Marloes, Author at Twaalfhoven

‘Zo Klinkt Klimaatverandering’ – Radio 1, De Ochtend

Marloes — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 23:58:04 +0000

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Track III: 1992 Future plans in Diever

Marloes — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 18:17:35 +0000

1992 Future plans in Diever

In Diever, there is a famous open air theatre, where Shakespeare plays are performed every summer. It was amazing to be a part of this world, to act and make music.

I hatched a plan for my future: become famous with my own rock band, then take over my Dad’s flute making business or teach music and theatre at a Rudolf Steiner school.

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Track III: 1998 “Plankgas”

Marloes — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 18:16:03 +0000

1998 ‘Plankgas’

Why are all the different art forms so strictly segregated?

While studying at the conservatoire in Amsterdam, I actively sought to collaborate with students from other faculties. I came up with a monthly scratch night at a theatre: Plankgas (Full speed ahead). It brought together the students’ most unusual work and resulted in communication and collaboration between theatre, dance, film and music. Every night was an adventure.

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Track III: 2000 Sound and Space

Marloes — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 18:13:10 +0000

2000 Sound and Space

By spreading musicians throughout a large building and placing dancers among the audience, sound, space and people came together into one musical experience. The performance was called La vie n’est pas un chocolat and was performed several times in special locations.

Watch Atrium – wind instruments and dancers in the city hall of The Hague

Watch Kalenderpanden – world of sound in an old warehouse

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Track III: 1999 Dialogue between nature, blast furnaces, percussion and wind instruments

Marloes — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 18:11:36 +0000

1999 Dialogue between nature, blast furnaces, percussion and wind instruments

I created a piece of music that was played in the dunes, under the smoke of the blast furnaces.

Massive steel art works were used as percussion, together with other iron objects, like oil drums. The audience walked through a landscape of sound. The members of the marching band Door Samenwerking Sterk stood dotted around the area. Fire lit the performance while a light breeze blew the whole thing to bits, which happened to sound pretty good.

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Track III: 2001 A symphony for Chef, DJ, Grinder and Marching Band

Marloes — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 18:09:58 +0000

2001 A symphony for Chef, DJ, Grinder and Marching Band

It was my final composition exam for the conservatoire, but the committee did not want to come. I had arranged to use a shipyard, a marching band, a string orchestra, a rock band, a DJ, dancers and chefs. From the early evening into the next morning, live music, electronic beats and soundscapes merged together.

Watch a recording of the concert here

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Track III: 2002 A Night Life Adventure

Marloes — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 18:08:36 +0000

2002 A Night Life Adventure

In Paradiso and other night clubs, I organised nights in which performances, food, dance and DJ merged into one according to a tight schedule, creating a complete experience for the senses. It seemed to hang together loosely and fluidly, but it was actually very tightly planned.

Chefs, dancers, DJs and even masseurs and hair dressers were involved and worked together with countless musicians. From marching band to string quartet, from Scandinavian folk singers to Slovenian hard rock bands, from children’s choir to recorder orchestra – every minute was carefully plotted, but for the uninitiated visitor, the night seemed like a spontaneous confluence of performances, wisps of music, poetry, taste and smell.

Watch the videos of La nuit n’est pas un chocolat here.

Some news items:

Het Parool, 9 Maart 2004
Sp!ts, 30 december 2004
NRC Handelsblad, 31 december 2004
Telegraaf, 31 december 2004
Brabants Dagblad, 9 maart 2005

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Track III: 2003 The Rijksmuseum full of musicians

Marloes — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 18:05:55 +0000

2003 The Rijksmuseum full of musicians

During the Museum Night 2003 in the Rijksmuseum, our intention was never to create a stage, but to have musicians, actors and dancers operate among the audience, spread out all over the building. This created a unity between the visitor and his or her environment, guiding their focus equally between the works of art, a social experience and experiencing a live performance.

Watch the compilation here

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Track III: 2004 Blindfolded theatre experience

Marloes — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 18:04:38 +0000

2004 Blindfolded theatre experience

Instead of sitting in red plush seats, the visitors of the Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam were led through the catacombs of the theatre blindfolded. There were smells, sounds, the lift and strange hands that carried you away. The actors of Toneelgroep Amsterdam whispered their lines directly into the audience’s ears. Theatre had rarely been this intimate.

Click here for a short impression of Night on the Barents Sea

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Track III: 2005 Lecturer Pop art

Marloes — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 18:03:37 +0000

2005 Lecturer in Pop art

I became the youngest lecturer in the Netherlands.

At the ArtEZ University of the Arts, I went in search of a new role for art in the world. At meetings, lectures and conferences, I brought countless artists together who were creating new connections within society through their work. Their experiences and my vision can be found in the book Art in the World.

You can read Art in the World online here
Read an article about the importance of Pop Art
Read my inaugural address as lecturer

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