Verstrijken voor ensemble

William Engelen

12 Jan 2008
9 Mar 2008

Specially for Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen the artist William Engelen (lives and works in Berlin and Rotterdam) has developed the composition ‘Verstrijken voor ensemble’. The sound piece can be experienced live and as a sound installation in a specially designed concert space in the form of the body of a stringed instrument.

With:
William Engelen, Luc Döbereiner, Merel Huizinga, Thomas Rehnert, Julia Schröder, Beatrix Wagner, KNM Berlin

Engelen wrote a composition for nine instruments based on the biorhythms of the musicians. A week’s daily activities, rhythms and patterns have been translated into music and a graphic score that fills an entire gallery.

‘Verstrijken voor ensemble’ will be performed by musicians several times during the day-long programme of activities accompanying the opening of the museum’s new season on Saturday 12 January 2008.