DNK Days: Event #1

DNK DAYS - Event #1 - North American process music and tuning into the spirit world An eventful concert in three parts, co-hosted by De Appel, in the large auditorium of Broedplaats Lely.

Part one: Apartment House (UK) plays pieces by Martin Arnold (CA) and Joseph Kudirka (US)

Part two: Joseph Kudirka, Jeroen Kimman, and Raphael Vanoli play Joseph Kudirka's process guitar trio: Downer

Part three: Sam Ashley performs his narrative for voice: Love among the immortals

For this first concert at De Appel, in a series of six, DNK Amsterdam has invited the renowned English ensemble: Apartment House to come to Amsterdam with no less than seven musicians to play the exquisite music of North American composers: Martin Arnold and Joseph Kudirka. In addition to this, composer, musician: Joseph Kudirka himself will come from Berlin to meet up with local guitar heroes; Jeroen Kimman and Raphael Vanoli to play his excellent, rewired, guitar trio: Downer and last but not least: Sam Ashley, renowned mystic, author, percussionist, and performer of expressive, ritualistic, actions will travel from his place in this dimension to tune into the spirit world and perform a special solo version of his half-spoken half-sung performance narrative: Love among the immortals.

In the first half of this year DNK DAYS 2018 will present six concerts at De Appel, six presentations of artists and musicians at San Serriffe / Nearly Not There Records, three performative lectures at Theater Perdu and three sound-related installation exhibitions at Punt WG.

Upcoming DNK DAYS events: February 18: Exhibition #1 - Installation by Yutaka Makino at Punt WG March 17: Event #2 - Radigue / Lamb / Tenney / Thut at De Appel March 24: Project Presentation #1 - Ryoko Akama and Heather Frasch present: Mumei Journal Edition Six (concert / presentation) at San Serriffe / Nearly Not There Records April 1: Performance Lecture #1 - All the reality there is by Manfred Werder at Theater Perdu

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Supported by AFK, FPK, Mondriaan Fonds, STEIM, Urban Resort & De Appel