NEXXUS Soundscape
The soundscapes presented in NEXXUS were all created by Franco Prinsloo for video installation works by visual artist, Sonya Rademeyer.
The works are meditative and aim to support the strong and important messages of the accompanying artworks, focusing on cultural healing through the coming together of visual and musical art.
composer Franco Prinsloo
21 Days / #music_for_isolated_musicians
21 Days / #Music_for_isolated_musicians is a collaborative experience between a composer and a visual artist. This project explores whether cultural disconnect or severing can be re-imagined as new connections.
The title draws its name from the initial 21 days of the COVID_19 Pandemic (2020), when social cohesion was forcibly fractured across the world. Seeking to find connection across confinement and boundaries, composer Franco Prinsloo sent out 21 musical scores to musicians across the globe. The 21 Solo’s were made available for any musician to play, record with their phones, and send back. Visual artist Sonya Rademeyer re-interpreted these musical renderings into a series of intuitive drawings.
During NEXXUS, this series will be completed where four of the ‘missing’ drawings will be created through a live-drawing performance happening on Friday 22 September 2023 at 18H30.
These musical scores - hand-drawn by Franco Prinsloo - can be listened to by clicking on the QR Code found next to the scores in the exhibition space.
Sonya Rademeyer / "sinking sound" / 70cm(h) x 50 cm(w) / pen drawing on Artistico Fabriano 300gms / 2020 – 2023
Franco Prinsloo / “#Music_for_isolated_musicians” Day 2: Marimba / 42cm(h) x 59.3cm(w) / archival ink drawing on Fabriano 250gms / 2023
Sonya Rademeyer / "performing Africa" / 50cm(h) x 70 cm(w) / pen drawing on Artistico Fabriano 300gms / 2020 – 2023
Franco Prinsloo / “#Music_for_isolated_musicians” Day 2: Marimba / 42cm(h) x 59.3cm(w) / archival ink drawing on Fabriano 250gms / 2023
Sonya Rademeyer / "stringing both past and future" / 70cm(h) x 50 cm(w) / pen drawing on Artistico Fabriano 300gms / 2020 – 2023
Franco Prinsloo / “#Music_for_isolated_musicians” Day 3: Cello" / 42cm(h) x 59.3cm(w) / archival ink drawing on Fabriano 250gms / 2023
Sonya Rademeyer / "stringing frequencies" / 50cm(h) x 70 cm(w) / pen drawing on Artistico Fabriano 300gms / 2020 – 2023
Franco Prinsloo / “#Music_for_isolated_musicians” Day 4: Voice (text: Phillip de Vos) Sirkellietjie #1" / 42cm(h) x 59.3cm(w) / archival ink drawing on Fabriano 250gms / 2023
Sonya Rademeyer / "overriding the language" / 50cm(h) x 70 cm(w) / pen drawing on Artistico Fabriano 300gms / 2023
Franco Prinsloo / “#Music_for_isolated_musicians” Day 5: Accordion / 42cm(h) x 59.3cm(w) / archival ink drawing on Fabriano 250gms / 2023
Sonya Rademeyer / "sonic gamete" / 50cm(h) x 70 cm(w) / pen drawing on Artistico Fabriano 300gms / 2020 – 2023
Franco Prinsloo / “#Music_for_isolated_musicians” Day 6: Oboe / 42cm(h) x 59.3cm(w) / archival ink drawing on Fabriano 250gms / 2023
Sonya Rademeyer / "sonic nest" 70cm(h) x 50 cm(w) / pen drawing on Artistico Fabriano 300gms / 2020 – 2023
Franco Prinsloo / “#Music_for_isolated_musicians” Day 7: Oboe / 42cm(h) x 59.3cm(w) / archival ink drawing on Fabriano 250gms / 2023
