Join the free online premiere of the overtone singing spectacle Incognito Ergo Sum by Superstringtrio, with the trio talking about ‘the making of’.

Register with the link on the following page: https://voice-resonance.com/events

Incognito ergo sum was part of the final presentations of the PhD research “Thresholds of the audible: about the multiphony of the body” by Mark van Tongeren.

Recorded March 12, 2013, Dokzaal, Amsterdam

Theatrical direction: Horst Rickels.

Light-performance: Daphne van Tongeren

Video director: René Louter

Sound recordist: Frerik de Jonge, Kleinman Audio

Thanks to: The Academy of Creative and Performing Arts of Leiden University

Frans de Ruiter †, Tim Soekkha

The Superstringtrio does not play strings, counts two permanent members and sustains a holy belief in illusions. Parallel to physicists, who try to uncover the laws underlying the subtle vibrations of invisible ‘matter’, the Superstringtrio digs into the hidden order and chaos of tones. It asks itself: Do we use music to see ourselves or does music use us to see itself?

Rollin Rachele ( www.overtonesinging.com) performs, teaches and composes music all over the world and is involved in many collaborative projects involving music and theatre. His specialisation is Overtone Singing which he has been perfecting since 1979. He finished a 4 year BMus programme studying Hindustani vocal music through Trinity Laban at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in London. He worked with Unstructured Light, a multi-disciplinary theatre group in the same city He has recorded several albums, and produced the first book for learning and perfecting overtone singing techniques, first in Dutch (1989, with + cassette), later published in English (1996, with CD) and updated and expanded with DVDs (2010).

Rollin also created the very first music video with overtone singing, accompanied by Celtic artist Kate McKenzie and Classical Indian vocalist Ustad Mohammed Sayeed Khan.

See our earlier post about the Superstringtrio and their performances here.

Photography by Cham Horn (below), Jochem Hartz (others).

The post Online Premiere of Superstringtrio’s overtone singing spectacle appeared first on Fusica.

RE-BALANCE BODY VOICE & MIND 

Three and a half days of intense explorations of voice and movement

for body-mind balance

and creative, vibrant well-being.

Scroll down for the Mandarin version

中文見下方

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Voice Yoga Winter Solstice Retreat 2022. Photo: Jackal Mei

WHAT IS THIS RETREAT ABOUT?

In Voice Yoga’s dynamic group process, you go beyond your habits and expectations. Something larger than yourself emerges: a flow of hidden creative potential.

Grounded in physical exercise such as yoga and breathwork, we practise all kinds of sounds without meaning. We do not emphasize a beautiful singing voice either. We are looking for pure, direct expressions of physical resonance and vibration through mouth, limbs, hips, feet, skin and inner organs. Voice Yoga is grounded in the idea that many of us are often trapped in body-mind dualities and many other dualities. We look to go beyond these dualities; to dissolve the many lines we draw around everything and make them permeable. To accept that rigidity is often there and has its function, but to strive for more fluidity. In these moments, when things flow without a worry, we can experience great joy, like an innocent child.

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PROGRAM OUTLINE

We start Thursday December 19th at 9:30 AM and suggest you arrive the evening before.
We finish after lunch on Sunday 22th, around 2:30 PM.

Day 1

9:30-12:30 introduction to the program. Light exercising, breathing exercises, start moving, toning, improvising, restorative (half-)sleeping/dreaming.
12:30-14:30 lunch & siësta
14:30-16:30 Guided movement and sound practices, walking meditations, improvisations

16:30-17:00 Tea time
17:00-18:00 Guided movement and sound practices, walking meditations, improvisations

18:00-19:30 dinner & rest

Day 2

9:00-12:30 Slow meditative warm-up with breathing, exercising, toning, sounds and noises, lie-down exercises.

12:30-14:30 lunch & siësta
14:30-16:30 Guided movement and sound practices, walking meditations, improvisations

16:30-17:00 Tea time
17:00-18:00 Guided movement and sound practices, walking meditations, improvisations
18:00-19:00 dinner

Day 3

9:00-12:30 Slow meditative warm-up with breathing, exercising, toning, sounds and noises, restorative (half-)sleep/dream.

12:30-14:30 lunch & siësta
14:30-17:00 Guided movement and sound practices, walking meditations, improvisations

17:00-19:00 Early dinner and preparations for the evening
19:00-21:00/22:00 observe and celebrate today’s Winter Solstice. On our last evening we will jointly celebrate the change from darkness to light. Participants can contribute a memory or reflection, a song, a dance, individually, en groupe, as a duo, whatever comes up. Consider to bring an instrument you play, candles to lighten up the atmosphere, a special garment or hat to wear.

Day 4 (half day)

9:00-12:30 Getting back once again to the core practices and adding anything we missed on the way.  Review of what we have done and final voice session.

12:30-14:30 lunch and bye bye

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PLACE

We hold our sessions in Shufang’s Energy Healing, a gorgeous yoga studio with a big garden in Dulan, Taidong. The studio has all utilities we need. We can use the big lawn outside for music and workouts in fresh air (weather permitting), a giant rock to repose, and shady places to rest.

There are several options for your overnight stay nearby, on a walking distance or further away. We are about a 10 minutes walk from downtown Dulan.

Accommodation:  Moonrise Inn is closest to the studio nearby.

nearby hostels that are popular with our students include  Tranquilo Hostel and On My Way Dulan Hostel 

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FOR WHOM?

Despite the name, Voice Yoga is not a harsh or demanding yoga camp, quite the contrary: it lets you grow at your own pace and rest, sleep or observe when you want to. The workshop attracts young, curious artists; established musicians and performers facing creative obstacles or blockades; yoga and other body-mind workers not very familiar with sound; people familiar with sound but needing a fuller understanding and experience of it; people young and old looking for physical and spiritual renewal; practitioners of contemplative traditions like Buddhist meditation looking for wholesome, creative work in line with their existing practice; busy people needing a break from 9-5 work and seeking body-mind restoration in a relaxed atmosphere.

There are no specific requirements to join. Ages range from students in their 20s to retirees in their 70s. Yoga, music or other skills are not required. We strive for a group between 8 and 12 people.

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HOW TO PREPARE?

