Music, sound art, poetry, visual arts and dance meets in cutting edge project BON JOUR MONOGRAMISTA T.D., which successfully toured Slovakia, Austria, Germany, Norway and Denmark in 2014 and 2015.
PLATFORM 1-12 is now proud to present this piece of art to the audience in Bay Area!
BON JOUR MONOGRAMISTA T.D.
Interdisciplinary performance
Ivan Siller (svk)
Fero Kiraly (svk)
David Molina (usa)
Shikka Malavia (usa)
and guests
MONOGRAMISTA T.D. (born as Dezider Tóth in 1947) is one of the most important representatives of Slovak art. Considered “the father of Slovak conceptual art”, his art work ranges from the performance, installation, bookmaking to painting, object and minimalist intervention.
His work PARTITURAS (1976-1978) attracted Slovak composers and intermedia artists Fero Kiraly and Ivan Siller. Partituras is a series of ink drawings strongly resembling music scores. Until now, it has never been musically reinterpreted.
BON JOUR MONOGRAMISTA T.D. is the name given to the live performance. Kiraly and Siller, along with local artists, reinterpreted various parts of PARTITURAS through music, dance, sound-art and spoken word.
In 2015, the project was performed throughout Europe in Poland, Germany, Denmark, UK, Norway, Slovakia and Austria.
THE PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF SLOVAK REPUBLIC.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Ivan Siller and Fero Kiraly are the founders and core members of Slovak intermedia group Cluster Ensemble, established in 2008, the most interesting and inspiring art collective in Slovakia. The ensemble currently works on recordings of early works by Philip Glass, which will be released on Orange Mountain Music label.
IVAN SILLER (http://ivansiller.com/) is an internationally acclaimed is a concert pianist, conductor and organizer of musical projects. He has received numerous awards in Europe (European Music Prize for Youth, Hamburg) and fellowships (Tanglewood Music Center Boston, Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada) both as a soloist and chamber musician. Besides concerts, he realizes numerous musical and musical educational projects and actively cooperates with contemporary Slovak and foreign composers and ensembles. He has cooperated with theatre companies Walpurgis (Antwerp) and Wederzijds (Amsterdam), with which he produced a piece about music and life of Charles Ives in season 2002 – 2003. Ivan Siller teaches music composition at Academy of Performing arts in Bratislava, Slovakia.
FERO KIRALY (http://www.ferokiraly.com/) was recently called “the best Slovak contemporary pianist” (Slovak Weekly Magazine). He uses a combination of extended piano and acoustic instruments with computer software to introduce new ways of music perception. As a composer he works on his own music projects. As an interpret his focus is on interpretation of Contemporary music. In Slovakia, he has premiered several works by Philip Glass, Morton Feldman and Sofia Gubaidulina. He is an active member of VENI Ensemble and the lecturer at VENI Academy. In 2009, he founded Cluster Ensemble, dedicated to the interpretation of Contemporary Slovak and foreign composers.
DAVID MOLINA(http://www.drmsound.com/) is an Award-winning composer, multi-instrumentalist, sound designer, music producer, sound artist, and recording engineer based in San Francisco. He has created music and sound design for theatre, dance, film and video, multimedia installation, performance art, and radio for over 18 years. He also has been performing and writing all types of music in various bands or ensembles through out his life.
SHIKHA MALAVIYA (http://www.shikhamalaviya.com/) is an Award-winning, published Indo-American poet and writer. Malaviya is actively involved in events and movements which use poetry to promote positive change such as The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective, a literary press dedicated to new poetic voices from India, and ‘Poetry in Public India,’ a movement to bring powerful verse by Indian women to public places. Malaviya gave a TEDx talk on ‘Poetry in Daily Life’ in 2013. She now lives in San Francisco after six wonderful years in India.
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PLATFORM 1-12 is now proud to present this piece of art to the audience in Bay Area!
BON JOUR MONOGRAMISTA T.D.
Interdisciplinary performance
Ivan Siller (svk)
Fero Kiraly (svk)
David Molina (usa)
Shikka Malavia (usa)
and guests
MONOGRAMISTA T.D. (born as Dezider Tóth in 1947) is one of the most important representatives of Slovak art. Considered “the father of Slovak conceptual art”, his art work ranges from the performance, installation, bookmaking to painting, object and minimalist intervention.
His work PARTITURAS (1976-1978) attracted Slovak composers and intermedia artists Fero Kiraly and Ivan Siller. Partituras is a series of ink drawings strongly resembling music scores. Until now, it has never been musically reinterpreted.
BON JOUR MONOGRAMISTA T.D. is the name given to the live performance. Kiraly and Siller, along with local artists, reinterpreted various parts of PARTITURAS through music, dance, sound-art and spoken word.
In 2015, the project was performed throughout Europe in Poland, Germany, Denmark, UK, Norway, Slovakia and Austria.
