and the like. Cellist Toon has two degrees: engineering in electronics (NaRaFi, Brussel) and social engineering (Ecole Ouvrière Supérieure, Bruxelles) and is passionated by music of course, and by drawing, interactive media and the emerging new paradigmas around P2P, the Commons etc. Thus, Se_Ren_Dip Trio is making, from the very start and linked to the character(istic)s of its components, a bridge between a panoply of technologies and sciences on the one hand and transmedial arts on the other. The trio was indeed named after Serendipity or finding what you don t search for. In serendipity itself, one can see bridges between arts and science The trio combines its music and soundscapes with images, texts, words and visuals which are projected during the live performances. The instruments of the musicians (baritone sax, guitars, cello) are extended with soft and hardware, drawings, video work and other images. Another specific character of the performances is the interactivity between sound and image and sometimes with the audience (especially in installations). The performances and installations of the SRD Trio always strive to give central attention to the intrinsic acoustic characters of the three instruments; electronics and other technologies must never replace or overrule the poetical and musical content of both sound and images. Since 2014 the trio is Ensemble in Residence at MATRIX [New Music Centre], Leuven.

5 II. Work of Se_Ren_Dip Trio II. I Concepts As Se_Ren_Dip Trio we will develop our performances based on these key concepts: A. Music a. our acoustic instruments (baritonsax, cello, guitar) are the acoustical starting point b. our acoustic sound can be extended with sampling and live effects c. we will always try to broaden and develop new acoustic sounds on our instruments B. Visuals a. visuals should always be in relation with the sounds we produce b. live drawing can generate music, sound effects and visuals c. live music influences live visuals C. Interactivity a. measurements of any kind (camera, sensors, internet,...) can interact with our performance b. installations can be used as sound and visual input e.g. the installation becomes a 4th member of the trio c. what happens on stage is translated and transformed in visuals that level up the audience experience d. reactions of the audience can also influence the sound and the visuals

we will always try to broaden and develop new acoustic sounds on our instruments B. Visuals a. visuals should always be in relation with the sounds we produce b.

6 II.IISketches,ImagesandScores

7 Visual score of MIRRORS Installation ]Unfolding[ Ladeuzebib Leuven Sketch in preparation Sound of Art #2 Sketch in preparation Sound of Art #2

8 III Addenda III.I Past and Future events Past events 06/05/2014 Vernissage Vesalius Part Stad Leuven Academie & Conservatorium 26/09/2014 BYOB/Netherlands Film Tivoli Vredenburg Utrecht 26/10/2014 TRANSIT STUK Leuven 19/12/2014 The Art of Sound Predikherenkerk Leuven 12/02/2015 Vernissage BXL Noord Brussel North Trainstation Brussels 17/02/ days of Academy Zaventem 07/03/2015 Mini Blind Date Handelsbeurs Gent 27/05/2015 Vernissage ]Unfolding[ Ladeuzebib Leuven 28/05 08/06/2015 Installation at ]Unfolding[ Immunity Ladeuzebib Leuven 10/10/2015 The Big de Smidse Leuven 11/10/2015 The Curious Art of Radiohuis Leuven 28/10/2015 PechaKucha Night Leuven Future events 29/01/2016 The Art of Sound Predikherenkerk Leuven spring 2016 Article at Existenz 22/05/2016 Hommages to Kurtag 23/11/2016 Museum M Leuven

TRANSIT Festival @ STUK Leuven 19/12/2014 The Art of Sound #1 @ Predikherenkerk Leuven 12/02/2015 Vernissage BXL Noord Gestript @ Brussel North Trainstation Brussels 17/02/2015 2 days of

9 III.III Inspirations, Collaborations and Equipment Inspirations Collaborations SOUND John Cage, La Monte Young, John Cale, Robin Hayward, Eric Dolphy, Stockhausen, John Zorn, Steve Reich, Sigur Ros, Ry Cooder, Ligeti, Sonic Youth, Kluster, Brian Eno, Ornette Coleman, Xenakis, Nadar Ensemble, Luciano Berio, Tangerine Dream, Marc Ribot, Colin Stetson, Hildur Gudnadottir,... IMAGE Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Willem de Kooning, Alex Turner, Mike Kelley, Alexander Calder, Sigrid Spruyt, Hallveig Agustsdottir, Saul Leiter, Tony Conrad, Fluxus Movement, Dani Karavan 2 days of improvisation February 2015 Thomas Smetryns composer Bruxelles No(o)rd February 2015 Nena Peeters illustrator Inside Out June 2015 Sofie Meelberghs documentary maker Inside Out June 2015 Sebastiaan Loosen philosopher Mirrors Octobre 2015 Fatih Kiyman percussionist Used Soft and Hardware, instruments and installations Software Pure Data Processing vvvv Ableton Live Final Cut Pro Motion Hardware Macbook pro Retina and Sony Vaio RME Babyfaces Webcams Beamers Drawing sets Raspberry Pi Kinect Camera Wii Remote Boss RC 300 Loopstation Instruments Baritone Saxophone Cello Electric Guitar, Bouzouki Self created Video Paint Sampling installation ipad Air ipad PRO

.. IMAGE Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Willem de Kooning, Alex Turner, Mike Kelley, Alexander Calder, Sigrid Spruyt, Hallveig Agustsdottir, Saul Leiter, Tony Conrad, Fluxus Movement, Dani Karavan 2

10 III.IV Interesting Links Video Impro 19 at STUK Leuven M I R R O R S / N o t A H a p p y A c c i d e n De Smidse Leuven BATTLEFIELD 2 / DARK Handelsbeurs Gent Sound Impro 19 at The Art Of Sound Predikherenkerk Leuven trio/impro19 Documentation of a piece we composed Transitcollection l Review of a concert Blog Angelina Kovalyova IMMUNITY/c1diy/019D7122 8A E 862A 30D93E4E72A9

com/142128746 BATTLEFIELD 2 / DARK MEMORIES @ Handelsbeurs Gent https://www.youtube.com/watch?

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