Projects—Master PPS Performing Public Space

Jun 22

Jun 22 COMPOSING WITH NATURE: EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC CO-CREATION WITH THE BIO/GEOPHONIC ORCHESTRA

My research is questioning the human supremacy over non-human agents, supported by posthumanist references through a musical co-creation with living non-humans and the sounds produced by different sources besides human-made, namely the sound of the wind passing through the leaves of trees, rain sound and the cracking of branches breaking, among others. I take the role of an intermediate bounding the bridge…

Inviting and sensibilizing people for listening to the music performed by the biophony and geophony as a strategy for developing communication and empathy with other living beings. A tactic for activating the public space not only from a human perspective but also taking into account more than human expressions.

SPECIAL THANKS

To my parents, Floralba and Marcelino, for all the support and unconditional love. To my dear colleagues from PPS 2022/23 for all your feedback, ideas, support and openness. To Vera Hofman, for your input, collaborations and help with my experiments. To my coach David Limaverde for your guidance, criticism, comments and help. Also thank you to the PPS team for all the organization, workshops, activities and support that you gave us.

David Bello Arcos

David is a curious and passionate musician and researcher specialized in saxophone. He graduated from the Fontys Master of Music - Tilburg in 2021 (saxophone class of Ties Mellema). He has mostly explored the classical and contemporary repertoire of saxophone; however, he has also delved into other musical genres as Caribbean music, jazz, blues and rock.

You can listen to and see him on different ensembles and styles, playing instant composition, interdisciplinary performances. Recently he also co-created music with the biophony and geophony in the public space as a non-anthropocentric practice.

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