Skip to main content
Zoeken
Inloggen

The world comes increasingly close.

You can step right into the centre of important events.

My Facebook connections invite me to concerts in Ramallah and Damascus.
I can follow their discussions and their emotions, and participate in the trains of thought of Gaza’s youth.
The history being made there is completely accessible and tangibly close.

The multitude of impressions is fascinating and enriching, as long as your rate of watching, listening and analyzing is sufficiently high >

Onderdeel van:

  • Publication

    Twaalfhoven: Shared Listening

    Merlijn Twaalfhoven: Listeners in Concert

    A reflextion on the contemporary concert ritual with added comments, experiences and observations.

Trefwoorden

Conversation, Connect, Interaction, Capability, Social structure, Culture

Related

  • article_art

    Speed accomplishes a lot.

    Speed accomplishes a lot.

    A daily edition of a newspaper includes more information than a person would have come across in…

  • article_art

    Having a general overview is out of the question.

    Having a general overview is out of the question.

    You will never be able to see everything, so you learn to wander around a bit in different worlds…

  • article_art

    Workshop participants

    Workshop participants

    Twelve participants collaborated in this Biomodd Workshop. Most of these came from the Sint-Niklaas…

  • article_art

    For centuries, music was above all something to do.

    For centuries, music was above all something to do.

    A concert was not a passive experience, but an activity. In church or during parties and…

  • article_art

    As soon as the applause has dyed away, the musicians disappear into the dressing rooms.

    As soon as the applause has dyed away, the musicians disappear into the dressing rooms.

    Similarly, the audience instantly disintegrates. Some people go home directly, others are engaged…

  • article_art

    Although there are thousands of professional musicians in the Netherlands, television mainly shows amateurs and wannabe’s competing with each other in audition programs.

    Although there are thousands of professional musicians in the Netherlands, television mainly shows amateurs and wannabe’s competing with each other in audition programs.

    Of course it is nice to see these shows being so popular. Young people are greatly encouraged to…

  • article_art

    Not so idle youth

    Not so idle youth

    Is it possible to correct the notion that occupation and use of the public space is not an act of…

  • article_art

    Public Space in progress

    Public Space in progress

    On the way home from some meetings to possible collaboration with local groups on landscaping…

  • article_art

    Technology brings into our living room the world’s most skilled musicians.

    Technology brings into our living room the world’s most skilled musicians.

    We may listen to perfectly executed music at any time of the day. This is no longer extraordinary…

  • article_art

    The arrangement of seats in rows in a concert hall has only been customary for about a hundred years.

    The arrangement of seats in rows in a concert hall has only been customary for about a hundred years.

    Before that, the chairs were placed around tables and coffee was served. A concert was a social…