Bring a yoga mat to exercise and lie down. There are sitting cushions and also chairs if you cannot sit on the floor for long. Bring something to cover yourself when we repose or meditate. Bringing an instrument is a good idea (no need to play it well; a percussive instrument is always good).

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LANGUAGES

English + Chinese

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YOUR TEACHER

Mark van Tongeren is a Dutch sound explorer with a deep interest in the synergy of arts, sciences and contemplative traditions. Mark has 30 years of experience in theatre, music and dance productions and holds a PhD from Leiden University’s Academy of Creative and Performing Arts. He has practised yoga for over twenty-five years and all kinds of voice/music/performance practices for 35 years. He first learnt Vipassana from S.N. Goenka in 2002. His one-man enterprise Fusica was established in 1998 to explore intersections of sound and the arts (music) on the one hand, and acoustic and other academic research (fusikè, physics) on the other.

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MEET THE TEAM & CONTACT

       Jackal, Sunny, Hsi-Yin, Mark in Dulan

This workshop is brought to you by organiser Jackal Mei, translator Sunny Chen and hosted by Shufang Wang.

Administrative assistance by Hsi-Yin Chang.

For any questions about the contents in English, ask Mark.

mark@fusica.nl

FB: https://www.facebook.com/Paraphony

Phone 0910382749

For any questions about the contents, lodging, travel and food details, contact Jackal. For registration and payment issues ask Hsi-Yin.

Hsi Yin: hsiyin724@gmail.com

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PRICES

  32.000 NT$

Up to 7 October 2026

Super Early Bird / 25% off NT$ 24.000

Old Students / 30% off NT$ 22.400

9 October till 21 October 2026:

Early Bird / 15% off NT$ 27.200

After 21 October 2026

Full price NT$ 32.000

TOSA members  / 10% off  NT$ 28.800

Bring a friend / 5% off :  – NT$ 1.000

INCLUDED

– Tuition fee

– All lunches and diners (including Sunday lunch)

– Insurance

NOT INCLUDED

– Transport to Taidong

– Lodging

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REGISTRATION

– Please complete your online application form , and transfer application fee. IMPORTANT: please add a note ‘VYR’ in your payment.

– online application form:  https://forms.gle/SkwTYtrfc4RotfoC8 and transfer the fee within 3 days.

– After receiving your fee, we will send a confirmation email in 5 days, and invite you joining our line group for more event detail.

PAYMENT

Bank code: 808
Name of bank: E.SUN Commercial Bank
Beneficiary: Van Tongeren Mark Christiaan
Account number: 0314-979-191796

CANCELLATION

We reserve the right to cancel the retreat in the case we do not reach the minimum number of participants, between 4 and 2 weeks before starting date; in this case all paid workshop fees will be promptly returned. We are not responsible for expenses for the BnB or transport.

DISCLAIMER

By signing up you automatically acknowledge your understanding that this retreat sometimes involves strenuous physical exercise, potentially disrupting body-work and emotionally charged sessions with a deep impact on your well-being. It is understood that you yourself best know of any risks (physical, emotional, psychological) and that there is no pressure or obligation to do each and every exercise. By joining this retreat you accept the consequences and state your intention to complete it till the end. You waive all rights to seek or receive compensation in case of injury, loss or damage.

We reserve the right to cancel the retreat in the case we do not reach the minimum number of participants, between 4 and 2 weeks before starting date; in this case all paid workshop fees will be promptly returned. We are not responsible for expenses for the BnB or transport.

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KNOW MORE?

Mark’s Voice Yoga has been running for more than 15 years and brings together decades of creative, vocal expression, yogic discipline and contemplative traditions.

Voice Yoga is neither yoga as you see it all around you, nor music as you hear it every day or learn it in classes and workshops. It is a personal, artistic synthesis of a wide range of musical, resonant, theatrical, contemplative and physical arts. What binds them together is Mark’s unique synthesis and his vision to create a strong sense of flow, no matter what the activity is. Serious workouts smoothly blend with unforgettable, unrepeatable musical creations; deep breath work morphs into contact improv; vocal exercises into theatre; and so on.
This retreat will expand your vision, whether you are a musician, dancer, yoga teacher, actor, or just interested in working on your personal growth through the connections between sound, body and mind.

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CURIOUS BUT IN DOUBT?

For a taste of this retreat, come to one of the weekly Voice Yoga classes in Taipei for a 2-hour session. The classes run every Tuesday in Taipei from October to December 2026. Find the Calendar here: https://www.fusica.nl/upcoming-events/ and more info about Voice Yoga here.

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TESTIMONIALS

“At the end of the course, one thought was very strong: I’m so grateful to myself for choosing this workshop — above all, for not running away halfway through. And then I realized I had never thanked myself before.”

– Shanti

“I’ve always had that strength, with so many things supporting me. Sometimes I need to leave the city and be in an environment like this to remember it. It was this work that reminded me it has always been inside me.”

– Gina

“This is an environment where you can receive love and give love.”

– Wan-Chen

“We were a tribe, gathered together like kin, singing and dancing.”

– Varie

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OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS

https://www.fusica.nl/upcoming-events/

   聲音瑜伽冬至療癒假期

2026年12月19日至22日 

遇見晶瑩剔透的自己

一期一會 人聲與想像力的年終慶典

整整三天半的關於聲音與身體的探索/

連結你的身心平衡，以及充滿創造力、活力的存在。

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關於聲音瑜伽 療癒假期

在聲音瑜伽的動態團體過程中，你將超越自己的習慣和期望。看見比自我更廣大的自己開始甦醒: 那些隱藏著的創造力開始顯現，如河水般開始流動。

以瑜伽或呼吸法等身體練習為基礎，我們使用各種沒有意義和也不強調美麗歌聲的聲音。我們尋求透過嘴巴、四肢、臀部、雙腳、皮膚及內臟，來表達純粹、直接的身體共鳴與震動感受。聲音瑜伽的根基在於：我們許多人往往被困在身心二元對立，以及其他諸多二元對立之中。我們致力於超越這些二元對立；消融我們在萬物周圍劃下的種種界線，使其變得更通透。我們接受僵化往往存在且有其功能，但同時追求更大的流動性。在這些時刻，當萬物無憂無慮地流動時，我們便能像天真無邪的孩子般，體驗到無上的喜悅。

