The Turtle and the Lightbeam - FRAKnoise & Jurjen Alkema

For the Haarlem Vinyl Festival, Allard Krijger (FRAKnoise) and visual artist Jurjen Alkema transform De Vleeshal through sound, light and image.

Krijger slows vinyl down until familiar music dissolves into new textures and soundscapes, using these as the basis for live electronic improvisation, alongside his self-designed synthesizer, the Melancholytron. At the same time, Alkema transforms the architecture through projection and light, responding live to the changing sound.

Sound changes the experience of the space; the transformed space changes the experience of the sound. Neither is simply a backdrop for the other. Together they create a temporary environment in which music, architecture and perception continuously shift, shimmer and interact.

Allard Krijger / FRAKnoise

Allard Krijger is a sound designer, electronic musician and teacher and lecturer at the Conservatorium Haarlem. Under the name FRAKnoise he creates electronic music, instruments and sound-based projects, often exploring the less predictable sides of technology. He is the creator of the Melancholytron, a book about melancholy that comes with a synthesizer designed to create melancholic sounds.

Jurjen Alkema

Jurjen Alkema is a designer and visual artist working with video projection, light and scenography. Through videomapping, light installations and immersive performances, he explores ways of merging image and sound into spatial, sensory experiences. For the Haarlem Vinyl Festival, the walls and columns of De Vleeshal become his visual playground.

Performance times
Saturday 3 October — 13:00
Sunday 4 October — 13:00 & 15:00

Location: Vleeshal
Free entrance