Marc Vilanova, artist beneficiary of the Euroregion Pyrenees-Mediterranean 2019 creation residency, will perform at the headquarters of the collaborating entities in Perpignan, Flix (Tarragona) and Palma de Mallorca, as a closure of his artistic residency at Phonos.

• 8 October, 19:30h. Labo Flashback (Perpignan).
• 18 October, 18:00h. La Unió Social (Flix)
• 20 October, 19.30. Es Baluard (Palma)

MUT _Solo Saxophone

MUT is a solo acoustic performance that uses the instrument as a sound generator to create a rich palette of techniques, producing from guttural, visceral, to tremendously physiological sounds. The music is inspired by the way we listen to language. Not understanding a language enhances sensitivity to the sound of syllables as they are pronounced; as soon as one understands the language, the mind’s focus shifts to decoding meaning. MUT aims to translate this experience to the saxophone by creating a very unique vocabulary of sounds. A subversive act that "silences" the saxophone as we know and confronts it with its tradition, heritage and language.

Bio

Marc Vilanova (1991) is a sound and visual artist working at the intersection of art, science and technology. Vilanova’s artistic production has always been led by a spirit of innovation fueled by an interest in new media.. His pieces have been presented in festivals and exhibitions around the world in Japan, the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Iran, Taiwan, South Korea, Russia and many countries in Europe. He has received numerous grants, awards and residencies including the prestigious Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco 2020, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art Fellowship, Omaha 2019, KARA Award, Teheran 2018, Citizen Artist Incubator, Linz 2017, the Encouragement Prize Tokyo Experimental Festival 2016, Jury Prize at Saxopen, Congress Strasbourg 2015 or the First Prize at the International Contest of Sound Art Performance, Zaragoza 2014 among others.

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