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工作坊時程表

我們將於12月19日星期六上午9:30開始，建議您前一晚抵達。 

我們將在星期二 22日午餐後結束，大約下午2:30左右。

第1天 

9:30-12:30：工作坊簡介。輕鬆的練習，呼吸練習，開始身體活動，吟唱，即興，修復性的（半）睡覺/夢境。

12:30-14:30：午餐和午休 

14:30-16:30：引導的身體活動和聲音練習，行走冥想，即興 

16:30-17:00：茶點時間 

17:00-18:00：引導的身體活動和聲音練習，行走冥想，即興 

18:00-19:30：晚餐和休息 

第2天 

9:00-12:30：緩慢冥想式的熱身，身體練習，吟唱與噪音。躺下的練習。

12:30-14:30：午餐和午休 

14:30-16:30：引導的身體活動和聲音練習，行走冥想，即興 

16:30-17:00：茶點時間 

17:00-18:00：引導的身體活動和聲音練習，行走冥想，即興 

18:00-19:00：晚餐和休息 

第3天 

9:00-12:30：緩慢冥想式的熱身，身體練習，吟唱與噪音。恢復性的（半）睡眠/夢境。

12:30-14:30：午餐和午休 

14:30-17:00：引導的身體活動和聲音練習，行走冥想，即興 

17:00-19:00：早一點晚餐，以及為晚上的活動做準備

19:00 – 21:00/22:00 ：這是我們的最後一個晚上，在冬至和平安夜之間，我們將一起慶祝從黑暗到光明的轉變。參與者可以貢獻一個記憶或反思，一首歌，一支舞蹈，個人，集體，作為一對，無論發生什麼。你可考慮攜帶一個你會演奏的樂器，蠟燭來燈亮氛圍，一件特別的衣物或帽子來穿著。

第4天

9:00-12:30：再次回歸核心練習，並補充過程中遺漏的內容。回顧我們已完成的內容，並進行最後的發聲練習

12:30-14:30：午餐&好好道別！

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地點 

光之屋，距離都蘭主街步行20分鐘上山，背靠都蘭山、眺望太平洋

遠離塵囂、綠意昂然，是擁有大片草原和原生種植物的私人僻靜山莊

工作坊空間專門設計作為聲響體驗、音樂製作、人聲演唱

寬廣舒適、共鳴充滿、能量和諧，一個淨化身心的獨特場域

用心迎接聲音瑜伽士們的滿血回歸，還有什麼比光之屋更好的呢？

https://www.facebook.com/shufang.energyhealing/

住宿推薦：

月昇都蘭距離光之屋最近。

深受我們學生歡迎的青年旅舍包括：晃輕鬆 或 途中都蘭

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參加對象

儘管「聲音瑜珈」名稱聽起來嚴苛，但這並非一個要求嚴苛的瑜珈營，恰恰相反：它讓你能以自己的步調成長，並隨心所欲的休息、睡覺或安靜觀察。

這個工作坊吸引了年輕、充滿好奇心的藝術家；已經在創作中遇到困境或障礙的專業音樂家和表演者；對聲音不太熟悉的瑜伽和其他身心工作者；熟悉聲音但需要更深入了解和體驗的人；年輕和年長的人，尋求身體和精神的更新；佛教及其他靜觀傳統（如佛教禪修）的修行者，正在尋找符合其現有需求——即需要更深入的呼吸與誦經修習——的、有益且富有創造性的練習；忙碌的人們需要從朝九晚五的工作中抽身休息，並在輕鬆的氛圍中恢復身心。

參加工作坊無需特定要求。年齡從20多歲的學生到約75歲退休者不等。不需要瑜伽、音樂或其他技能。我們希望參加的人數在8到12人之間。

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如何準備？ 

請攜帶瑜伽墊用於運動和躺下。如果您不能長時間坐在地板上，我們提供坐墊和椅子。當我們休息或冥想時，請攜帶東西蓋住自己。攜帶樂器是個好主意（不需要演奏得很好；打擊樂器總是不錯的選擇）

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語言 

英語 + 中文即席翻譯

[將會是一句句有節奏的翻譯，容易理解]

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帶領者

Mark van Tongeren 是一位荷蘭聲音探索家，對藝術、科學和冥想傳統的交互作用深感興趣。Mark 在戲劇、音樂和舞蹈製作方面擁有 30 年的經驗，並獲得萊頓大學創意表演藝術學院的博士學位。他練習瑜伽有超過25年的經驗，並在聲音、音樂、表演等各種實踐領域已有 35 年的經驗。 他於2002年首次跟隨S.N. Goenka學習內觀（Vipassana）。他的個人品牌 Fusica 成立於 1998 年，旨在探索聲音和藝術（音樂）以及科學和學術（fusikè，物理學）之間的交集。

認識更多馬克老師  www.fusica.nl。

我們的團隊

帶領者: Mark Van Tongeren
翻譯: Sunny Chen
活動規劃兼攝影: Jackal Mei

行政助理：張惜音
場地主人: 王曙芳

• For any questions about the contents in English, ask Mark: 

mark@fusica.nl

Phone/LINE:  0910382749

FB: https://www.facebook.com/Paraphony

• 課程內容、食宿問題請聯繫Jackal:  jackallala@gmail.com / line ID：jackallala /＋886 936596910
• 課程報名與匯款，請聯繫惜音：hsiyin724@gmail.com

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責任歸屬

報名此工作坊代表你了解: 

1) 工作坊可能會有劇烈肢體運動，引起身體跟心理的衝擊。

2) 工作坊中的每項活動都不是強制性的，你必須衡量自身狀況(身體/心理/情緒)來決定要不要參與。

3) 你會對自己的身體及心理狀態負責，主辦方不承擔任何相關的傷害、損失及賠償責任。

報名費用

全額費用：32.000 NT$

到10月7日 （週三）

超早鳥優惠 / 75折：24.000 NT$

舊生優惠 / 7折：22.400 NT$

到10月21日 （週三）

早鳥優惠 / 85折：27.200 NT$

10月22日之後

原價 /32.000 NT$

TOSA會員 9折：28.800 NT$

雙人報名 / 95折：額外每人1000NT$折扣

費用包含:

