Dirk Veulemans - Composer
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1/40  Arnhem 1989, AVE festival.
Quadraphonic installation for Genesis with screen and 4 sound pillars
 

2/40  Arnhem 1989, AVE festival.
Sight in full light on the quadraphonic installation for Genese with screen and 4 sound pillars.
 

3/40  Concert setup for BOEM 2019 in Het Bos, Antwerp
 

4/40  Concert setup for KaG Elektro in the Ekerse Theaterzaal 2007
 

5/40  BOEM 2020 - Spatialising on the 20-channel dispositif.
Daniel Perez Hajdu at work.
 

6/40  BOEM 2020 - Spatialising on the 20-channel dispositif.
Dirk Veulemans at work.
 

7/40  1989 View of my studio, two 4-track tape recorders, also visible is one of the 4 sound pillars with next to it on the floor a KEF loudspeaker for bass amplification.
 

8/40  2000 View of my studio, 8 FORMAT loudspeakers and to the right against the edge an Alesis 8-track digital tape recorder.
This situation did not last long because of the heavy dismantling and remounting work at each concert.
 

9/40  2004 View of my studio, No more FORMATs in the studio, but 8 compact Dynaudio speakers.
Also my first 2 Genelec 1031 monitors as sound reference and for stereo mastering. And hard to see is to the left of the right Genelec, the dark front of a Dynaudio on a stand.
 

10/40  2019 View of my studio, preparation BOEM 2019 with sixteen channels in the studio: 8 x Genelec + 8 x Dynaudio
 

11/40  1997 SEM-Concert-JDL50
View of the 10 channel disposition with the 4 already built FORMATs complemented by 6 Cabasse HiFi speakers from Musiques & Recherches.
 

12/40  1997 SEM-Concert-JDL50
View of the 10 channel disposition with the 4 already built FORMATs complemented by 6 Cabasse HiFi speakers from Musiques & Recherches.
 

13/40  1997 SEM-Concert-JDL50
View of the 10 channel disposition with the 4 already built FORMATs complemented by 6 Cabasse HiFi speakers from Musiques & Recherches.
 

14/40  IPEM - Lucien Goethals Foundation. Concert 2003
Set up in Plateauzaal for the S.E.M. concert in 2003, front view.
 

15/40  IPEM - Lucien Goethals Foundation. Concert 2003
Set up in the Plateauzaal for the S.E.M. concert in 2003, rear view.
 

16/40  KaG 2003, Private happening at an art-collector's house for the inauguration of a new work by Jan De Cock
 

17/40  KaG 2003, Private happening at an art-collector's house for the inauguration of a new work by Jan De Cock
 

18/40  KaG 2003, Private happening at an art-collector's house for the inauguration of a new work by Jan De Cock
 

19/40  KaG 2003, Church of the Small Beguinage of Ghent
Concert with music of Stockhausen where the 8-channel dispositif together with instrumental performers provided a good sound experience.
 

20/40  KaG 2003, Church of the Small Beguinage of Ghent
Concert with music of Stockhausen where the 8-channel dispositif together with instrumental performers provided a good sound experience.
 

21/40  KaG 2003, Church of the Small Beguinage of Ghent
Concert with music of Stockhausen where the 8-channel dispositif together with instrumental performers provided a good sound experience.
 

22/40  A surround installation at the closing event just before the renovation of the Atomium.
To get the installation into the assigned sphere required quite a bit of energy.
 

23/40  KaG 2004, 8-channel setup in the Chapel of the Small Beguinage in Ghent.
Not an easy acoustic location because of the reverberation.
 

24/40  KaG 2004, 8-channel setup in the Chapel of the Small Beguinage in Ghent.
Not an easy acoustic location because of the reverberation.
 

25/40  KaG 2005, Maulwerke with 8-channel dispositif.
Here during a workshop with the composer Dieter Schnebel.
 

26/40  Be-Part at Waregem 2005
Maulwerke performance with live electronics on an 8-channel dispositif spread over the whole space.
View on the technical side.
 

27/40  Be-Part at Waregem 2005
Maulwerke performance with live electronics on an 8-channel dispositif spread over the whole space.
Loudspeakers frontal.
 

28/40  Be-Part at Waregem 2005
Maulwerke performance with live electronics on an 8-channel dispositif spread over the whole space.
Loudspeakers frontal.
 

29/40  Be-Part at Waregem 2005
Maulwerke performance with live electronics on an 8-channel dispositif spread over the whole space.
Speakers in side area.
 

30/40  KaG 2007, Electronic Concerts.
Sight of front part of the surround set-up with an additional Subwoofer.
 

31/40  OEM 2007 in Ekeren.
Sight during the assembly of the smaller 8-channel setup with 8 Genelecs.
The audience will be seated on the stage. The seating area serves as the sound space.
 

32/40  De Zandman, Summer of Antwerp 2007
Beautiful but difficult set-up in the heating room of the Military Hospital in Berchem.
A FORMAT loudspeaker at the top of the stairs with a specially made cover of fabric to make the loudspeakers invisible.
 

33/40  De Zandman, Summer of Antwerp 2007
Beautiful but difficult set-up in the boiler room of the Military Hospital in Berchem.
The loudspeaker from the previous picture is still vaguely visible.
A dark object about 3 metres above the 5th and 6th steps also indicates a loudspeaker that was with great difficulty placed on a metal protrusion.
 

34/40  2009 Happening with Spectra at the inauguration of Muzee in Ostend.
Instrumental events alternated with Electroacoustic compositions played over 8 channels in a surround set-up.
 

35/40  2010 Happening with Spectra at the inauguration of Muzee in Ostend.
Instrumental events alternated with Electroacoustic compositions played over 8 channels in a surround set-up.
 

36/40  2011 Happening with Spectra at the inauguration of Muzee in Ostend.
Instrumental events alternated with Electroacoustic compositions played over 8 channels in a surround set-up.
 

37/40  Spectra Gent 2012, Keeping Track concert at Odegand.
Octophonic electroacoustic music over an 8-channel surround set-up in the Refectory of St Baafs Abbey.
 

38/40  Spectra Gent 2012, Keeping Track concert at Odegand.
Octophonic electroacoustic music over an 8-channel surround set-up in the Refectory of St Baafs Abbey.
 

39/40  Spectra Gent 2012, Keeping Track concert at Odegand.
Octophonic electroacoustic music over an 8-channel surround set-up in the Refectory of St Baafs Abbey.
 

40/40  Spectra Gent 2012, Keeping Track concert at Odegand.
Octophonic electroacoustic music over an 8-channel surround set-up in the Refectory of St Baafs Abbey.
 

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