EARTH I
'So I looked slowly across the Coire Loch, and began to understand that haste can do nothing with these hills. I knew when I had looked for a long time that I had hardly begun to see.'
(Nan Shepherd, The Living Mountain)
A felt canvas, as long and as wide as the stage, descends over the pianist, who imperturbably interprets his 'melody'. The felt appears and is slowly forming a sculpture that takes on imperceptibly different forms. Sometimes it looks like an appearing or disappearing mountain landscape, sometimes it transforms into an abstract sculpture that slowly but surely threatens to suffocate the pianist.
The EARTH series within the cycle is used to explore and depict current compelling themes. In EARTH I, Van Welden, together with pianist/composer Frederik Croene, takes climate change as a starting point.
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Concept | Direction: Karl Van Welden – Concept | Composition | Piano: Frederik Croene – Lighting design: Ryoya Fudetani - Assistance | Machinery: Maarten De Vrieze - Technology: Vincent Malstaf – Production: Verenigde Planeten | United Planets vzw – Coproduction: Concertgebouw Bruges (BE) | KANAL-Centre Pompidou (BE) | C-TAKT (BE) | Perpodium (BE) | Platform 0090 (BE) | C-Mine (BE) | B-Classic (BE) - With the support of: Flemish Government | PACT Zollverein (DE) | de Warande (BE), Tax Shelter of Belgian Federal Government

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De Bijloke Muziekcentrum, Gent
Luisterparcours 'Hoofd vol klanken'
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Universiteit Antwerpen, Stadscampus, Hof van Liere De Tassiszaal, Prinsstraat 13, 2000 Antwerpen
Solo piano for book presentation Patrick Loobuyck
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CC Hasselt
EARTH I
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De Singel, Antwerpen
EARTH I
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Ghent
with Gerard Herman
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STUK, Leuven
Kamikaze
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Muziekcentrum De Bijloke
Kamikaze
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Predikherenkerk, Mechelen
Kamikaze