＊學費

＊7餐的台東地方蛋奶舒食餐食[午餐＋晚餐]

＊保險

不包含:

＊ 交通

＊ 住宿

【匯款通知手續】

1.請先完成線上登記手續: https://forms.gle/SkwTYtrfc4RotfoC8，並於3天內匯款完畢。重要：付款時，請附註「VYR」

2.經確認款項後，將在五天內發出報名確認信件，並邀請您進入專屬Line群組，以便活動行前聯絡相關事宜

【匯款帳號】

銀行代碼：808

銀行名稱：玉山銀行

分行名稱：敦南分行

受款人：van Tongeren Mark Christiaan

帳號：0314-979-191796

【取消政策】

我們努力保持合理的價格。如果您在工作坊開始前60天以上取消，我們將退還90%的費用。 如果您在工作坊開始前45-59天取消，我們將退還80%的費用。 如果您在工作坊開始前30-44天取消，我們將退還50%的費用。 如果您在工作坊開始前15-29天取消，我們將退還30%的費用。 如果您在工作坊開始前1-14天取消,我們將退還10%的費用。 如果您為自己的位置找到替代者，我們只會保留10%的行政費用。

如果在開始日期之前4到2週內我們未能達到最低參加人數，我們保留取消療癒假期的權利；在這種情況下，所有已支付的工作坊費用將迅速退還。我們不對住宿或交通費用負責。

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想了解更多？

馬克的聲音瑜伽已實踐快超過15年，這個方法匯集了數十年的創造性、聲音表達、瑜伽修行和冥想傳統。

聲音瑜伽既不是你在四周看到的瑜伽，也不是你每天都聽到的音樂，或在其他工作坊與課程中學習到的。它是一種個人的、藝術性的綜合，融合了廣泛的音樂、共鳴、戲劇、冥想和身體藝術。它們的共同點是馬克的獨特綜合和他的願景，創造出一種強烈的流動感，無論活動是什麼。嚴肅的練習融入令人難以忘懷（無法重複！）的音樂創作中，深層呼吸法演變為接觸即興，聲音練習則變成劇場。

這個療癒假期將擴展你的視野，無論您是音樂家、舞者、瑜伽老師、演員，還是只是對通過聲音、身體和心靈之間的聯繫來工作於個人成長感興趣。

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好奇但有疑問嗎？

每週聲音瑜珈 

想要嘗試一下這個療癒之旅的滋味嗎？

歡迎來參加台北每週一次的聲音瑜珈課程， 每堂課為2小時。

馬克老師將於10月中回台後，帶領聲音瑜伽課程。

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「在那個舒服的狀態，我不再很認真地想到底要給予什麼，那些東西就自己從我的裡面跑出來，很自然地流動。」——Gina

「先聽見自己身體裡面想說的話、想發出的聲音，再用自己的聲音把它發出來。這是我們都忘記了的一種表達方式。」——varie

 「不假掩飾、透明的感覺，不需要裝，每個人都很真實地在那個當下。比舒服還要厲害。」——Lova

「課程結束的時候，有一個念頭好強：我好感謝我自己。感謝我選擇這個工作坊，而且中間沒有逃掉。我這才發現，我從來沒有感謝過自己。」——Shanti

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Vandaag zou mijn vader Ben van Tongeren 92 jaar geworden zijn. Hij stierf, 78 jaar oud, in 2013. Ik denk vaak terug aan de vele mooie dingen die ik van hem meegekregen heb. Hij was een creatieveling maar ook een gedegen vakman. Hij volgde een opleiding bouwkunde aan de TU Delft en werd architect. Mijn zus en ik werden als kind omringd door zijn bruisende stroom van ideeën en creaties. Toen ik klein was werkte hij aan huis aan zijn tekentafel en mocht ik vaak mee naar de drukker in Haarlem om litho’s of zeefddrukken op te halen. En soms mee naar Assen, waar hij zijn grootste project aan het realiseren was: het nieuwbouwproject Baggelhuizen. Apetrots was ik, toen we na jaren werk en kortere bezoekjes de opening bijwoonden. Er was een straatfeest met volleybal, barbecues en natuurlijk heel veel volk. En die nacht waren we te gast bij één van de bewoners van zijn woongemeenschap.

Mijn vader had grootse plannen, en was als architect geïnspireerd door utopisten. Hij droomde over een architectuur die een nieuwe samenleving vorm gaf, en slaagde er soms in dat waar te maken, zoals in Baggelhuizen, waar allerlei ideeën over samen wonen en openbare ruimte in terecht kwamen. Zijn enthousiasme was aanstekelijk en de tijdgeest van de jaren ‘60 en ‘70 waarin hij tot volwassenheid kwam bllijft een inspiratiebron voor velen. Die geweldige kleuren en vormen van die tijd staan nog altijd als een huis; veel meer wat mij betreft dan de door computers beïnvloedde kleuren en vormen van de jaren tachtig, die soms meer tijd nodig hadden om tot vollle wasdom te komen.

Het kantoor van mijn vader heette STUDIO PROTO DESIGN. Een ontzettend coole naam, vind ik nog steeds. ‘Studio’ staat voor een spannende, creatieve plek. ‘Design’ voor heel veel moois geproduceerd in die decennia, en de veel bredere liefde van mijn vader voor ontwerpen, van bestek (het Jensen bestek dat we nog altijd gebruiken) via open haarden (hij ontwierp onze open haard terwijl hij de open haarden fabriek Helex in Bennebroek ontwierp) tot typografie en drukwerk. En dan dat ‘PROTO’: een sterk statement dat er iets heel vooruistrevends gebeurt, een basaal onderzoek dat later pas echt tot succesvolle producten of ontwerpen kan uitgroeien. Deze studio zou alleen nooit groot worden, niet zoals bijvoorbeeld Rem Koolhaas’ OMA, die er misschien wel soortgelijke ambities op nahield. Mijn vader had wel tijdelijk personeel in dienst maar slaagde er niet in de grotere projecten in de wacht te slepen waar hij op inschreef, zoals de herindeling van het Museumplein in Amsterdam. Jammer, want het was een mooi plan, maar daar ging het niet om: je moest gewoon een gedegen organisatie achter je hebben om zoiets te kunnen realiseren, anders viel je natuurlijk af.

