Opening Concert - Tuning to Rhythm

The central question of the 17th Architecture Biennale is ‘How will we live together?’. The Dutch Pavilion answers this question with another question; ‘Who is We?’. With Multiplicity of Other and Multispecies Urbanism the Dutch Pavilion presents two possible responses. The research program Values for Survival gives another, parallel reaction to these questions: if we live together, we will need to TUNE into all multiplicity and all multispecies around. In Cahier 3 we see that ‘we are rhythm and so is the world’. Tuning to rhythm of others is a core value for survival we need now.

In the last hour of the online opening of the Dutch Pavilion, three musicians from three musical traditions will perform the special concert Tuning to Rhythm. In this online improvisation, rhythm as a uniting force in diversity will be explored. Sharing the first beat, offering entrances to each other, overcoming delays, the three musicians explore how to tune to difference and to moments of shared harmony at the same time. With Sirishkumar Manji (tabla, vocal), Mistah Isaac (gitar, vocal), Reinier van Houdt (piano). This concert came about after ten hours of rehearsals. With thanks to Source Elements for the networked music support.

You can already read the conversations between Source Elements and the three musicians of the concert below (only available in English). The concert itself will be added to this collection later, together with the concert rehearsals.