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Concert: Je mets mon scaphandre

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Je mets mon scaphandre is an immersive work for bassoon, surround-sound electronics and sound-reactive lighting. The piece’s meditative sound-world reflects the feminist theory of the ‘leaky body’, inviting us to rethink the human body as fluid and amorphous, constantly reconfiguring in response to its environment. Here, the built-in spatiality and the leaky, unstable nature of the bassoon are brought into dialogue with this theory, amplified and translated through sound and light.

Je mets mon scaphandre will be performed at the International Anthony Burgess on October 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM. The venue is wheelchair accessible.

Artists:

Olivia Palmer-Baker: Performance (bassoon)

John Aulich: Performance (electronics), Composition

José del Avellanal Carreño: Light Design

Programme:

but for our little utterances dissembling, John Aulich – multichannel electronics installation

The Spirit of Beings (15’), Dai Fujikura – bassoon, live electronics – world premiere bassoon version

je mets mon scaphandre (40’), John Aulich (composition, live electronics), Olivia Palmer-Baker (bassoon), José del Avellanal Carreño (live light design) – world premiere

Sponsors: Goethe-Institute (IKF), Hinrichsen Foundation.

Supporters: The University of Edinburgh, Musikakademie Rheinsberg, Kollektiv UNRUHE, KLANGZEITORT, Universität der Künste, ( ( NYT ) )