Georg Jensen bestek, uit 1 van de vele plakboeken

De Helex open haarden fabriek en pa’s eigen ontwerp dat we thuis hadden

Typografie en tekenwerk

Drukwerk uit Finland na een Scandinavische tour:

reclame voor Nokia laarzen (eind jaren ’70).

Dan nu even een sprong: ik zit al jaren te tobben over een woord dat de lading van mijn dagelijkse creaties kan dekken. Een wat paradoxale lading, want ik schrijf recitaties zonder betekenis. Ik wil ze niet betekenisloos noemen, maar dat is wel een gangbare term voor dit soort klankpoëzie. Technischer heet het dan bijvoorbeeld weer ‘non-lexicaal’, bijvoorbeeld als wij etnomusicologen inheemse muziek beschreven waarin klanken voorkomen die niets betekenen (ah-huna-ha-yo). Zo zijn er nog wat woorden. Maar onlangs viel mij in: proto-syllaben. Syllaben die wel zwanger zijn van betekenis en ook allerlei betekenissen kunnen krijgen, afhankelijk van wat de luisteraar erin hoort, maar die niet vertaalbaar zijn naar gewone taal. Eindelijk een woord gevonden dat me bevalt. En de cirkel is weer rond, want het prototype voor dit woord zoemde al ergens rond toen ik nog een peuter was, en natuurlijk geen flauw idee had wat ‘proto’ was.

Hulde, vader, en dank voor het volhouden van je scheppende, verbeeldingsrijke bestaan!

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The Mongols, the Tuvans and Tibetans practise it since times immemorial.

Composers Lamonte Young and Karlheinz Stockhausen introduced it to a select audience in the West.

Singers David Hykes, with his Harmonic Choir, and Michael Vetter developed a whole new way of doing it.

Your own voice resonates multiple sounds when you sing, and even when you speak.

[you are reading the transcription of the text spoken in the video]

In recent decades, more and more people discover this unusual way of vocalising, making it somewhat more …. usual.

I am talking about the technique called overtone singing. A singing practise that allows one to produce a low note and a melody of higher tones on top of it, using only the human voice.
Overtone singing is not mystical, secret or esoteric by itself, though it’s easy to understand the association.

Anyone can learn the basics of producing two tones at the same time, using only his or her voice. And this course teaches that in a few dozen clear and infectious videos. Each video zooms in to one specific way to develop a more resonant voice, making your overtones more and more audible.

Join me, Mark van Tongeren, author of the definitive sourcebook on the subject, on a path I am travelling for over 30 years.

I taught myself the basics of overtone singing around 1990. And then went on to study, record and interview many important people in the field around the world, starting with Rollin Rachele, author of the first-ever study guide for overtone singers. Soon after I set out to study with the famous throat singers from Tuva, Siberia, like Kaygal-ool Khovalyg of Huun-Huur-Tuu.

I wanted to understand how they look at their vocal art, music and sound and the connections to body, mind, spirit and religion.

This course is my condensation of decades of singing, teaching, listening and learning.
Full of tips and tricks and all the basic tools you need to jump-start your own journey to new dimensions of your resonant body, mind and voice.

Set apart one to two months for this fascinating journey, to change the way you listen and the way you make sound with your voice.

Enjoy access for the rest of your life.
Join my course Overtone Singing – Basics now.

Go to https://voice-resonance.com/online-course-basics

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This very complete workshop teaches you the principles of resonance by learning the basics of overtone singing: a special way of listening to and making vocal sounds that has many useful applications for singers and non-singers alike. It requires no previous musical training. It is taught by one of the world’s leading overtone singers, Mark van Tongeren, who spend decades documenting this fascinating technique by visiting and recording performers in all major traditions and interviewing many contemporary singers and composers.

R E S O N A N C E  is Mark’s most complete course. It gives you a thorough basis in practices based around overtone singing and the resonant voice in general. This course was first launched in 2014 and is now running for the 11th time. In recent years it was updated to take advantage of the fact that all three team members can assist through their long training with Mark as overtone singers and ‘resonators’. The result of this shift became clear at the end of the most recent 8-day courses (2025 and 2026): students perform better and learn quicker than in previous years.

We also introduced a new format that allows you to learn the basics at your own pace at home. The subsequent stages are:

– an easy-paced, one month online course that introduces many of the basic concepts and practices.

– a four-day in-person workshop to further explore your personal voice and ways to harmonise, resonate and sing overtones together.

– 9 weeks self-study at home or together

– another four-day group session with pieces and improvisations guided by two Teaching Assistants …

–  … also including a one-on-one class with Mark for each student to work on specific obstacles

– life-time access to the online modules

Are you not living in or near Taiwan and not able to join our retreat? Or are you not a beginner anymore? Then you can consider to take one or several 1-on-1 online classes with Mark.

TIMELINE RESONANCE 2026

Part I: The Seed Awakens: December 10 – 30: every week one new online module Overtone Singing – Basics

Part II: Emerging from the Soil: January 7 – 10 Guangfu Workshop

Part III: Blossoming into Light: March 18 – 21 Guangfu Workshop 2

DETAILED PROGRAM

Online December 10 – 30, 2026  (3 weeks) 2026

We start the learning journey online. The online video course contains 3 modules with 35 videos (2 hours total). You will receive one module per week. You can go through the videos at your own pace, and start to practice with the video instructions.

Module A (December 10 – 16): Introduction to resonance

Module B (December 17 – 23): The basic techniques of overtone singing

Module C (December 24 – 30): Polishing your listening and vocal skills

3 Online Live Q&A sessions: December 16, 23, 30 (19:30-20:00)

SAPIENTIA (Guangfu) January 7 – 10   (4 days fulltime) 2027

We come together in the tranquil, focused setting of Sapientia in Guangfu, Hualien, where we will sing, listen, sense and resonate together for four days. We immerse ourselves in the resonances of each other’s voices, building on the power that emerges from close-listening. We fine-tune our voices in harmonies – both conventional ‘outer’ harmonies and the ‘inner’ harmonies of overtones. These practices are interspersed with insightful stories from the world’s most iconic traditions of overtone singing, documented by Mark himself in the course of more than three decades of research and artistic exploration.

