Sensing City - In Concert with Amsterdam
A city has its own rhythm that affects the life of its people and is at the same
time created by them. Bus schedules, traffi c lights and the turn signals of
cars are familiar patterns to the citizen. This interplay between creation and
inspiration is also at the heart of all music.
So what happens if we allow these urban rhythms to occasionally have a
direct infl uence on the musical performance of an eleven-piece-ensemble?
As the movement of traffi c outside the concert venue triggers the rhythms
that are being played, the urban dwellers not knowingly become part of the
composition, the city becomes audible through the musicians.
The DVD shows the uncut performance of Sensing City, an interdisciplinary
live-production featuring 11 musicians and several video-screens that serve
as an occasional conductor to the musicians.
The performance took place in club11 on the eleventh fl oor of the Post CS
building in the heart of Amsterdam. This disc also includes documentation
material of the production process and pre-composed video-works that where
used in the performance.