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PORTA CHIUSA part one
Hans Koch
clarinet
Michael
Thieke clarinet
Paed
Conca clarinet, composition
music
here: the whole
composition excerpt
1 excerpt
2 excerpt
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PORTA CHIUSA part one is
an interdisciplinary performance that combines
two film projections, a spoken-word text, and
a live musical performance. It is based on the
conflict that we are experiencing at the
beginning of the 21st century, namely that of
a world built upon national states, in which
people are still not treated equally; in which
we still speak about color and race; in which
nutrition, health and access to education are
still greatly conditioned by hierarchal
classification.
The main theme underlining the performance is
the conflict between the “recognition of the
inherent dignity and of the equal and
inalienable rights of all members of the human
family is the foundation of freedom, justice
and peace in the world,” (Declaration of Human
Rights from December 10th, 1948) and the fact
that this dignity is increasingly violated.
CONSTITUENT
ELEMENTS
Film
(1)
Wearing a blindfold, eventuality artist Giovanni
Di Stefano is shown painting a glass
door with black oil chalk. This procedure was
filmed from both sides of the painted surface;
and both recordings shown simultaneously on
video. The artist attempted to cover the glass
within 30 minutes, so that no transparent
space was left untouched. A task he was
naturally unable to achieve, since he was
blindfolded and bound to make mistakes.
Text
(2)
Written by author and performer Heike
Fiedler, the “Forteressensiemangerneles”
text is a word creation in various languages,
which plays on the themes of marginalization
and oppression.
Film (3)
In 2008, filmmaker Giorgio Andreoli shot
footage of the deportation of asylum seekers
at the Zürich/Kloten Airport, and processed
them into a movie collage. Their faces are not
shown intentionally.
The
“Porta
Chiusa“ composition will be produced live in
concert by Hans Koch, Michael Thieke and Paed
Conca, to accompany with the video, which
includes the two films and the three short
poems described above.
RATIONALE
The main video shown in PORTA CHIUSA shows a
glass-door. By painting it, one tries to make
it impermeable; this will not succeed,
however, as spots are bound to remain
transparent. PORTA CHIUSA employs this symbol
to say that total (totalitarian) security is
impossible; it is only used as pretense, to
refuse admittance. A fallacious security,
blind towards the reality of worldwide
migration, and unaware that this kind of
walling-off nourishes danger from within. This
walling-off also means that human dignity is
disregarded.
Heike Fiedler’s texts and Giorgio Andreoli’s
film shed a light on the fact that the current
criminalization of pan-European migration is
legally anchored, and a fact to be reckoned
with. As far as the would-be migrants are
concerned, their lack of status entails that
they are classified as sub-standard,
dangerous, criminal and un-social. This
“non-status” furthermore implies the inability
to be a human being, and the deprivation of
any right to freedom of action.
PORTA CHIUSA intends to make a statement
against this recent development in world
policy, and transmit a strong and definitive
signal against it.
PORTA CHIUSA part two
because life should be so wonderful(l)
Maki
Hachiya vocals
Hans
Koch clarinet
Michael
Thieke clarinet
Paed
Conca clarinet, composition
music
here: the whole
composition
Heike
Fiedler's text "nano
splitter gefaser" influenced me during
composing, but I do not let it sound as a
fluid text. Only
fragments of sentences here and there will break out,
but most of the time the voice will mingle with
the three clarinets and produce a kind
of "Drownmusic" on a low volume.
The composition “because
life should be so wonderful(l)”
explore further the tonal and microtonal
possibilities offered by
three clarinets in combination with voice. The first edition of this work was
with the singer Sabina
Meyer and on our Japantour in October 2014
we did work with the Japanise singers Kouta
Unaka, Masae
Takano and Maki
Hachiya. In November 2014 we did perform with Maki Hachiya
in Switzerland. The development of this
composition was supported through the UBS
Kulturstiftung.
PORTA CHIUSA part three
my
home in a suitcase
Maki
Hachiya vocals
Hans
Koch clarinet
Michael
Thieke clarinet
Paed
Conca clarinet, composition
Based on Yara
Bou Nassar's text “my
home
in a suitcase” from
2013. I will only
use this text
as a inspiration for this composition. The
premiere was in November 2014
PORTA CHIUSA part four
raw!
Hans
Koch clarinet
Michael
Thieke clarinet
Paed
Conca clarinet, composition
music
here: excerpt
of raw! the
hole composition video
of raw!(in Seoul) video
of raw!(in Kobe)
this
composition was composed for the trio and the
premiere was in February 2016. Paed Conca is
working on a new composition for 2018.
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Festivals: Artacts in
Sankt Johann(Austria), Improfestival in
Yokohama(Japan), Irtijal Festival in
Beirut(Lebanon), Konfrontationen Festival in
Nickelsdorf(Austria), Impro music festival
Yokohama(Japan), Swiss music days in
Belgrade(Serbia), Vs Interpretation Festival in
Prague(Czech), Dotolimic festival in
Seoul(Korea), 2nd Taiwan improvised music
festival in Taipei.
