Afgang 2022: Michał Biel

Funes el memorioso II

'Funes el Memorioso', a short story by J.L.Borges, in which he approached matters of philosophic and scientific import with incredible depth, became the inspiration and seed for a series of compositions. The Funes series concerns sound in the context of memory and infinity, as well as addresses the notion of the performer/listener as the independent entity.

We will present the composition 'Funes el Memorioso II' in a large concert format, an attempt to transfer Borges' various observations about memory and its role in perception, into a sound situation.

The composition immerses in the labyrinth of metaphors and literalisms, as
"All the branches, clusters and leaves that form a whole row of vines,"
braid the short story of Ireneo Funes.

Michał Biel (soprano saxophone, tapes) is bringing the situation together with:

Kaja Draksler – piano, objects (Slovenia)

Flavia Huarachi – flute (Bolivia/Denmark)

Szymon Gąsiorek – percussion, objects (Poland)

Sarvin Asa – cello (Italy)

Vincent Yuen Ruiz - double bass (Switzerland)

Aurelijus Užameckis - double bass (Lithuania)

Hein Westgaard – guitar (Norway)

Gianluca Elia – live processing (Italy)

"….the solitary and lucid spectator of a multiform, instantaneous and almost intolerably precise world."
Michał Biel – Polish sound composer and field-recordist.

PS

I invite you to read 'Funes el Memorioso' (English title: 'Funes the Memorious') by J.L.Borges before the event.

Sincerely
MB

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