On Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 April, the iconic Spuiplein in the city centre of The Hague will be transformed into the site of an immersive, sonic experience that channels sounds sourced from The Hague by a variety of composers, sound artists, students and pupils. The sonic investigation results in an open-access sound installation in the heart of the city. The work will temporarily compress The Hague’s geography into a single space in the city centre. Various loudspeakers are installed to immerse Spuiplein into other acoustic spaces from the city. All kinds of audience are welcome to experience the installation: invitees and passersby, experts and amateurs, young and old.

Saturday 9 April:

12:00 excerpt from De Promenoir van Mondriaan (collaborative work from 1994, supervised by Dick Raaijmakers)
14:00 BMB Con. – Hei 1988
15:30 performance by school children under supervision of Hilde Wollenstein
17:00 Hilde Wollenstein: Please stop yelling at me, I don’t know what I want.
19:30 Jan Boerman: Maasproject 1
20:00 Margherita Brillada: Il Tempo Sospeso
20:30 Constant: excerpt from New Babylon (1968) (arrangement / mix: Justin Bennett.)
21:00 Kees Tazelaar: Luchtveld
22:00 end

Sunday 10 April:

12:00 excerpt from De Promenoir van Mondriaan (collaborative work from 1994, supervised by Dick Raaijmakers)
13:00 BMB Con. – Hei 1988
14:00 Kim Ho: Máni
15:00 Julio Molina Moya: Haagse Markt 2016
16:00 Jan Boerman: Maasproject 2
17:00 end

The installation Sounding the Spui runs continuously in between these compositions with material produced by students under supervision of Justin Bennett.