TOURDATES
2023:
PORTA
CHIUSA Japantour 2023!
2021:
6 to
10 of June Biel residency with
concerts in Biel, Switzerland
7th of June at
la
voirie in
Biel,
Switzerland
14 to
24 of August
Berlin
residency with
concerts in Berlin,
Germany
21st of August
Au Topsi Pohl
Berlin
24th of August
KM 28 in
Berlin
18th
to 24th of
October Beirut
residency with
concerts in
Beirut,
Lebanon
19th of
October on the
stairs next to
Meshmosh
in Beirut,
Lebanon
20th
of October
with Caroline
Ann Baur,
Nadia Daou and
Marc
Ernest
at Riwaq
Beirut,
Lebanon
21st of
October with
Khodor Ellaik
at Anise
Beirt, Lebanon
22nd of
October with
Marc Ernest at
Onomatopoeia
Beirut,
Lebanon
23rd of
October with
Aya Metwalli
at Demo
Bar
Beirut,
Lebanon
24th of
October with
Sharif
Sehnaoui at Bustros
Palace
Beirut,
Lebanon
2019:
7th of May at the Ono
in Bern, Switzerland
8th of May at the Wälcheturm
in Zürich, Switzerland
9th of May at the Petersburg
Art Space in Berlin
10th of May at the KM
28 in Berlin
11th of May at the
Kafe
Haereverk in Oslo,
Norway
12th of
May at the Cappelens
Forslag in
Oslo, Norway
13th of May at the Konsert
Galleriet in Trondheim
2018:
19th of December at the dotolim
in Seoul, Korea
20th of December at the atelier
Dai Q Geijutsu in Tokyo, Japan
21st of December
at the Airgin
in Yokohama, Japan
22nd
of December at the ftarri
in Tokyo, Japan
23rd
of December at the coo
in Sapporo, Japan
24th of December at the guggenheim
house in Kobe, Japan
25th of December at the big
apple in Kobe, Japan
26th of December at the tbone
studio in Osaka, Japan
27th of December at the Groove
Cosmos in Uraso Okinawa, Japan
28th of December at
the ftarri
in Tokyo, Japan
29th of
December at the Cool
Jojo in
Tokyo, Japan
2017:
10th of November at the dotolimic
2017 festival in Seoul, Korea
11th of November at the dotolimic
2017 festival in Seoul, Korea
12th of November at the dotolimic
2017 festival in Seoul, Korea
13th of November at the atelier
Dai Q Geijutsu in Tokyo, Japan
14th of November at the Cool
Jojo in Tokyo, Japan
15th of November at the gallery
Hukka in Tokyo, Japan
16th of November at the Airgin
in Yokohama, Japan
19th of November Miji
concert at the Meridian Space
in Beijing, China(afternoon concert)
19th of November Miji
concert at the Meridian Space
in Beijing, China(evening concert)
20th of November at the Space
631 in Shanghai, China
23rd of November at the Liangzhu
art center in Hangzhou, China
24th of November at the Saal
in Hong Kong, China
25th of November at the 2nd
Taiwan improvised Music festival
in Taipei, Taiwan
26th of November at the JSYGS
in Hsinchu, Taiwan
30th
of November at the puppet
cafe in Hanoi, Vietnam
1st of December at the heritage
space in Hanoi, Vietnam
2nd
of December at the Minut
Init in Kula Lumpur, Malaysia
3rd
of December at the Moutou
in Kula Lumpur, Malaysia
2016:
24th of
February at the maison
44 in Basel, Switzerland
27th
of April at the Vs.