Day 1

Finding inner and outer harmony from embodied breath and natural resonance

Day 2

Traditional practise and wisdom explored and utilised for new forms of resonant singing

Day 3

Harmonics as/in healing and therapy: confronting fear, developing self-confidence.

Day 4

Boosting your Resonance and creative applications.

SESSION TIMES SAPIENTIA

Breakfast 8:00-9:00

Morning sessions: 9:30-12:30

Lunch break: 12:30-14:30

Afternoon sessions: 14:30-16:00 + 16:30-18:00.

Dinner break: 18:00-19:00

Evenings are for resting, self practice, jamming… till 22:00?

The last session finishes in the afternoon of Sunday at 4 PM.

THEMES FOR THESE FOUR-DAYS

SINGING

° learn to sing the basic techniques of overtone singing: NG (gong), RR (bird), LL (sygyt), vowel (ee-uu)

° enrich your vocal resonance

° meditative and therapeutic practices

° embodied listening, embodied vocalising

° musical ritual and wisdom from Christianity and Buddhism

° Mongolian, Siberian and Tibetan forms of throat singing

Like no other, Mark has single-handedly undertaken enduring, in-depth investigations into all the major traditions of overtone singing: Tuva and the Siberian and Mongolian Altai, Tibet, Sardinia, South-Africa.

LISTENING

° break through your habitual patterns of hearing and making sound

° ‘ear cleaning’: make a new start listening to all sound instead of familiar patterns

° hearing overtones in the colours and timbres of a voice

RESONANT ENCOUNTERS

° guided resonating with one or more voices

° giving feedback to each other’s voices

VOCAL STYLE and INSTRUMENTS

The main emphasis is on using / applying / hearing resonance with a relaxed, more occidental voice. Short introductions to the pressed, guttural voices of throat singing, for example Tuvan khöömei and sygyt are also given for comparison. We will learn some pieces and guided improvisations by by Mark and also create our own. In addition we will use instruments such as singing bowls, bells, lutes and fiddles. You are encouraged to bring your own – the greater the resonant spectrum, the better!

9-WEEK SELF-STUDY

As you continue your journey with your own voice, we provide you with a curated selection of some of the most interesting and important videos on the internet. These will guarantee to keep you inspired in your own practise and deepen your understanding. (Primarily English – Mandarin may not be available.)

Optional: organise your own online or in-person gatherings to learn with/from each other, discuss videos, etc..

SAPIENTIA (Guangfu) March 18 – 21 (4 days fulltime) 2027

During this second get-together, Mark and his teaching assistants will build upon the results from the previous 4-day immersive workshop and your personal journey over the past 9 weeks. Much time is spent on technical work, which will be diversified to cater for different types of students and their needs.

The basis of resonance is concentrated voice/body work, balance of body-mind exercise and good overtone singing skills. During these four days, each student will have a one-on-one private session with Mark to erase stumbleblocks. We also work in small groups, and collectively on pieces that we learn or to create new work. After this weekend, you will know your strengths and which direction to go. On the second afternoon students collaborate to create final pieces to round off their  R E S O N A N C E  retreat..

SESSION TIMES SAPIENTIA 

same as the part 1 workshop, please see above

ABOUT SAPIENTIA RESORT | GUANGFU, HUALIEN

For the sixth year, stylish Sapientia is the ‘home’ of the  R E S O N A N C E  retreat. We are happy to return to this wonderful place. The two-story building with Japanese garden-style architecture features a classroom with floor-to-ceiling windows, offering views on an expansive forest garden. The chorus of frogs, insects and birds are an exquisite setting to awaken your auditory senses. Host Peter brews different flavours of specialty coffee in his cosy coffee corner every day; hostess Ping serves delicious home-made breakfast for every guest. The guesthouse offers 7 uniquely designed rooms with comfortable large beds and Japanese-style tatami floors.

Unwind at Sapientia while enjoying our Sound Resonance Workshop experience!

LANGUAGE

The course will be conducted in English. Our interpreter Haopin WU will be present to summarise or translate entire parts of the course into Mandarin, depending on the needs.

FOR WHOM?

No previous musical experience is required. All levels welcome.

We’ve had office workers, people with speech problems, poets, singing bowl players, linguists, sanyassins, professional singers, dancers, academics and more in previous  R E S O N A N C E  courses. Anyone who is curious about developing her or his voice potential, whether professional or amateur or non-singer, will benefit from these lessons.

PRICING

Full Price 72.500 NT$

Up to 16 September 2026:

Early Bird / 15% off NT$ 61.625

After 17 September 2026

Full price NT$ 72.500

TOSA members  / 15% off  NT$ 61.625

Bring a friend :  – NT$ 2.500

Included:

• Tuition
• Guangfu lodging in shared rooms (a private room if available).
• Guangfu Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
• Coffee and snacks

Not included:

• Transport to the retreat in Hualien.

If possible, bring an instrument of your own. It is also possible to pre-order a shruti box from Mark to help your own practice during and after the workshop. For pre-orders, discounts apply: inquire for the details (depending on availability).

REGISTER

We reserve the right to change program time and contents.

Please sign up through this form: https://forms.gle/dcFHhmGyB9uN2WFD8

Let us know if you need help!

OUR TEAM

This workshop is brought to you by Jackal Mei, Yvonne Chichen Lee, Haopin Wu, Hsi-Yin Chang and Mark van Tongeren.

Mark van Tongeren 

Mark is a sound explorer with a deep interest in the synergy of arts, sciences and contemplative traditions. Mark has over 30 years of experience in theatre, music and dance productions and holds a PhD from Leiden University’s Academy of Creative of Performing Arts. In his work he combines all kinds of voice/music/performance, sometimes overlapping with contemplative practices (meditation, pranayama, yoga).

Watch this teaser from the online module showing the 7 basic techniques of overtone singing.

To get an idea of what this workshop is about, listen to Mark’s TEDx talk about listening and singing overtones.

