Iván Decoud
Lost & Founds | A Film by Iván Decoud
Performed by JACK Quartet | A JACK Studio Commissioned Project
“Lost & Founds began as an exploration about the history of my ancestors; of course, inevitably, that led to trips to distant lands, remote places and historical investigations. On each trip I lost and/or found new things, from certainties to material things. Each one of us encounters little adventures every day, or maybe talks to someone who has an idea to share with us, or maybe that someone carries a book about someone talking about another person who has a story to tell.
Lost & Founds visits obsessions and brings together anecdotes and fictions that are born from the mundane, from the subtle and those are combined with the potentiality of the members of the JACK quartet where the possibilities of the instruments inhabits different forms through light, temperature and space in 6 different locations in New York City.”
-Iván Decoud, composer
“This project with Daniel had a slow windup and a furious flurry of activity at the end. We got to know each other from afar for over a year before we made music together. Daniel shared many personal explorations with us, getting into the motivations behind creating work with us and reshaping the form of the piece several times. When it came time to come together and play/film the project, he had created vivid musical frameworks for us to inhabit in each distinct location and we found places around the city to embody the improvistary frameworks he led us through during the filming sessions. Each session had a sense of playfulness in the moment of musical creation as well as the physicality/performativity of what we were doing on camera. It was a joyful two days of filming and the final project reflects the energy bottled in those sessions.”
-Austin, Violin
Bio.
Iván Decoud (aka Daniel Iván Bruno) (b. 1992) is a musician and artist from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Focusing on the intersections of improvised music, composition, physical processes of instruments, noise, movement and electronics, Daniel explores the diversity of sound and technique in diverse contexts. With a passion for media, nature, and technology, Daniel has created a large body of experimental work that evokes both human instinct and industrial innovation. Beginning his musical training in Jazz and Improvisation at the Conservatory Superior Manuel de Falla, Daniel has worked with George Lewis, Ingrid Laubrock, Tyshawn Sorey, Okkyung Lee, Marc Ducret and Matana Roberts among others. Over the past four years, Daniel has participated in ensembles and residencies such as The Meeting point (2017, Buenos Aires) , The Jazz and Creative Music (2018) and Ensemble Evolution (2019) Residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Canada. Daniel Is currently pursuing his BM in Música Expandida at UNSAM (Universidad Nacional de San Martin).