QUARK (Sound x Sound x Sound x Sound x Sound)

QUARK (Sound x Sound x Sound x Sound x Sound)

Event Details:

QUARK is an improvisational music/sound festival born out of the gathering of alumni from the past three seasons of ๐—ค๐—จ๐—”๐—ก๐——๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฌ, an hour-long improvisation jam between one dancer and one musician / sound artist organized by Miao Dance for the past two years.

Having worked with the dance artists on a one-to-one scale in ๐—ค๐—จ๐—”๐—ก๐——๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฌ, the alumni musicians pondered on the feasibility and possibilities that might arise from a larger gathering of purely musicians improvising and ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—บ.

Thus was born the inaugural edition of QUARK, slated for 23-25 Nov 2023, in which ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ค๐—จ๐—”๐—ก๐——๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ have come together, tapping on the network of musicians (both acoustic and digital) that Miao Dance has built up, to experiment with structured improvisation for a full evening. ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€.


PROGRAM BOOKLET


Date & Time

Thur 23 Nov 2023 (8pm)
Paul Irving Pereira
Ragha
Hoh Chung Shih
Chong Li-Chuan
Christoven Tan

Fri 24 Nov 2023 (8pm)
Lalit Kumar Ganesh
Neil Chua
Vincent Tan
Maddy (Madhavan Kalaichelvan)
Feng Yingyi

Sat 25 Nov 2023 (8pm)
Felix Leuschner
Rudi Osman
Law Chi-Yan
Govin Tan
Lynette Quek


๐Ÿ“ย ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: MIAO DANCE (18 Boon Lay Way, #10-123, TradeHub 21 609966)


Why QUARK?

One of the remarkable aspects of ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป is its ability to foster a deep connection between performers and listeners. The dynamic and interactive nature of improvisation creates a musical conversation where the boundaries between the stage and the audience blur. As the musicians respond to each other’s musical cues, the audience becomes an integral part of the experience, sharing in the excitement and energy that permeates the performance.

Much akin to the similarly named elementary particles being fundamental constituents of matter, QUARK musicians combine to form a composite tapestry that is ever-evolving.