Alva Noto’s ›Xerrox Vol. 4‹

The multimedia work ›Xerrox Vol. 4 – Ensemble Modern Version‹ by Alva Noto will be performed three times in November 2024: in the Netherlands, namely in ’s-Hertogenbosch and Amsterdam, as well as in Antwerp (Belgium). Based on the concept of digital replication of source material, the ›Xerrox‹ project deals with the manipulation of data (melodies) by means of continuous reproduction. A production process of copies of copies, in other words, whose sounds are altered in such a way that they can hardly be associated with the source material. This creates a sonic spectrum of completely new sounds: copies of originals become originals themselves.