Few composers have recently used multimedia and technological elements as sharp instruments to dissect contemporary society the way Stefan Prins has, and it’s also given him a huge international reception. Using themes like computer games, virtual reality and prostheses in his music, Prins explores the boundaries of what is and is not virtual, what is human and what is technological. During Transit, the composer will talk in more detail about what this means to him, using fragments from his most recent works as illustration. You’ll just have to wait to find out if he’ll give this lecture live in person or will project himself as a hologram …
Program
Lecture Stefan Prins
Composers
Stefan Prins
In his compositional work, Stefan Prins seeks to
critique received convention, to break the framework of the usual, and dispose
of aesthetic axioms. He envisions a musical art form beyond the safe confines
of the “scene”, wherein the connection to the larger cultural discourse has
gotten lost.
STUK
Naamsestraat 96
3000
Leuven
Parking
H. Hartkliniek, Naamsestraat 102c
Bus
Lijnen 1 en 2
Halte H. Hartkliniek
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