Bruxelles Premiere | Viola Sylvestris Espresso | Thomas Gorbach | 2026 | 5’45 min. | stereo fixed media

Viola Sylvestris Espresso is a condensed new version of the original composition Viola Sylvestris (2015), commissioned by Gesäuse National Park and the contemporary art collection of Admont Abbey. Its source material consists of natural sounds recorded in the national park and the plant names documented in Father Gabriel Strobl’s collection. These materials have been transformed, layered and recomposed into an extract of the original work.

The new version concentrates the material into a dense sonic weave. Fragments of the Latin plant names from Father Strobl’s collection emerge intermittently as “botanical shadows”. The original observation of nature is transformed into a brief, intensely compressed sound form—an acousmatic espresso.

Programme

• Thomas Gorbach, Viola Sylvestris (2015, rev. 2025) (world premiere), 16:42, fixed mediumThomas Gorbach, spatialization
  
• Joost Van Kerkhoven, Bagatelles op. 4 (Études en forme de) (2026) (world premiere), 14:00, fixed mediumRafael Muñoz Gomez
  
• Nathalie Deroy, Dans la ville (2026) (world premiere), 6:44, fixed mediumRafael Muñoz Gomez
  
• Marie-Jeanne Wyckmans, Débordements (2026) (world premiere), 7:40, 4-channels fixed mediumMarie-Jeanne Wyckmans, spatialization
  
• Anne Champert, Bits and Pieces (2026) (world premiere), 13:25Anne Champert, spatialization
  
• Loup Mormont, Nuit corail (2026) (world premiere), 12:59, fixed mediumLoup Mormont, spatialization
  
• Rocío Cano Valiño, Pyrocumulus (2026) (world premiere)Rocío Cano Valiño, spatialization
  
• Jean-François Lejeune, In & Out (2026) (world premiere), 12:00, fixed mediumMaxence Obein
  
• Noée Voisard, Membranes (2026) (world premiere), 32:00, 16-channels fixed mediumNoée Voisard, spatialization
  
• Wim Daeleman, Alles goed met de biodiversiteit? (2026) (world premiere), 7:32, fixed mediumRafael Muñoz Gomez
  
• Larry Gaab, Now Here (world premiere), 7:31, fixed supportRafael Muñoz Gomez
  
• Leonardo Espejo Santis / Leonardo Espejo Santis, Bruixes “Witches” (2026) (world premiere), 12:37, 8-channel fixed mediumRafael Muñoz Gomez

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