interpretation Festival in
Prague, Czech
18th
of September at the No
Black Tie in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
20th of September at the
rehearsal space of the HORSE
Dance Theater in Taipei,
Taiwan
21th
of September workshop at the Chiao
Tung University in
Hsinchu, Taiwan
21th
of September at the JSYGS
in Hsinchu, Taiwan
22nd
of September at the Nanhai
Gallery
in Taipei, Taiwan
23rd of September at the Kid
Ailack Art Hall in Tokyo,
Japan
24th
of September at the Art
Space Tetra in Fukuoka,
Japan
25th
of September at the Retroft
in Kagoshima, Japan
26th
of September at the Big
Apple in Kobe, Japan
27th
of September at the Soutokuann
in Osaka, Japan
28th
of September at the Studio
T-Bone in Osaka, Japan
29th
of September at the Muriwui
in Tokyo, Japan
30th of
September at the Koen
Dori Classics in Tokyo,
Japan
1st of October at the Impro
Art Festival in Yokohama,
Japan
2014:
15th of
October at the Airgin
in Yokohama, Japan with Maki
Hachiya
16th of
October at the Knuttel
House in Tokyo, Japan with Maki
Hachiya
17th of
October at the Candy
in Tokyo, Japan with Maki
Hachiya
18th of
October at the Kissa
Sakaiki in Tokyo, Japan with Morishige
Yasumune
19th of
October at the Take
Five in Osaka, Japan with Takumi
Seino
20th of
October at the Nanya
in Nagoya, Japan
21st of
October at the Space
Eauuu in Kobe, Japan with Kouta
Unaka and Takumi
Seino
22nd of
October at the Big
Apple in Kobe, Japan with Kouta
Unaka and Takumi
Seino
23rd of
October at the Common
Cafe in Osaka, Japan with Kouta
Unaka and Takumi
Seino
24th of
October at the Urbanguild
in Kyoto, Japan with Takumi
Seino
25th of
October at the Art
Space Tetra in Fukuoka, Japan
26th of
October at the Muriwui
in Tokyo, Japan with Maki
Hachiya
28th of
October at the Coo
in Sapporo, Japan with Masae Takano
29th of
October at the Leaf
in Hakodate, Japan with Masae Takano
30th of
October at the Pit
Inn in Tokyo, Japan with Maki
Hachiya
9th of
November at the maison
44 in Basel, Switzerland with Maki
Hachiya
13th of
November at the Cabinet
in Geneva, Switzerland
with Maki
Hachiya
15th of
November at the Sonarraum
64 in Bern,
Switzerland wwith Maki
Hachiya
16th of
November la
Voirie in
Biel/Bienne,
Switzerland with Maki
Hachiya
18th of November
at the institute
in Zürich,
Switzerland with Maki
Hachiya
19th of
November at the spazio
culturale panelle 10 in Locarno,
Switzerland with Maki
Hachiya
2013:
17th of April at the Roessli
in the Reitschule
in Bern, Switzerland
18th of April at the Starkart
in Zürich, Switzerland
19th of April at the maison
44 in Basel, Switzerland
20th of April at the spazio
culturale
temoraneo in Bellinzona,
Switzerland
21st of April at the Maison
du Velo in Lausanne,
Switzerland
20th of July at the Konfrontationen
Festival in Nickelsdorf, Austria
14th of October at the "swiss
music days" in Belgrade,
Serbia
15th of October Novi Sad, Serbia
22nd of December at the OG9
in Zürich, Switzerland
2012:
8th of April at the IRTIJAL
12 Festival in Beirut, Lebanon
13th of April at the Radio
Liban in Beirut, Lebanon
14th of April at the Nawfal
Palace in Tripoli, Lebanon
15th of April at the Batroun
Projects in Batroun, Lebanon
16th
of April at the Metro
al
Madina
in Beirut, Lebanon
2010:
24th of February at
the Cinema
of the Reitschule in Bern,
Switzerland
25th of February at the Cinema
of the Reitschule in Bern,
Switzerland
27th of February
at the l'Etage
de Saint Gervais in Biel/Bienne,
Switzerland
28th of February at the Cinema
of the Reitschule in Bern,
Switzerland
3rd of March at the Innenhofkultur
in Klagenfurt, Austria
5th of March at the ARTACTS
10 in Sankt Johann im Tirol,
Austria
22th of April in the Cinema
of the Reitschule in Bern,
Switzerland
23rd of April at the Maison
44 in Basel, Switzerland
25th of April at the Kunstraum
Walcheturm in Zürich,
Switzerland
29th of April at the Theatre
de Saint Gervais in Geneve,
Switzerland
1st of May at the Jalan-Jalan
in Wakayama, Japan
2nd of May with Takumi
Seino at the Antalya
Takanabe in
Osaka
3rd of May at the K.D.
Japon in Nagoya
4th of May at the Urbanguild
in Kyoto
5th of May with Takumi
Seino at the Big
Apple in Kobe
6th of May with Takumi
Seino at the Common
Cafe in Osaka
7th of May at the Art
Space Tetra in Fukuoka
8th of May with Mori-Shige
and Keiko
Higuchi at the International
Art Festival in Yokohama
9th of May with Maki
Hachiya at the International
Art
Festival in Yokohama
11th of May at the Coo
in Sapporo
12th of May at the with Renato
Ciunfrini, Mori-Shige
and Keiko
Higuchi at the Bar
Isshee in Tokyo
14th of May with Kaido
Yutaka at the Knuttelhouse
in Tokyo\
15th of May with Maki
Hachiya , Nabuyoshi
Ino and Ryuichi Yoshida
at the Aketa
no Mise in Tokyo
16th of May with Maki
Hachiya and Kazutoki
Umezu at the Pit-Inn
in Tokyo
17th of May with Maki
Hachiya and Takayuki
Kato at the Flying
Teapot in Tokyo
18th of May at the Super-Deluxe
in Tokyo
19th of May at the Rag
in Kyoto
20th of May with Yoko
Miura at
the Violon
in Tokyo
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