The Italian Cultural Institute of Montréal is pleased to be associated with Les Productions Recto-Verso for the presentation of The Enlightenment, an electricity concert under the direction of the Quiet ensemble (Fabio Di Salvo and Bernardo Vercelli).
February 18th, 9:00pm/February 19th, 4:00pm
Studio d’Essai – 591, rue de Saint-Vallier Est, Québec
Tickets
Saturday February 18th, after the performance, the artists will meet with the public.
The Enlightenment torque classical orchestra for an imposing lighting system. The melodic line, beating on rhythm or in syncopation, neon lights, strobes and stage projectors replace the traditional violins, percussions and clarinets. By amplification methods, then by various manipulations, buzzing, murmurs and disturbances from incandescent lamps are turned, and that’s all the sonic potential of the electrical energy which is thus revealed! Quiet ensemble delivers a powerful concert illuminating the dim light and the hidden music of pure light.
From February 19th to February 26th, from 12:00pm to 5:00pm with a vernissage February 18th, at 8:00pm, in the hall Multi 591, (rue de Saint-Vallier Est, Québec), and you are invited to visit the exhibition Orienta; è qui ora, che decido di fermarmi by the Quiet ensemble (Fabio Di Salvo et Bernardo Vercelli) – Free admission.
In an immersive sound environment that invites contemplation, twenty-five snails move peacefully on a white surface, leaving behind a luminous trail, reminiscent of their daily journey.
Quiet ensemble is born in 2009 from the meeting between Fabio Di Salvo | Bernardo Vercelli. The research of Quiet ensemble goes through the observation of the ballance between chaos and control, nature and technology, creating subjects that perfectly merges the those elements, elements that take form from the relation of organic and ar- tificial subjects, moving the attention to insignificant and wonderful elements, like the movement of a fly or the sound of trees. The interest is connected to those technologies that explores the aesthetic and conceptual possibilities deriving from interactivity techniques, aproaching the newest technological discoveries as if they would be the tools for creation, like the brush for the painter. Working on the relation between time and space, sound and image the work of Quiet ensemble changes and develops in time, relating to the space, changing it. Emphasizing the unespected events, refuting the apparent immobility of shapes and melting the appearing opposition of forces in nature. Concrete and abstract shapes are sectioned and remodeled in hybrid forms and balances, parallel giving great importance to the pure aesthetics of forms.
For more information :
http://mmrectoverso.org/portfolio/quiet-ensemble-the-enlightenment/
http://mmrectoverso.org/portfolio/quiet-ensemble-orienta-e-ora-che-decido-di-fermarmi/
http://www.quietensemble.com/
https://vimeo.com/57487491
https://vimeo.com/113527001