A selection of articles featuring Proximity Music: Visceral Acts

OOR selects two of iii’s contributions to Rewire Festival; Matteo Marangoni and Dieter Vandoren’s Komorebi and Aernoudt Jacob’s Glass Vibration Glaze.

“… there are robot tulips in the grass in front of the Nieuwe Kerk and you can listen to the windows of the Amare cultural center with a stethoscope. The Hague culture connoisseur knows immediately: Rewire is back in town. This year the festival is more visible and popular than ever before…”

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‘During the festival, the building was scattered with installations curated by satellite event Proximity Music, all of which seemingly related to the corporeal. Israeli artist Amos Peled turned the ultrasound on himself to create nifty noisescapes under the name Phantom Limb, whereas Matteo Marangoni & Dieter Vandoren created a bunch of sound drones in the yard surrounding Nieuwe Kerk, all chirping within their unique frequency like a swarm of crickets.’

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As well as an exploration into the program of Proximity Music: Visceral Acts, this article features an interview with the curator Matteo Marangoni.

‘Marangoni shares that this health issue has been in the back of his mind since things opened up after two years of intermittent lockdowns, and he noticed how much artistic output had turned to health-related subjects. At the same time, in the Dutch cultural sector, he was witnessing a high level of exhaustion, which also affected iii and himself personally, with physical and mental health a preoccupation, very much still present.’

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