11 september - City Sonic #13 @ Mons2015 Opening

12.00 - Press visit

12.00 - Press visit

Visit of the itinarary meeting with artistic Commissioner Philippe Franck and present artists.

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17.00 - Opening

17.00 - Opening

3 departures / 3 thematic sound path / every 15 mins (including points of Sonic Pirates itinerary)

18.30 - Speech

18.30 - Speech

Welcome speech by Philippe Franck (artistic director of City Sonic), Yves Vasseur (Director of the Foundation Mons 2015), Elio Di Rupo …

19.00 - Performance

19.00 - Performance

An opening performance by Jason Van Gulick focused on further exploration of the sound of an architectural place through percussion….

19.30 - Drink/Dj

19.30 - Drink/Dj

Smart hybrid lounge mix with Dj Belle Jeunesse until 22.00

22.00 - City Sonic Party

22.00 - City Sonic Party

DJ Fleur (Brussels) and Pierre Beloüin @ the Bateau Ivre…

17.00 > 18.15 - A big itinerary divided into 4 thematic itineraries

Invented instruments

Invented instruments

playful audio sculptures and unusual audio devices…

Salle St-Georges > Auberge de jeunesse > Beffroi de Mons > Médiathèque > Eglise Sainte Elisabeth

Sound & digital

Sound & digital

interactive, generative, geolocative installations & devices…

Salle St-Georges > Thanks Galerie > Eglise Sainte Elisabeth > Arsonic > Médiathèque > La Fabrique des singes > Gare de Mons

Plastic Audio

Plastic Audio

acoustic & architectural properties of the place…

Salle St-Georges > Art-Chétype > Magasin de Papier > Art2 > Café Europa > Pop’Up Galerie

Sonic pirates

Sonic pirates

poetic & radio fragments broadcast in unusual places…

Smart Mons > Auberge de jeunesse > Mundaneum >…

3 departures / 3 thematic sound path / every 15 mins (including points of Sonic Pirates itinerary)
Meeting point : Salle St Georges – Grand Place of Mons

18.30 > 19.00 - Welcome speech

with Elio Di Rupo (Mayor of Mons et Minister of State), Marie Noble, deputy director of Fondation Mons 2015, Philipe Franck (artistic director of City Sonic) & the City Sonic partners and artists.

Interview of Philippe Franck (in french)
Check the artists

19 > 19.30 - Résonance Architecturale - Performance by Jason Van Gulick (Fr)

Experimentation & Improvisation

Experimentation & Improvisation

Jason Van Gulick, percussionist and sound artist, working for several years on the resonance of the instrument and the propagation of sound in space.

Résonance Architecturale

Résonance Architecturale

Composed in collaboration with Maxime Denuc, focuses on further exploration of the sound of an architectural place through percussion.

Eglise Sainte Elisabeth

Eglise Sainte Elisabeth

The artist will use the natural sound propagation of the Church to make that the place itself becomes a sound and musical component.
More about Jason Van Gülick

19.30 > 03.00 - Drink Belle Jeunesse + City Sonic Party

19.30 - Drink + DJ

19.30 - Drink + DJ

Come and join artists and festival partners for a Sonic Drink at the Theatre Royal. Lounge, hybrid and strolling mix by DJ Belle Jeunesse (aka Christophe Bailleau).

22.00 - City Sonic Party

22.00 - City Sonic Party

With great energetic musical atmosphere, led by electro DJ Fleur (Be) and Pierre Beloüin (Fr) Optical Sound label artistic director, for an offbeat tiki mix, until late at night.