DNK-Amsterdam

23 November 2025
The Social Music Club plays:

To Cast A Net… by Koen Nutters

A group piece for sine tones in the public space

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Participatory performance on Beursplein

15:00

Please sign up in advance if you want to participate.

Rain or shine (bring an umbrella in case of rain)

Location: in between De Beurs van Berlage & De Bijenkorf

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To Cast A Net… is a piece that asks performers to gather and create an electronic net, cast over the auditory reality of everyday life, by simply playing one electronic tone of a particular height on each on their phones, and thereby augmenting and highlighting the public space we are occupying.

The tones will create subtle beatings with each other and with sounds in the environment while performers slowly switch places, and form a moment and place for intensified listening to the world while abiding in the open city for a performative pause, a moment to reflect on the use and function of public space, society as a whole, and our place in it, as people, artists, and sounding entities.

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If you want to participate, please send an email to koennutters@gmail.com

To find a sine tone app, google: sine tone generator app on your phone and you will find a few free apps such as ‘Tone Generator’ by TMSoft which will enable you to play specifically tuned tones on your phone. An external bluetooth speaker is optional but should not be necessary. Everyone will play a quiet, single tone.

Performers will gather at W139 at 14:00

Performance will start at 15:00 sharp on Beursplein, between De Bijenkorf and De Beurs van Berlage.