bela with Theresa Baumgartner
South Korean musician and performance artist bela arrange the collision of worlds; traditional sonics withstanding the test of wild modern age Korea and grimy metal bars come together in 2024’s ‘Noise and Cries’, their first LP. Glistening electronics meet their country’s folk pungmul, as well as singing inspired by metal’s most extreme leanings, depicting a canvas of queer identity, severance, endurance, and precarity of life back in South Korea.
bela presents their work in collaboration with visual artist Theresa Baumgartner who will add her idiosyncratic touch to this visceral live performance. Baumgarnter is known for her work that blurs the lines between AV performance and installation art, using experimental filming techniques and an approach to stage design that is rooted in fine art and sculpture.
Photography by Camille Blake
bela and Theresa Baumgartner are co-curated by Unsound, as part of the collaborative project TIMES (The Independent Movement for Electronic Scenes).
Venue: TivoliVredenburg
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