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 Manca

Stur

(2010)

acoustic guitar

Dan Tramte

degradative interference

(2014) (premiere)

e-guitar and video

Kai Johannes Polzhofer

“Keiner kennt seinen eigenen Namen, keiner kennt sein wirkliches Antlitz” (Léon Bloy)

(2015) (premiere)

prepared guitar

Brigitta Muntendorf

Public Privacy #4: Leap in the dark

(2015) (premiere)

e-guitar and video

Simon Steen-Andersen

Beloved Brother

(2008)

acoustic guitar