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Dewi de Vree & Jeroen Uyttendaele
Ground
Description
Ground is an audiovisual performance in which Graphite drawings are utilized as an
electrical interface for several selfbuild electronic instruments. Drawing, erasing and
touching are the main gestures of an audiovisual composition. Graphite is a conductor for
electricity. By using graphite as a variable resistor (instead of a standard knob) the pitch,
amplitude and sound-colour of synthesizers can be controlled through drawing.
Ground offers a field of possibilities in which auditive and visual elements are insaparable
elements. The drawings are often created during the performance on a large sheet of paper
or A2 sketchingbooks and in which two performers are postioned towards each other (like a
game for two players). Basic geometric shapes such as circles, triangles, lines, squares and
grids etc. are used to create specific gestures and sounds. Ground seeks to display a delicate
balance between chance and control in a performance. The performance can be
characterized as a ‘composed and real-time exploration’ of the instrument’s potential.
Thematic statement
We find the theme of ‘glitch’ of ISEA2015 perticulary interesting and fitting tot our project.
In an age of slick and ‘flawless’ image and sound production tools in which the element of
risk taking is often reduced to almost zero, ground seeks to present an alternative and a
more ‘raw’ form of audiovisual media. Error and change are fundamental elements that
often steer the development of the instrument forward. The erratic nature of graphite never
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produces the exact same sound twice and the ‘accidents’ that happen during rehearsals and
performances are catalogued and give inspiration for new combinations and compositions.
So in essence, we feel that it is chance that constantly drives ground to new territories.
Documentation
https://vimeo.com/72066402
http://iiinitiative.org/work/ground/
Production specs and requirements
Format: Audiovisual performance
Duration: +~ 30 minutes
To be provided by the presenter:
 2 monitor speakers HK (if possible with subwoofers) + XLR cables
 camera + hanging system
 beamer + hanging system
 table (size: 1 on 2m, height: +~ 0.8m), has to be stable and of good quality!
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Estimated budget (in euros):
Travel costs (back and Forth)
Flight Amsterdam -Vancouver
Train Brussels -Amsterdam
Taxi Vancouver Airport - Centre
900
70
100
Hotel (4 days)
Accomodation
2 bedrooms 88Euro per night, per person
640
200
fee artists
2 x 500
Total
1000
2910
About Dewi de Vree
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Dewi de Vree (1983) is a Dutch soundartist. Her work includes sound performances,
interfaces and installations based on sensual experience of physical experiments. Her
interest in the interaction between the human and the machine led to different translatingmachines and sound interfaces. She studied at the Audiovisual department at the Rietveld
Academy in Amsterdam and at the interfaculty ArtScience at the Kabk in The Hague, The
Netherlands.
About Jeroen Uyttendaele
Jeroen Uyttendaele (1981) is interested in sound and it’s relation to light, space, time and
the viewer. This translates itself in the development of audiovisual instruments, installations
and sound compositions. His works often exploite basic properties of technology such as
electricity, metal, conductive materials as the main tools for expression. He lives and works
in Brussels.
About iii
iii is an artist run platform for the development of self-made media based in The Hague
which supports idiosyncratic research trajectories that zigzag between disciplines and
distribution channels.
At ISEA 2015, iii would like to offer a perspective from independent research centered on
individual art practice. The research conducted within iii concerns expanded notions of
musical performance and engages with new technologies as vehicles to deliver unique
experiences to the audience.
Contact
Matteo Marangoni, iii coordinator:
[email protected], +31 (0)681344602, www.humbug.me, www.iiinitiative.org
Dewi de Vree, [email protected], www.dewidevree.org
Jeroen Uyttendaele, [email protected] , www.jeroen-uyttendaele.org
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