Soundpiece
Curating the sound gallery of the Schouwburgplein that reflects the cultural live of the city of Rotterdam.
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Soundpiece o9-13
From 2oo9 until 2o13, David Dooghe has been appointed as curator of Soundpiece, with the task to reinstall the sound installation and connect it to the cultural life of Rotterdam. Since that time, the installation got an Internet connection and an XLR plug-in point at the square, greatly enlarging its possibilities for use. Furthermore, many cultural institutions, festivals, sound artists or others used the installation. During the years the installation has become part of life on the square.
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Soundpiece on record
WORM, the Institute for Avant-garde Recreation Rotterdam and Soundpiece asked the sound artists Rutger Zuydervelt (MachineFabriek), Pierre Bastien and Dyane Donck (Daisy Bell) to produce a 15-minute track to be played at Soundpiece.
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Poetry meets Pop
For annual Poetry International Festival Rotterdam, students of the Rotterdam Pop academy made a soundscape for Soundpiece. The students started from poems of Sirgurbjörg Tharstardóttir, Andrea Gibellini, J.A. Deelder, Oscar Pastior and Herman de Coninck.
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En Plein Publiek
Who can guess which Rotterdam Square is played on Soundpiece can win tickets for performances in De Doelen or Rotterdamse Schouwburg.
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Still, Slow and Silence
How still, slow and silent is the city? In the talkshow Multitasken, David Dooghe was interviewed on his experiences as curator of Soundpiece.
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Countdown to Christmas
Interview with David Dooghe by newspaper Metro on project Soundpiece.
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Focus on Festivals
This book presents a contemporary overview of our most ubiquitous cultural phenomena - festivals. It is able to do so by taking a powerful and unique case-study focused, theoretically rigorous and pan-European approach.
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Open, experimental and participative
How did the piecing together of different initiatives gradually give rise to the urban cultural foyer at Schouwburgplein? Article on Soundpiece in CITIES The Magazine issue #o2: “EMERGING CENTERS”.
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World Port Days
A design study, locating a part of the World Port Days Rotterdam at the Schouwburgplein.
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Soundgallery Summer 2o11
Every workday between 19.oo and 21.oo, from the middle of August until middle of September 2o11, Soundpiece performed as a Soundgallery, exhibiting soundscapes of different sound artists. The artists were asked to create a soundscape in which Rotterdam is represented by different sound atmospheres.
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Wireless Debate
The physical world of the city and the virtual world of the internet are overlapping more and more. This has major consequences for both the way we experience public spaces and the way we exchange news and stories.
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Lunch with Poetry
Enjoy your lunch with Poetry form all over the world. Every weekday between 12.oo and 14.oo the Soundpiece, in collaboration with Poetry International Rotterdam, plays (Sound)Pieces of Poetry International. Every week a different langue will be served.
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