Moniek Darge
EDUCATION - assistant professor at the "Hogeschool Gent", departments Academy of Fine Arts and Music Conservatory
ONDERWIJS: Hogeschool Gent
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Biography Performer Violin - voice - acting: |
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Sound installations and Exhibitions
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Soundsculpture, music boxes & "watertransparanten" |
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ACTUA !!!
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MUZIEKDOZEN
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WATERTRANSPARANTEN
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PERFORMANCES
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Recent solo Performances with Music Boxes
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- 2007: Eke, De Groene Vallei: Open Deurdagen Bloemenserre
- 2007: Festival van Vlaanderen, Mezureput, Zingem
- 2006: Nijmegen, Internationaal Orgelfestival
- 2006: Klankenbos, Dommelhof, Neerpelt, Belgium, Music Box Performance met Maja Jantar
- 2005: Fisher Price Performance
- 2005: Emergency Music Box Performance
- 2005: Music Box Perfromance, Logos Tetraeder, Gent, Belgium, voor Leefgemeenschap Klavertje 4
- 2004: Happy New Ears Festival, Kortrijk, Belgium, with Horst Rickels and Barbara Buchowiec
- 2004: "Peace Robot" solo performance by Moniek Darge with the peace flag and her newly made "Peace Robot"
- 2004: ADVENTURES FESTIVAL, Korzo Theater, Den Haag, Netherlands, "Playing in the Robot Garden" a two days long composer's portret of Moniek Darge
- 2003: Kamerton Festival, Pescara, Italy, BasiaMo (Logos Women) Performance with Barbara Buchowiec and Moniek Darge
- 2003: Spain, Catalonia, Barcelona, L.E.M.FESTIVAL, "Music Box Performance" solo performance by Moniek Darge with her "Robot and Music Box Kit" and electric violin, voice, acting
- 2003: "Emergency Kit for Robots" solo performance by Moniek Darge with her "Emergency Robot Kit"
- 2003: Yugoslavia, Servia, Beograd, SKC main hall, FESTIVAL APRIL MEETINGS "Music Box Performance" solo performance by Moniek Darge with her "Robot and Music Box Kit" and electric violin, voice, acting
- 2002: BRUGGE2002: Gallery ArtoNivo: seven "Music Box Performances" solo performances by Moniek Darge with several of her Music Boxes
- 2002: Canada, New Foundland, St.John's, LSPU Hall, FESTIVAL SOUNDSYMPOSIUM: "Puffin Box Performance" solo performance with her "Puffin Box"
Compositions:
Intermedia performances, soundscape compositions and electroacoustic music:
Scores (manuscripts and withdrawn pieces) available in the Logos Archives:
21st century:
2006: "I Ching" (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers) 2006: "Levka Ori" soundscape/ klankschap 2006: "Works_4_2" (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers) 2006: "Ake Klanklagen" (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers) 2006: "Alarm" (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers) 2005: "Ruemlingen" (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers) 2005: "Kerst Wolk" (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers) 2005: "Huang Shan" (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers) 2005: "Klanklagen #7" (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers) 2005: "Dancing Violin" (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers) 2005: "Kudari" (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers) 2005: "Streep" (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers) 2005: "Le nouveau Bourdonola est arrive" (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers) 2004: "36 views on the stupa" (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers) 2004: "Strings and Springs" (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers & Barbara Buchowiec) 2004: "Ake Meditaties" 2004: "Fast & Furious" 2004: "TrumTrom" (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers) 2004: "Tree Oh" (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers) 2004: "Ranger-demo" 2004: "Es e = i Es a = o" (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers) 2004: "Two And" (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers) 2004: "Havik" (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers) 2004: "Puftupi" (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers) 2004: "King So" 2003: "Good Morning Phill" (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers) 2003: "Ouverture" (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers) 2003: "PlayMobot I & II" (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers) 2003: "Hapi" (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers) 2003: "Emergency music box 2" 2003: "Bomber Handbag" 2003: "After Morning Phill" 2003: "Duo Drip" 2003: "MiniRobot" (collaboration with Barbara Buchowiec) 2003: "Jomo" 2003: "Klanklagen" (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers): live electric violin performance with Harma, Bourdonola, Piperola and Vox Humanola modules. (some info in Dutch) 2003: Robot Garden 4: Thunderwood (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers): live electric violin performance introducing the brandnew Tubi robot into the robot orchestra 2003: Robot Garden 3: Thunderwood (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers): live electric violin performance with Thunderwood robot 2002: Robot Garden 2 (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers): live electric violin with Player Piano and Dripper, premiered at Audio Art Festival, Krakow, Poland 2002: Robot Garden 1 (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers): live violin performance with the complete robot orchestra built by Godfried-Willem Raes 2002: Toast, Nasdrovje (in collaboration with Godfried-Willem Raes, Kristof Lauwers and Bert Vandekerckhove):
performance with the "dripper" automaton of Godfried-Willem Raes
premiere: Audio Art Festival Krakow2002: Samu-e (Pakjes) (in collaboration with Jelle Meander): performance with tiny self assembled moving robot, live percussion and textsound 2002: M-AlviCeba: for Logos' <M&M> robot orchestra (orchestration by Xavier Verhelst): composition performed automatically by the robots built by Godfried-Willem Raes 2002: Machine Wall 7 (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers): live performance by Barbara Buchowiec, viola and Moniek Darge, electric violin, with robots made by Godfried-Willem Raes 2002: Machine Wall 6 (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers): live performance with robots made by Godfried-Willem Raes 2002: Machine Wall 5 (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers): live performance with robots made by Godfried-Willem Raes 2002: Machine Wall 4 (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers): live performance with robots made by Godfried-Willem Raes 2002: Machine Wall 3 (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers): live performance with robots made by Godfried-Willem Raes 2002: Machine Wall 2 (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers): live performance with robots made by Godfried-Willem Raes 2002: Machine Wall 1 (in collaboration with Kristof Lauwers): live performance with robots made by Godfried-Willem Raes (CD: LPD008) 2001: Turning Wheel: for voice, live violin and soundscape 2001: EtudeSolitudeSamplitude: soundscape composition for turning wheels and live violin(s) & fiddle from Mali 2001: Parts for Paul: for voice and soundscape, released on the "P-Art Project" CD. 2000: MusicBox: graphical improvisational score for flutes played by Karin De Fleyt, enclosed into a wooden cupboard designed by architect Bruno Poelaert
20th century:
1974: Kreatief Spel, music game for audience: slides 1976: Crowd for percussion or prepared violin with soundscape tape (traffic noise) 1978: Rape music theatre, for violin, tape and vocals 1980: Sand, for two percussionists with tape (electronics) and one participant in the audience (RealAudio) 1980: Rain for one nude performer in a box; voice; rain tape (soundscape) 1980: White for solo performer and silence 1981: Dark Waves light event; tape (electronics) (RealAudio) 1981: Stormfugle for two performers, voice, tape (electronics and voice), slide, film, clarinet and violin (MP3) 1982: Antagonism: graphical score for clarinet and violin 1982: Series 1 & 2: slides, for CasioTones (electronics) 1983: Reo: large graph score in Maori language, for voice 1983: Fairy Tale for vocals and tape with koala sounds & dog-growling (soundscape) 1984: Kasik for voice lettrism in the Turkish language 1984: Bratschebraut, theatrical solo for prepared viola 1982-84: Turkish Square: slides, film and tape (soundscape) 1984: Series 2 for delayed voices; slides made out of film fragments 1984-85: Turkish Square 2: tape with soundscapes, voices, violin, n-dimensional oscillator system built by Godfried-Willem Raes 1985: Three Sunbeams for 3 performers playing on carillon bells with contact microphones 1985: Solstice Sun: