Space is the Place presents a very special edition of Intergalactic Nights, the illustrious evenings with performances in all shapes and sizes. This evening features a wild collection of self-developed instruments such as park and knurl, alongside remarkable instruments such as duduk and tanbur.

BarParp7090 (Koen Kaptijn and Nora Mulder)

In the past we’ve had bar pianists Ernst Glerum, Guus Janssen, and Marta Warelis, but tonight the machines will take over: between performances you can expect sounds provided by Nora Mulder and Koen Kaptijn’s music installation BarParp7090: an automated piano-harp (parp).

Rafaele Andrade

Rafaele Andrade is on a constant search towards new electro-acoustic sound and possibility. The Brazilian artist focuses on collaborative and multidisciplinary processes, from crafting and composing to printing and playing her own instruments, such as the interactive string-based instrument Knurl. With a socially engaged mindset, her art becomes the output of her dreams to transform and harmonize our collective being.

Hamraaz

Hamraaz fuses a global and contemporary with a local and traditional sound. The moving concerts by the two multi-instrumentalists feature the air instrument duduk alongside the percussive tanbur and tar. As a duo they select existing contemporary compositions resonating with their roots in Iran and Armenia.

Koen Boeijinga 

Koen Boeijinga plays improvisational and repetitive forms of music that connect the ancient with the modern to find grounding and togetherness in a restless, digital world. With a deep interest regarding the primal nature of music, he creates his own instruments and researches existing ones, resulting in an ever-growing collection of flutes, drums, percussion, and other objects.

Dianne Verdonk & Wouter van Veldhoven

Dianne Verdonk is a classically trained double bassist and cellist who makes part electric and part acoustic instruments that can also be considered art objects. Combining key components for her performance with unusual design, she came up with unique objects such as the singing-instrument Bellyhorn, the rhythmic pendulum Pulseyarn, and the composition-enhancing La Diantenne. Especially for this Intergalactic Night she teams up with Wouter van Veldhoven, also an extreme versatile sound artist. He hacks/plays on tape recorders and he also brings a rhythmic aquarium with him.