Extended Originals is a brand new interdisciplinary performance that uses new media, different musical techniques, electronics and video, and closely resembles an audiovisual vertigo effect. The two performers, Dejana Sekulić and Victor Guaita, build an experience around mesmerizing repertoire by young Irish composer slash skater Sam Perkin and German composer Johannes Kreidler. For this occasion, Sekulić wrote her composition time and time again, which revisits violin works by Belgian romanticist Eugène Ysaÿe and runs through the night as the connecting factor. The use of video projections creates ‘multiple selves’ of our performers, which serve as a vessel to explore the past and the future.
Especially created for DAS HAUS, Extended Originals invites the audience to go on a journey through time and space, to be confronted with their own self and to wholly surrender to these sensory escapades.
Dejana Sekulić is a Belgian violinist, sound & silence explorer, performer, composer, and artist. She is currently working on her PhD research, “Temporality of the Impossible'', and has just released a CD with her solo violin work at NMC/Huddersfield Contemporary Records. Dejana obtained her bachelor’s degree at the Faculty of Art University of Niš (Serbia), followed by master and post-master studies at the Royal Conservatory Brussels. She has finished an advanced program for contemporary music led by ICTUS and Spectra ensembles at the School of Arts Gent. She actively performs not only as a soloist, but in different ensembles, is part of the research collective People Coming from NowHere and has created multiple multimedia and interactive sound installations.
Victor Guaita Igual, viola, completed his studies under Paul de Clerck at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel (2014). He founded and devoted himself to Zerkalo Quartet, working with composers such as Hosokawa, Posadas and Sciarrino, and obtained a second master degree in string quartet at the MusikHochschule of Hannover in 2019. Victor has collaborated with contemporary music ensembles such as Ensemble Modern, Klangforum Wien, ICTUS and Divertimento and is currently exploring the ritual of solo recital, researching multidisciplinary interactions (Gray, 2020; Garden, 2021), and questioning the format of performative spaces (Tarot Readings, 2020; Prologue: They were here first, 2021).