Tapeloop Temple
Mathijs Leeuwis | NL
Old photos fade and turn yellow, people disappear, stories die out, names are no longer spoken. Cassettes and videotapes become unusable. There is something beautiful and melancholic in transience. Tapeloop Temple is an installation built around the minimalistic sound composition Généalogies. The composition is played on tape loops, analogue audiotapes that are stretched, slowed down and repeated. Mathijs Leeuwis pays a tribute to imperfection and our failing memories: go forth, forget and recreate.
November Music
This performance is part of November Music on Tour. A series of adventurous concerts in the Fall of 2021, in collaboration with festivals and venues, among which Theaterfestival Boulevard. This annual 10-day festival takes places from 5 to 14 November and offers more than 90 different concerts. Check their complete program at www.novembermusic.net.
The installation is wheelchair accessible, but the visuals are intended for viewing while lying down. Wheelchair users can experience the installation and the music themselves.
'I feel warm, embraced, not alone anymore.'
- audience reactions, Theater De Nieuwe Vorst (Tilburg summer 2020).'I would like to have this installation in my bedroom.'
- audience reactions, Theater De Nieuwe Vorst (Tilburg summer 2020).
