Apparatus is the system of relationships that is established between two elements: the musical instrument and its player. While each element has the capacity to capture, interpret, model, control, or secure the gestures of the other element - it is the interaction and the changing of each element’s role that form Apparatus. It is the mechanics of the physical act of playing a guitar and how the body can become the extension of the instrument, its major manipulator, or simply both.
Nico Couck performs music by Simon Steen-Andersen en Tiziano Manca, and new works by Brigitta Muntendorf, Kai Johannes Polzhofer and Dan Tramte. Integrating guitars, choreography, J.S. Bach, electronics, and even YouTube. Apparatus is a multimedia event in which the physical and mechanical duality is the denominator.
http://nicocouck.com/projects/apparatus
Tiziano MancaStur(2010)acoustic guitarDan Tramtedegradative interference(2014) (premiere)e-guitar and videoKai Johannes Polzhofer“Keiner kennt seinen eigenen Namen, keiner kennt sein wirkliches Antlitz” (Léon Bloy)(2015) (premiere)prepared guitarBrigitta MuntendorfPublic Privacy #4: Leap in the dark(2015) (premiere)e-guitar and videoSimon Steen-AndersenBeloved Brother(2008)acoustic guitar