Jackal Mei

An overtone singing / jaw harp enthusiast since 2019, Jackal is deeply involved with the Taiwan Overtone Singing Association and the Taiwan World Jaw Harp Culture Association. He is a member of IUooUI and Inner Galactic Wanderers. Jackal is also a passionate lover of dessert baking and coffee.

Haopin Wu

Haopin has been studying resonance and overtone singing for more than five years. He quickly comprehends what beginners need when learning overtone singing from various viewpoints. He holds a Ph.D. in mathematical sciences.

Yvonne Chichen Lee

Passionate for all ways of singing with instruments across traditions. Interpreter for Mark’s first R E S O N A N C E course in 2014 and again in 2026. Now a performer at times, singing, playing, or moving.

Hsi-Yin Chang

An intuitive singer and sound healing practitioner now living in Germany. She was trained in sound therapy since 2021 and is now dedicating her work to healing music and sound journeys.

CONTACT INFO

For any questions about the contents in English ask Mark, in Chinese, ask Jackal Mei.

For registration ask Hsi-Yin, for lodging and food details ask Jackal.

Jackal Mei (Organizer)

Phone: 0936-596-910

Mail: jackallala@gmail.com

Line ID: jackallala

Mark van Tongeren (Course facilitator)

mark@fusica.nl

Phone: 0910382749

LINE: 091038274

Hsi-Yin Chang (administration assistant)

hsiyin724@gmail.com

PAYMENT

Payment upon registration by bank or Paypal.

Bank code: 808

Name of bank: E.SUN Commercial Bank

Beneficiary: Van Tongeren Mark Christiaan

Account number: 0314-979-191796

Make sure to send an email after your payment with the last few digits of your bank account.

CANCELLATION

We try to keep prices reasonable. We will return 90% of the fee if you cancel 60+ days prior to the workshop.

We will return 80% of the fee if you cancel 45 – 59 days prior to the workshop.

We will return 50% of the fee if you cancel 30 – 44 days prior to the workshop.

We will return 30% of the fee if you cancel 15 – 29 days prior to the workshop.

We will return 10% of the fee if you cancel 1 – 14 days prior to the workshop.

If you find a substitute for your spot, we will only keep 10% of the administration fee.

© Mark van Tongeren 2026

© Photos Jackal Mei

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December 19-22 at Dulan

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R E S O N A N C E   X I I

will take place in early 2028

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FRIDAY AUGUST 14: CONCERT

SATURDAY AUGUST 15: WORKSHOP

SUNDAY TOSA AUGUST 16: TOSA GATHERING

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With three Study Groups, the size of the symposium was huge, with hundreds of papers proposed, of which many were presented. Chulalongkorn University, Chiang Mai University and other parties from Bangkok and Chiang Mai were joined by our Study Group co-organisers to make the whole thing happen. Here are some impressions:

There were many parallel sessions and I arrived only on Day 3, so I missed several things I had wanted to see and hear. Some of the talks that struck me: a paper on Buddhist palm leaf recitation by Jarun Kanchanapradit (Khon Kaen University), with intriguing findings about drum sounds which are rendered or inserted in Buddhist texts, not as onomatopoeia, but as containers of dharma teachings.

There was a very moving commemoration of Dutch ethnomusicologist Wim van Zanten, with singing and flute playing and an overview of his work in numerous capacities with the ICTM and UNESCO, by Svanibor Pettan, Tan Sooi Beng, Made Hood and a vocalist with a wonderful voice reciting traditional poetry of respect.

Made Hood who was playing flute in fact has one of the best voices I know. Not only that, he also manages to calmly steer you through his powerpoint with a whole set of ideas that would quickly become overwhelming. Interesting subject and well-spoken (thought I still had questions too, of course, as this theme is close to my heart). (by the way, both Made and the above-mentioned Jarun agreed to record a nokyo for me, to be released on a future album – so nice!)

Presenter Haozhe Zhang (Central Conservatory of Music, China) seemed to struggle a bit with finding the right tone of voice. He talked about an entertainment act from Russia called Otyken that presents touristy-showy music and faux indigenous Siberian ritual on national and international stages. He did ask some of the right questions, and also began answering them. But he did not manage to push through with a clear conclusion about the problematic nature of such acts. 

After years of correspondence I finally met Bernhard Bleibinger (we were supposed to have our own panel about mouth bows at the 2024 Taiwan symposium, but he could not make it). What a lovely chap and challenging story: why not put Bavaria at the center of your research, instead of the usual South African musics? His story was convincing as an applied ethnomusicological research case and even – according to a member from the audience, as a case of ‘indigenous music and dance’!

Victoria Vorreiter’s photographs, exhibition of instruments, textiles and weaving, and her books – absolutely splendid. Amazing one person can do all of that, though of course with the help of many. Her “turning photorack” will be a hit in exhibition centers around the world, I bet (see the video above)!

For the very time I learnt about India’s smallest minority, the Toto from West Bengal, in the only online presentation I saw, by Bisakha Goswami (Rabindra Bharati University). Though under pressure and counting only about 1400 people, the group still retains several traditions of music and ritual.

There were too many good papers, and certainly some mediocre ones, but these were also among those to remember.

We are truly thankful to the chairs of the three Study Groups (Made Hood, Huib Schippers, Yuh-Fen Tseng) and the Thai hosts who put together such a great program (esp. Nattapol Wisuttipat, Kumkom Pornprasit and Paphutson Koong Wongratapitak) and others assisting the Program Committee and Local Arrangements Commitee, as well as the previous and current president of the ICTMD (Svanibor Pettan and Tan Sooi Beng).

This event was in fact the first time the current Committee of our IMD Study Group got together in person: (photo below, from left to right) chair Yuh-Fen Tseng 曾毓芬, secretaries Xinjie Chen 陳心傑 and Shuo Niki Yang 楊爍, and me as vice-chair. Thanks Svanibor Pettan for capturing this moment.

Our ICTMD-IMD website with lots of presentations of previous Symposia, an interactive map with performances etc. etc.

https://ictmindsg.openmuseum.tw/

Do check out the video with some of the musical moments in Chiang Mai.

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Recently I received my book Overtone Singing, translated into Japanese. What a nice surprise! I was not aware that my publisher was contacted by a Japanese agent shortly after the book came out in 2022. But recently it came to my attention, with no further details and no updates.

