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 During 2020-22 Gívan Belá was working on a performance work, in collaboration with [[http://www.laznia.pl/|Laznia]] Gdansk, to function as an opening event of the exhibition 'Sense Perception / Sensoria' by Hungarian-Canadian artist-curator-traveller-critic-organizer-writer-... [[http://www.ninaczegledy.net/|Nina Czegledy]] in September 2022. The piece is a community based and participative work, performed in open air, and based on the same principles as [[http://kra.land/?p=842|Fanfara Hranice]] (2011, 2018).  During 2020-22 Gívan Belá was working on a performance work, in collaboration with [[http://www.laznia.pl/|Laznia]] Gdansk, to function as an opening event of the exhibition 'Sense Perception / Sensoria' by Hungarian-Canadian artist-curator-traveller-critic-organizer-writer-... [[http://www.ninaczegledy.net/|Nina Czegledy]] in September 2022. The piece is a community based and participative work, performed in open air, and based on the same principles as [[http://kra.land/?p=842|Fanfara Hranice]] (2011, 2018). 
  
-In February 2020 we visited Laznia, and worked on the necessary prospection, for developing the piece. Both venues where the performances will take place belong to quite different neighbourhoods. Apart from an extensive series of field recordings around [[http://www.laznia.pl/instytucja/historia-6/|Laznia 2]] (the harbour) and [[http://www.laznia.pl/instytucja/historia-3/|Laznia 1]] (the city), we worked out a further plan of action, meeting the experimental choir 441 Hz and Anna Wilczewska. Meantime the renowned luthier [[http://www.targowiskoinstrumentow.pl/hubert-poloniewicz/|Hubert Połoniewicz]], proposed making a replica of the mysterious medieval instrument, the geśle gdanskie. We accomplished 26 hours of field recordings as an initial sound material collection, for further analysis and re-generation electronically. We came back home and started to work preparing the initial the score for the choir. [[BirdSongs]] was the working title. The piece would be throughout the years mentioned as Marching Choir, Fanfara, etc. and was several times postponed. Meantime we played some online concerts together with Krzysztof Topolski, and we continued to work together to perform the piece in Gdansk where Krzysztof is living. As a percussionist, he introduced a more rhythmical approach, including playing on handheld small instruments, which enriched the piece tremendously. Also it kept the performers and audience moving, which was one of the essential aspects of the performance, being originally based on a dynamic  [[DvaMetri | dva[2]metri]] choreography. We dropped the [[LOVMi&Sensors]] idea, which would have required a too complicated setup, but still we are thinking of adding it to a future version (if ever...+In February 2020 we visited Laznia, and worked on the necessary prospection, for developing the piece. Both venues where the performances will take place belong to quite different neighbourhoods. Apart from an extensive series of field recordings around [[http://www.laznia.pl/instytucja/historia-6/|Laznia 2]] (the harbour) and [[http://www.laznia.pl/instytucja/historia-3/|Laznia 1]] (the city), we worked out a further plan of action, meeting the experimental choir 441 Hz and Anna Wilczewska. Meantime the renowned luthier [[http://www.targowiskoinstrumentow.pl/hubert-poloniewicz/|Hubert Połoniewicz]], proposed making a replica of the mysterious medieval instrument, the geśle gdanskie. We accomplished 26 hours of field recordings as an initial sound material collection, for further analysis and re-generation electronically. We came back home and started to work preparing the initial the score for the choir. [[BirdSongs]] was the working title. The piece would be throughout the years mentioned as Marching Choir, Fanfara, etc. and was several times postponed. Meantime we played some online concerts together with Krzysztof Topolski, and we continued to work together to perform the piece in Gdansk where Krzysztof is living. As a percussionist, he introduced a more rhythmical approach, including playing on handheld small instruments, which enriched the piece tremendously. Also it kept the performers and audience moving, which was one of the essential aspects of the performance, being originally based on a dynamic  [[DvaMetri | dva[2]metri]] choreography. (OK we dropped the DIY hand held solar operated electronics but stay (un)tuned and we will come back to it later)
  
 The final performance was set for September 16th, 2022. The 441 Hz choir could not perform it but then the [[https://www.facebook.com/chorUG | Akademicki Chór Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego / Gdansk University Choir]] proposed to step in and rescue the performance, together with a bunch of visiting international Erasmus students from Split, Malta, Cadiz and Brest. We met an open minded and dynamical group, full of energy, directed by the flamboyant directors Marcin Tomczak, Aneta Majda and Magdalena Niestoruk. Some rehearsals, some talking, some singing, it all went smooth. Then suddenly, in a magical mix of humans and others, while the rain was pouring down, we had an unique performance, among a puzzled and amused audience... The final performance was set for September 16th, 2022. The 441 Hz choir could not perform it but then the [[https://www.facebook.com/chorUG | Akademicki Chór Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego / Gdansk University Choir]] proposed to step in and rescue the performance, together with a bunch of visiting international Erasmus students from Split, Malta, Cadiz and Brest. We met an open minded and dynamical group, full of energy, directed by the flamboyant directors Marcin Tomczak, Aneta Majda and Magdalena Niestoruk. Some rehearsals, some talking, some singing, it all went smooth. Then suddenly, in a magical mix of humans and others, while the rain was pouring down, we had an unique performance, among a puzzled and amused audience...
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