Why not return art to its ancient roots, grounded in ritual – the ancestral theatre of
magic, where collective desire can reshape reality?
Oscillating Poem is a sound performance that seeks to reconsider the place of art in its most archaic and ritualistic dimension. What if art were to rediscover its original roots, those of ritual, collective chanting, and the ancestral theater of magic?
Through this proposition, the audience is invited to undergo an immersive experience in which sound becomes a living material and a vector of transformation. The performance unfolds like a contemporary ceremony, a suspended space-time where sonic vibrations shape a sensitive language, at the boundary between the real and the invisible.
Blending experimental music, sound art practices, and performance, Oscillating Poem creates a succession of constantly evolving acoustic landscapes. Within this journey, listening is no longer passive: it becomes an act, an engagement of both body and imagination.
https://www.oscillation-festival.be/2025/jonathan-frigeri/
Audio excerpt recorded live with a smartphone by an audience member during the performance.
Location: Le Brass, Brussels
Event: Festival Oscilation
Material: Bowls, Electronic devices, Radio, Reel to reel, Transducer
Date: Mai 2024
Authors: Jonathan Frigeri
Tag: #Ritual #Performance #Ceremony #Sound #Theater