THE PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF SLOVAK REPUBLIC.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Ivan Siller and Fero Kiraly are the founders and core members of Slovak intermedia group Cluster Ensemble, established in 2008, the most interesting and inspiring art collective in Slovakia. The ensemble currently works on recordings of early works by Philip Glass, which will be released on Orange Mountain Music label.
IVAN SILLER (http://ivansiller.com/) is an internationally acclaimed is a concert pianist, conductor and organizer of musical projects. He has received numerous awards in Europe (European Music Prize for Youth, Hamburg) and fellowships (Tanglewood Music Center Boston, Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada) both as a soloist and chamber musician. Besides concerts, he realizes numerous musical and musical educational projects and actively cooperates with contemporary Slovak and foreign composers and ensembles. He has cooperated with theatre companies Walpurgis (Antwerp) and Wederzijds (Amsterdam), with which he produced a piece about music and life of Charles Ives in season 2002 – 2003. Ivan Siller teaches music composition at Academy of Performing arts in Bratislava, Slovakia.
FERO KIRALY (http://www.ferokiraly.com/) was recently called “the best Slovak contemporary pianist” (Slovak Weekly Magazine). He uses a combination of extended piano and acoustic instruments with computer software to introduce new ways of music perception. As a composer he works on his own music projects. As an interpret his focus is on interpretation of Contemporary music. In Slovakia, he has premiered several works by Philip Glass, Morton Feldman and Sofia Gubaidulina. He is an active member of VENI Ensemble and the lecturer at VENI Academy. In 2009, he founded Cluster Ensemble, dedicated to the interpretation of Contemporary Slovak and foreign composers.
DAVID MOLINA(http://www.drmsound.com/) is an Award-winning composer, multi-instrumentalist, sound designer, music producer, sound artist, and recording engineer based in San Francisco. He has created music and sound design for theatre, dance, film and video, multimedia installation, performance art, and radio for over 18 years. He also has been performing and writing all types of music in various bands or ensembles through out his life.
SHIKHA MALAVIYA (http://www.shikhamalaviya.com/) is an Award-winning, published Indo-American poet and writer. Malaviya is actively involved in events and movements which use poetry to promote positive change such as The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective, a literary press dedicated to new poetic voices from India, and ‘Poetry in Public India,’ a movement to bring powerful verse by Indian women to public places. Malaviya gave a TEDx talk on ‘Poetry in Daily Life’ in 2013. She now lives in San Francisco after six wonderful years in India.
Music, sound art, poetry, visual arts and dance meets in cutting edge project BON JOUR MONOGRAMISTA T.D., which successfully toured Slovakia, Austria, Germany, Norway and Denmark in 2014 and 2015.
PLATFORM 1-12 is now proud to present this piece of art to the audience in Bay Area!
BON JOUR MONOGRAMISTA T.D.
Interdisciplinary performance
Ivan Siller (svk)
Fero Kiraly (svk)
David Molina (usa)
Shikka Malavia (usa)
and guests
MONOGRAMISTA T.D. (born as Dezider Tóth in 1947) is one of the most important representatives of Slovak art. Considered “the father of Slovak conceptual art”, his art work ranges from the performance, installation, bookmaking to painting, object and minimalist intervention.
His work PARTITURAS (1976-1978) attracted Slovak composers and intermedia artists Fero Kiraly and Ivan Siller. Partituras is a series of ink drawings strongly resembling music scores. Until now, it has never been musically reinterpreted.
BON JOUR MONOGRAMISTA T.D. is the name given to the live performance. Kiraly and Siller, along with local artists, reinterpreted various parts of PARTITURAS through music, dance, sound-art and spoken word.
In 2015, the project was performed throughout Europe in Poland, Germany, Denmark, UK, Norway, Slovakia and Austria.
THE PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF SLOVAK REPUBLIC.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Ivan Siller and Fero Kiraly are the founders and core members of Slovak intermedia group Cluster Ensemble, established in 2008, the most interesting and inspiring art collective in Slovakia. The ensemble currently works on recordings of early works by Philip Glass, which will be released on Orange Mountain Music label.
IVAN SILLER (http://ivansiller.com/) is an internationally acclaimed is a concert pianist, conductor and organizer of musical projects. He has received numerous awards in Europe (European Music Prize for Youth, Hamburg) and fellowships (Tanglewood Music Center Boston, Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada) both as a soloist and chamber musician. Besides concerts, he realizes numerous musical and musical educational projects and actively cooperates with contemporary Slovak and foreign composers and ensembles. He has cooperated with theatre companies Walpurgis (Antwerp) and Wederzijds (Amsterdam), with which he produced a piece about music and life of Charles Ives in season 2002 – 2003. Ivan Siller teaches music composition at Academy of Performing arts in Bratislava, Slovakia.