It is a neat, small-sized and quite thick book. Well-designed, beautiful typographic cover.
Including all the original illustrations, as far as I can see.

Translated by Ohkita Yoshiyuki and published by Hikaruland Publishing Co. Ltd.

A dream come true!

Link to Amazon Japan.

One of my first sources about Mongolian throat singing was a book and album devoted to a symposium held in Japan in the late 1970s. It contained articles and recordings, and the main source was the famous Sundui. Such a mystery still at that time! This was the very early 1990s. Then in 1993 I went to Tuva and met Japanese scholars and singers, and again in 1995. At that big symposium there were several important Japanese delegates: Makigami Koichi and Leo Tadagawa.

Makigami Koichi and Leo Tadagawa, 2nd and 3rd from left. International visitors at the Khöömei Festival, Kyzyl, Tuva, Russian Federation, 1995.

There is a strong connection with Central Asia, in particular Tuva and Mongolia, but also the Altay, Khakassiya. One of the very early movers in this area was Makigami Koichi, who set up a Tuva – Japan friendship association and kept on (and keeps on) coming back to Tuva and inviting musicians to Japan – also from Altay, like Bolot Bairyshev.  Makigami and his company also organised tours and published albums of musicians from South Siberia, nearly always related to throat singing. I met Makigami-san again and again: first in Tuva, then in Germany where we performed with Alexander Lauterwasser’s device to transform sound into visuals (cymatics), later in New York City with Jong Zorn after we both performed there. Of course in the Netherlands, where he was a guest with our band Oorbeek at the International Jew’s Harp Festival in 2006 and in recent years several times in Taiwan.

When I was at another festival in Tuva in the year 2000, there were many young Japanese throat singers. They formed a group called Vions (which translates as ‘overtones’) and worked independently in different fields of art and performance. Another early adopter of many things Tuvan was Todoriki Masahiko: he spent lots of time travelling through Tuva to observe flora and fauna, collect pictures for his postcard editions, learn the language and collect songs and lyrics, and learn throat singing. He also came to Taipei to teach and perform.

So far, most Japanese I met and heard were interested in, or based on, the traditional forms from Mongolia and Tuva. There have been several throat singing festivals in Japan, starting already in the early 2000s: a testament to their dedication to the original masters. Non-Japanese have often thought the Japanese have some kind of overtone singing of their own: indeed, the range of vocal styles and techniques is enormous. Among the very skilled voice types we find, for example, the (Buddhist) Shomyo chants of the Tendaï sect, which I always play for my R E S O N A N C E  students. You can hear the overtones even when they do not make a conscious effort to sing them. (Michael Vetter confirmed this during his long-term stay in Japan from 1973-1983.)

Not many young people seemed to be interested in learning the non-guttural styles. But every once in a while I learnt about performers and composers who did extraordianry things with timbre, guttural sounds and/or overtones. Ken Ueno (not a Japanese citizen, I know) and Fuyuki Yamakawa belong in this category. I also consider the work Mandara Trilogy by  Somei Satoh an exploration of vocal overtones, though it is not the main material.

In recent years, I started hearing a bit more from people interested in non-traditional overtone singing, but there must be much more than I know.

Link to Amazon Japan.

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A few hours after landing in Taipei I made it to the final rehearsal of the Bon-Po concert we present this Sunday in Taipei. The group sounded great – better than ever, I dare say – during our last complete rehearsal some weeks ago. A good thing, because some Bon-Po chants and instrumental parts are not exactly easy to play. We will have to pay close attention to some of the difficult parts.

We will play in the intimate space of the wonderful Gallery Sun. It has a nice natural reverberation, which will help us to be on guard about all the tiny details. If you didn’t yet, register a seat, it is getting quite full!

5/24 Sunday 15:33 (doors open 3 PM)
Between Voice and Breath / Tibetan Bön
Chanting Group
5/24 週日下午三點，

2026.5.24 ( Sun. ) 3:33 pm
聲氣之間|西藏苯教唱誦共學團分享會
地點：尚畫廊 Gallery Sun
Facilitators 帶領人 ：
西藏音樂專家 Ricardo Canzio 康嘉鐸 與
民族音樂家 Mark van Tongeren 溫馬克
#按報名順序安排座位；超過47座的8位朋友可享席地而坐；超過55位，可享前方民榮公園野餐的陽光、涼風和雨水的潤澤。

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I have seen and heard quite a few installations centred on vibrational phenomena, and have sometimes worked with them myself. Visually, we are familiar with well-known patterns such as those created by Chladni and Lissajous, as well as moiré effects, and in music, polyrhythms such as those found in African music, phase differences as in Steve Reich’s music, and of course the more subtle work with overtones (or sine waves in electronic music). But what I have now seen surpasses them all. This installation by Philip Vermeulen is based on 2 x 2 rotating elastic bands, each about 10 metres long. It brings a great deal of stuff together:

• first, the combination of image and sound: the visualisation of simple and somewhat more complex wave phenomena and the audible dimension of these same vibrating sources
• second, the actual, direct connection between visual moiré and auditory interference effects and phase differences
• third, the gradual changes in smaller increments, and the abrupt transition to new phases
• fourth, quite delightfully, the deliberate intertwining of the two moving bands, making it seem as though things are going wrong
• fifth, and perhaps most importantly, the dramatic, almost terrifying tangibility of the swaying ribbons when they gain speed; for they whistle and whoosh like the wind and sometimes howl like a violent storm
• added to that is the consideration of what would happen if the whole thing were to snap, for there is clearly enormous pressure on the process and you can feel the wind blowing in the small room
• then there are the beautiful more-than-stereo effects of the whooshing sounds, which you can perceive at different distances from the ribbons when sitting in the centre (sometimes in several places at once)
• moreover (and then I’ll stop), the duration of the piece and the fact that it is an actual composition makes that your eyes and ears keep wanting to shift between picking out details and zooming out again; you want to experience the whole development of those 7+ minutes all over again.

Photographs really cannot render what you experience, so here are some of those moments. If you have a chance, I urge you to go and see and hear it! More about Vermeulen:

Artist YT channel

Artist website.

Exhibition Silence in the Storm, Museum Voorlinden, Netherlands.

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