"missing drawing day 8" (to be completed)
Franco Prinsloo / “#Music_for_isolated_musicians” Day 8: Bassoon / 42cm(h) x 59.3cm(w) / archival ink drawing on Fabriano 250gms / 2023
Sonya Rademeyer / 'interlocking the past" / 70cm(h) x 50 cm(w) / pen drawing on Artistico Fabriano 300gms / 2020 – 2023
Franco Prinsloo / “#Music_for_isolated_musicians” Day 9: Clarinet / 42cm(h) x 59.3cm(w) / archival ink drawing on Fabriano 250gms / 2023
Sonya Rademeyer / "flowered soul leaving" / 70cm(h) x 50 cm(w) / pen drawing on Artistico Fabriano 300gms / 2020 – 2023
Franco Prinsloo / “#Music_for_isolated_musicians” Day 10: Violin / 42cm(h) x 59.3cm(w) / archival ink drawing on Fabriano 250gms / 2023
Sonya Rademeyer Sonya Rademeyer / "foetal echoes" / 70cm(h) x 50 cm(w) / pen drawing on Artistico Fabriano 300gms / 2020 – 2023
Franco Prinsloo / “#Music_for_isolated_musicians” Day 11: Harp / 42cm(h) x 59.3cm(w) / archival ink drawing on Fabriano 250gms / 2023
Sonya Rademeyer / "seemingly sonic " / 70cm(h) x 50 cm(w) / pen drawing on Artistico Fabriano 300gms / 2020 – 2023
Franco Prinsloo / “#Music_for_isolated_musicians” Day 12: Piccolo / 42cm(h) x 59.3cm(w) / archival ink drawing on Fabriano 250gms / 2023
Sonya Rademeyer / "speaking strata" / 70cm(h) x 50 cm(w) / pen drawing on Artistico Fabriano 300gms / 2020 – 2023
Franco Prinsloo / “#Music_for_isolated_musicians” Day 13: Voice (text: Phillip de Vos) Sirkellietjie #1 / 42cm(h) x 59.3cm(w) / archival ink drawing on Fabriano 250gms / 2023
Sonya Rademeyer / "the descent of breath" / 70cm(h) x 50 cm(w) / pen drawing on Artistico Fabriano 300gms / 2020 – 2023
Franco Prinsloo / “#Music_for_isolated_musicians” Day 14: Bassoon / 42cm(h) x 59.3cm(w) / archival ink drawing on Fabriano 250gms / 2023
Sonya Rademeyer / "through unknown barriers" / 70cm(h) x 50 cm(w) / pen drawing on Artistico Fabriano 300gms / 2020 – 2023
Franco Prinsloo / “#Music_for_isolated_musicians” Day 15: Piccolo / 42cm(h) x 59.3cm(w) / archival ink drawing on Fabriano 250gms / 2023
"Missing drawing day 16" (to be completed)
Franco Prinsloo / “#Music_for_isolated_musicians” Day16: Piccolo / 42cm(h) x 59.3cm(w) / archival ink drawing on Fabriano 250gms / 2023
Sonya Rademeyer / "shakuhachi silos" / 70cm(h) x 50 cm(w) / pen drawing on Artistico Fabriano 300gms / 2020 – 2023
Franco Prinsloo / “#Music_for_isolated_musici¬ans” Day17: Shakuhachi / 42cm(h) x 59.3cm(w) / archival ink drawing on Fabriano 250gms / 2023
Sonya Rademeyer / "cradling the clarinet" / 70cm(h) x 50 cm(w) / pen drawing on Artistico Fabriano 300gms / 2020 – 2023
"missing drawing day 19" (to be completed)
Franco Prinsloo / “#Music_for_isolated_musicians” Day19: Oboe / 42cm(h) x 59.3cm(w) / archival ink drawing on Fabriano 250gms / 2023
Sonya Rademeyer / "should you wonder where to go" / 50cm(h) x 70 cm(w) / 2020 – 2023 / pen & ink drawing on Artistico Fabriano 300gms
Franco Prinsloo / “#Music_for_isolated_musicians” Day20: Saxophone / 42cm(h) x 59.3cm(w) / archival ink drawing on Fabriano 250gms / 2023
"missing drawing day 21" (to be completed)
Franco Prinsloo / “#Music_for_isolated_musicians” Day21: Saxophone / 42cm(h) x 59.3cm(w) / archival ink drawing on Fabriano 250gms / 2023
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