© O Museu como Performance hybrid 1 18 Andreas Trobollowitsch Serralves Museum Porto c André Delhaye
Andreas Trobollowitsch & Kooruwel — Hybrid #1 - ⥀18 (extended choir version)
➤ 19:45 & 21:30
➤ Duration: 30’
➤ Labozaal
➤ Seated concert with closed doors, once the performance has started, you will not be able to enter the room. Drinks are allowed in the space.
➤ Part of Radio 1 Nacht van het Luisteren 2026.
A sound composition featuring rotating giant white balloons, flutes and an 18-member vocal ensemble? Austrian sound artist Andreas Trobollowitsch brings these elements together in Hybrid #1 – ⥀18. The starting point is an installation consisting of mechanical turntables, flutes and giant white balloons.
The flutes are sounded by the air slowly escaping from the balloons, while the turntables set them in motion. The continuously decreasing air pressure alters the volume, timbre and pitch, with the tones gradually descending in microtonal steps, while the shift from overblowing to normal playing produces additional changes in sound. The different rotation speeds of the turntables continuously reshape the overall sonic texture.
The 18-member vocal ensemble expands the sound of the flutes in the microtonal range and interacts with them. A visual dimension emerges as the performers repeatedly appear and disappear among the large, rotating white balloons. The result is a fascinating interplay between humans and machines, bringing sound and movement together in an uncanny experience.
Concept, composition & sound sculptures: Andreas Trobollowitsch
Choir: Kooruwel
