As Young Artist in Focus, Tristan Perich presents an extensive programme across iconic The Hague venues throughout the Rewire 2018 weekend – 6 to 8 April, 2018.
New York-based composer and visual artist Tristan Perich is a pioneer in the realms of contemporary and electronic music. Drawing inspiration from the aesthetic simplicity of mathematics, physics and code, he has transformed traditional forms of composition through a string of groundbreaking works that pair acoustic instruments with hand-made 1-bit electronics. Bursting onto the scene with 2004’s ‘1-Bit Music’, the first album to be released as a microchip, he has since released a number of award-winning compositions, including ‘1-Bit Symphony’, ‘Active Field’ and ‘Surface Image’, and installations like Drawing Machines’ and ‘Microtonal Wall’. As the festival’s Young Artist in Focus, Tristan Perich presents an extensive programme at Rewire 2018 that spans the full spectrum of his oeuvre.
Explore Tristan Perich’s complete Young Artist in Focus programme below.
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Friday, 6 April – De Electriciteitsfabriek
The first of his performances at Rewire 2018, Active Field might well be Tristan Perich’s least 1-bit led electronic work. Composed for ten violins and ten channel 1-bit electronics, the piece sees his signature sound submerged under a wash of avant-garde string arrangements. Active Field is performed by the Royal Conservatoire’s String Ensemble at the Electriciteitsfabriek on opening night.
Saturday, 7 April – De Electriciteitsfabriek
Surface Image is among Tristan Perich’s most ambitious works and his first large-scale piano composition. Performed by Canadian pianist Vicky Chow, the piece is a stunning marriage of her fiercely virtuosic playing and a sublime flurry of Perich’s dazzling 1-bit sounds. Surface Image can be seen at the Electriciteitsfabriek on Saturday.
Sunday, 8 April – Korzo
Tristan Perich takes to the stage himself on the final day of Rewire to showcase two solo compositions. Where 1-Bit Solo adapts the characteristic minimalism of his groundbreaking works 1-Bit Symphony and 1-Bit Music into a hypnotic live performance, Noise Patterns, sees Perich explores how that digital noise can be shaped into the mesmerising thump of a nightclub.
Friday, 6 April + Saturday, 7 April – The Grey Space
On Friday and Saturday, Tristan Perich presents an exhibition of his works, Drawing Machines and Listening Stations. The first is a live installation in which a pen suspended from two motors, whose motion is controlled by a code running on a circuit, produces tremendous paper or wall drawings that explore notions of texture, noise, randomness and order. For the second, he displays a range of his microchip experiments, allowing visitors to engage directly with his 1-bit compositions.
Friday, 6 April – Zaal 3
On the opening night of the festival, Tristan Perich presents an artist talk in which he explores his work in music, sound and visual art. He will examine the interaction between the diverse interests that feed into his work, including physics, computer science and the foundations of mathematics/logic, and how his 1-bit music interacts with the building blocks of digital sound to explore order and randomness.