Daily (Water & Paper Suite)
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Over the past six years, I have created installations and performances that celebrate the small, often overlooked sounds embedded in our daily lives, placing them on a pedestal. From machines that transform rain and paper into the first Physical Audio Workstation, to contraptions that send 1,000 small brass tubes ringing and tumbling through the air. Performances where stones are thrown into water with intent, or a human-powered carillon, spanning 50 meter long ropes, harnesses, and rubber hammers striking a bridge at the heart of a city.
Driven by my passion for field recording, I captured these fleeting, temporal moments using an ever-changing array of microphone setups. Extracted from it’s original artwork and curated into a new, standalone listening experience, I would like to present you with the track ‘Daily’ from my Water & Paper suite.
In this track you will hear different forms of paper that we use in our daily lives. Moving boxes, printer paper, receipts, paper cups, newspaper, etc. Playing them with water can be seen as an attempt to listen to their voice often obscured by their human implied use case. In this way I attempt to embrace their existence and let them be full members of our Kommunal Praksis.
︎.kunrad.
Kunrad is known amongst relatives as Koenraad de Groot. Sound is the most important element in his work, which consists of installations, compositions and performances. He has completed the Bachelor of Music in Composition Electronic Music at the University of the Arts Utrecht, and the Master of Music at the Interfaculty ArtScience in The Hague. Kunrad is currently based in The Hague and Utrecht.
Curiosity forms the starting point for Kunrad’s compositions. A mathematical equation, musical tradition, or a specific instrument could be his subject of interest for instance. Within the exploration of these curiosities he forms the parameters of his composition. Kunrad has written compositions for choir, organ, harmonium, and spatial speaker installations.