FERO KIRALY (http://www.ferokiraly.com/) was recently called “the best Slovak contemporary pianist” (Slovak Weekly Magazine). He uses a combination of extended piano and acoustic instruments with computer software to introduce new ways of music perception. As a composer he works on his own music projects. As an interpret his focus is on interpretation of Contemporary music. In Slovakia, he has premiered several works by Philip Glass, Morton Feldman and Sofia Gubaidulina. He is an active member of VENI Ensemble and the lecturer at VENI Academy. In 2009, he founded Cluster Ensemble, dedicated to the interpretation of Contemporary Slovak and foreign composers.
DAVID MOLINA(http://www.drmsound.com/) is an Award-winning composer, multi-instrumentalist, sound designer, music producer, sound artist, and recording engineer based in San Francisco. He has created music and sound design for theatre, dance, film and video, multimedia installation, performance art, and radio for over 18 years. He also has been performing and writing all types of music in various bands or ensembles through out his life.
SHIKHA MALAVIYA (http://www.shikhamalaviya.com/) is an Award-winning, published Indo-American poet and writer. Malaviya is actively involved in events and movements which use poetry to promote positive change such as The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective, a literary press dedicated to new poetic voices from India, and ‘Poetry in Public India,’ a movement to bring powerful verse by Indian women to public places. Malaviya gave a TEDx talk on ‘Poetry in Daily Life’ in 2013. She now lives in San Francisco after six wonderful years in India.
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PLATFORM 1-12 is now proud to present this piece of art to the audience in Bay Area!
BON JOUR MONOGRAMISTA T.D.
Interdisciplinary performance
Ivan Siller (svk)
Fero Kiraly (svk)
David Molina (usa)
Shikka Malavia (usa)
and guests
MONOGRAMISTA T.D. (born as Dezider Tóth in 1947) is one of the most important representatives of Slovak art. Considered “the father of Slovak conceptual art”, his art work ranges from the performance, installation, bookmaking to painting, object and minimalist intervention.
His work PARTITURAS (1976-1978) attracted Slovak composers and intermedia artists Fero Kiraly and Ivan Siller. Partituras is a series of ink drawings strongly resembling music scores. Until now, it has never been musically reinterpreted.
BON JOUR MONOGRAMISTA T.D. is the name given to the live performance. Kiraly and Siller, along with local artists, reinterpreted various parts of PARTITURAS through music, dance, sound-art and spoken word.
In 2015, the project was performed throughout Europe in Poland, Germany, Denmark, UK, Norway, Slovakia and Austria.
THE PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF SLOVAK REPUBLIC.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Ivan Siller and Fero Kiraly are the founders and core members of Slovak intermedia group Cluster Ensemble, established in 2008, the most interesting and inspiring art collective in Slovakia. The ensemble currently works on recordings of early works by Philip Glass, which will be released on Orange Mountain Music label.
IVAN SILLER (http://ivansiller.com/) is an internationally acclaimed is a concert pianist, conductor and organizer of musical projects. He has received numerous awards in Europe (European Music Prize for Youth, Hamburg) and fellowships (Tanglewood Music Center Boston, Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada) both as a soloist and chamber musician. Besides concerts, he realizes numerous musical and musical educational projects and actively cooperates with contemporary Slovak and foreign composers and ensembles. He has cooperated with theatre companies Walpurgis (Antwerp) and Wederzijds (Amsterdam), with which he produced a piece about music and life of Charles Ives in season 2002 – 2003. Ivan Siller teaches music composition at Academy of Performing arts in Bratislava, Slovakia.
FERO KIRALY (http://www.ferokiraly.com/) was recently called “the best Slovak contemporary pianist” (Slovak Weekly Magazine). He uses a combination of extended piano and acoustic instruments with computer software to introduce new ways of music perception. As a composer he works on his own music projects. As an interpret his focus is on interpretation of Contemporary music. In Slovakia, he has premiered several works by Philip Glass, Morton Feldman and Sofia Gubaidulina. He is an active member of VENI Ensemble and the lecturer at VENI Academy. In 2009, he founded Cluster Ensemble, dedicated to the interpretation of Contemporary Slovak and foreign composers.
DAVID MOLINA(http://www.drmsound.com/) is an Award-winning composer, multi-instrumentalist, sound designer, music producer, sound artist, and recording engineer based in San Francisco. He has created music and sound design for theatre, dance, film and video, multimedia installation, performance art, and radio for over 18 years. He also has been performing and writing all types of music in various bands or ensembles through out his life.
SHIKHA MALAVIYA (http://www.shikhamalaviya.com/) is an Award-winning, published Indo-American poet and writer. Malaviya is actively involved in events and movements which use poetry to promote positive change such as The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective, a literary press dedicated to new poetic voices from India, and ‘Poetry in Public India,’ a movement to bring powerful verse by Indian women to public places. Malaviya gave a TEDx talk on ‘Poetry in Daily Life’ in 2013. She now lives in San Francisco after six wonderful years in India.
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