Noorderzon 2025 Programma
Sous les violons, la plage
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Oranjesingel 16, 9717 CB GroningenFuck art. Or at least ‘Fuck Haydn’? A powerful and provocative Interactive installation in which you – yes, you! – get to finally give it to Haydn’s String Quartet 66 in G major, opus 77, Big Time. What took years to make, you get to undo in just 5 minutes.
For this performance you can only buy tickets at the location on the day itself
Strings of resistance
A string quartet hangs in mid-air. Haydn’s notes drift softly overhead. At your feet: a pile of stones. You know what to do.
In this rebellious sound installation by Catalan art duo cabosanroque, you're invited to dismantle classical music - literally. Throw a stone. Break the system. Watch harmony unravel in real time.
Taking its name from the May ‘68 slogan “Sous les pavés, la plage!” (“Under the cobblestones, the beach!”), the piece trades reverence for rupture. It’s both protest and play: a controlled demolition of cultural authority, disguised as a beautifully wired musical sculpture. Because sometimes, to hear something new, you have to smash what came before.
Each and every impact against the violins, viola or cello generates a slight random modification of the harmony, rhythm or tone of that voice and every hit takes us a little farther away from the original composition. Destruction as a form of progress and collective creation. Together, we're making new music.
The show can be seen continuously on:
- 14 & 15 August from 16.00 - 21.00
- 16 & 17 August from 14.00 - 21.00