tape with processed sound montage of bells and wooden scaffolding 1986: Clouds for violin, slides, tape with sound of the Eurus-Pneumaphone built by Godfried-Willem Raes 1986: Conceptual event #1 for Uluru 1986: Conceptual event #2 for Thule and Philip Island 1987: AbbeySounds installation (audio and visuals) 1987: AbbeySounds 2 audio tape (soundscapes and voice) 1987-88: Man-Mo 1 soundscape tape with Mali fiddle, Chinese drums, Rwandese Ingoma-drum, tamtams, gongs, guiroes, Chinese templeblocks, bell cymbals, whirlies, alto clarinet and viola (graphical score) 1988-89: Man-Mo 2 soundscape tape with violin and clarinet (graphical score) 1989-90: Man-Mo 3 soundscape tape with violin and clarinet (traditional notation) 1989-90: AlviCeba for string ensemble (three 1. violins, two 2. violins, two violas, cello and double bass) 1990-91: Man-Mo 4 soundscape tape with violin and recorder 1990-91: Hashikura for solo bass singer, male choir, percussion, keyboards and double bass 1991: Tohyo: performance for voice, ghetto-blaster, gong and 2 actors 1992: ShSh for tape and percussion (MP3) 1992: Konbanwa John (in memoriam John Cage): tape with voice and violin 1993: For M.D. from M.D. for solo violin (graphical score) 1995: Harp for harpsamples and performance 1995-97: Caete for soundscapes, live musical objects and duo (MP3) 1998: Fantasy C/V: Aurora, solo for pre-recorded and live voices (MP3) 1998: Self-Portrait in Sound: Harpje (MP3) 1999: Verbondenheid: soundscape composition for voices, Turkish Turtle and live musicians (MP3)
Music Theatre & performance in collaboration with Godfried-Willem Raes
- The Wall - a Logos Duo Performance
- Attitudes - by Godfried-Willem Raes, solo performer: Moniek Darge
- ArbeidsLust - by Godfried-Willem Raes, performed by Logos Duo
- Sotto Voce [English notes] [Dutch notes] - a Logos Duo Performance
- Timeframes [English notes] Dutch notes] - by Godfried-Willem Raes, performed by Logos Duo
- Pneumafoon [English notes] [Dutch notes] - by Godfried-Willem Raes, performed by the Logos Ensemble
- Holosound (English) [Dutch text] [French text], a Logos Duo Performance
- A Book of Moves [German text] [Dutch text], by Godfried-Willem Raes, performed by Logos Duo
- Songbook [Dutch text] [German text] , by Godfried-Willem Raes, performed by Logos Duo
- Fidel Stroh, by Godfried-Willem Raes, solo performer: Moniek Darge
- Fidel C, by Godfried-Willem Raes, solo performer: Moniek Darge
- Ears (2003) , with robot orchestra by Godfried-Willem Raes operated by Kristof Lauwers, solo electric violin performer: Moniek Darge
- Vacca, with robot orchestra by Godfried-Willem Raes, group performance
- TransiTrance, with robot orchestra by Godfried-Willem Raes, duo performance: Godfried-Willem Raes and Moniek Darge
Happenings and events
- Muziekdoosperformance (2000-2006)
- Fisher Surprise (2005)
- Emergency Music Box Performance (2003-2005)
- Plastiek Muziekslang
- Serpent
- Nude Beach Happening (1980)
- White
- Solstice Event 1985
- Ohre [English notes] [Dutch notes] [Dutch text]
- Singing Bicycles, in collaboration with Godfried-Willem Raes
- Klankboot en Toetkuip (idem)
- Le Grand Coucou, in collaboration with Godfried-Willem Raes
- <Rooie Niki>, by Godfried-Willem Raes (1998)
Publications
- 'Auto-Author'
- "Intermedia Myth" publication of scores, poems etc. (1986)
- Annea Lockwood (Gynaikabook)
- Performance Festival Japan
- Traditional Maori-music from New-Zealand
- Festival St. Johns, Canada in "Musiktexte"
- Logos-Blad (diverse bijdragen en reisverslagen)
- Annea Lockwood (Gynaika boek)
- Lijf tegen Lijf (ed.Kritak)
- Vrouwelijke Komponisten
- Traditionele Maori-muziek van Nieuw-Zeeland
- poes_ie
- Feminateek
Discography

Artistic Collaborations
Stefanos Vassiliadis, Anestis Logothetis (+), Alison Knowles, Charlie Morrow, Godfried-Willem Raes, Rui Calapez-Gomes, Carlos Trindade, Michael Juellich, David Moss, Jane Henry, John Zorn, La Donna Smith, Gyde Knebusch, Ann Van Coillie, Annea Lockwood, Anna Homler, Karin De Fleyt, Nicole Ledegen, Francesca Verbauwhede, Benn Deceuninck, Carla Bracke, Joachim Brackx, Paul Darge, Mary Oliver, Mathieu Werchowski, Kristof Lauwers, Brent Wetters, Vanessa Defauw, Eva Vandevoorde, Bruno Debusschere, Stefaan Smagghe, Emily De Vlam, Hisako Horikawa, Kris Wuytack, Pieter Derdeyn, Leonaar De Graeve, Thomas Smetryns, Barbara Buchowiec, Jelle Meander, Francoise Van Hecke, Nicoletta Branchini, Marian De Schryver, Maja Jantar
Available MP3 and RealAudio fragments
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