Embodying an untold love story – a sensory music performance | Chagall van den Berg | TEDxGroningen

good afternoon my name is sugar I’m a

good afternoon my name is sugar I’m a musician and performer music producer

musician and performer music producer

musician and performer music producer and I play my music with the Mimi gloves

and I play my music with the Mimi gloves

and I play my music with the Mimi gloves they let me control any effects on my

they let me control any effects on my

they let me control any effects on my voice any electronic sound in my

voice any electronic sound in my

voice any electronic sound in my computer and also the visual projections

computer and also the visual projections

computer and also the visual projections behind me for example I could bring in a

behind me for example I could bring in a

behind me for example I could bring in a choir with the role of my brace and I

choir with the role of my brace and I

choir with the role of my brace and I want to move my left hand to the side I

want to move my left hand to the side I

want to move my left hand to the side I bring in some sense

and the whiter my arms are apart the

and the whiter my arms are apart the more reverb there is

and I’m bringing it back all together

and I’m bringing it back all together all together all together all together

all together all together all together

all together all together all together all together this is really exciting

all together this is really exciting

all together this is really exciting technology and over the last few years

technology and over the last few years

technology and over the last few years it really helped me to make my

it really helped me to make my

it really helped me to make my electronic music performance is more

electronic music performance is more

electronic music performance is more personal more intuitive more human so

personal more intuitive more human so

personal more intuitive more human so this is how I make my music but this is

this is how I make my music but this is

this is how I make my music but this is not why I make music why I love art how

not why I make music why I love art how

not why I make music why I love art how it helps me to be a more better

it helps me to be a more better

it helps me to be a more better functioning human being to understand

functioning human being to understand

functioning human being to understand myself connect to others around me today

myself connect to others around me today

myself connect to others around me today or in the past in a seventeenth-century

or in the past in a seventeenth-century

or in the past in a seventeenth-century and Brad she wrote a love poem for her

and Brad she wrote a love poem for her

and Brad she wrote a love poem for her deceased husband if ever two were one

deceased husband if ever two were one

deceased husband if ever two were one then surely we if ever man was loved by

then surely we if ever man was loved by

then surely we if ever man was loved by wife than thee if every wife was happy

wife than thee if every wife was happy

wife than thee if every wife was happy in a man and compared me with her if you

in a man and compared me with her if you

in a man and compared me with her if you can so hundreds of years later these

can so hundreds of years later these

can so hundreds of years later these loving words got to me and I decided to

loving words got to me and I decided to

loving words got to me and I decided to write a song based on them maybe because

write a song based on them maybe because

write a song based on them maybe because I thought in the 17th century people who

I thought in the 17th century people who

I thought in the 17th century people who were married didn’t really fall in love

were married didn’t really fall in love

were married didn’t really fall in love or maybe despite or because I’m the

or maybe despite or because I’m the

or maybe despite or because I’m the daughter of divorced parents I’m just a

daughter of divorced parents I’m just a

daughter of divorced parents I’m just a sucker for everlasting love for after 50

sucker for everlasting love for after 50

sucker for everlasting love for after 50 years of marriage love beyond the grave

years of marriage love beyond the grave

years of marriage love beyond the grave love isn’t it cool that after all of

love isn’t it cool that after all of

love isn’t it cool that after all of these hundreds of years all of the

these hundreds of years all of the

these hundreds of years all of the advances we’ve seen in technology but

advances we’ve seen in technology but

advances we’ve seen in technology but also in our landscape and politics we

also in our landscape and politics we

also in our landscape and politics we are still touched and motivated by the

are still touched and motivated by the

are still touched and motivated by the same thing so it’s with this same

same thing so it’s with this same

same thing so it’s with this same passion and driven by the same thing

passion and driven by the same thing

passion and driven by the same thing that motivated everyone in the 17th

that motivated everyone in the 17th

that motivated everyone in the 17th century that I make my music so I’m

century that I make my music so I’m

century that I make my music so I’m gonna play for you Shirley

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