World premiere

Polish composer, classically-trained clarinettist, and multi-instrumentalist Wacław Zimpel is a beloved alumnus of Rewire coming back this year with a unique collaboration with visual artist Ben Kreukniet, who has worked with artists including Massive Attack, James Blake and JASSS. For rewire 2023, Zimpel and Kreukniet will create a series of new audiovisual compositions using material of Zimpel’s upcoming album Train Spotter, to be released on 31 March on State 51 Conspiracy. Incorporating field recordings made in 2021 during his art scholarship with the city of Warsaw, Zimpel explores here a more electronic dimension to his music, while retaining his unbridled creativity and multi-instrumentalist sensibilities. Inspired by processes of musique concrète, Ben Kreukniet will present a series of real-time motion paintings which sample structures from man-made environments to create new generative forms.