Blonk performs Ursonate with real-time typography

Jaap Blonk's live performance of Kurt Schwitters' "Ursonate", augmented by real-time (live) computational typography by Golan Levin. Performance at STUK kunstencentrum, Leuven, January 2007. For more information, see the complete "Ursonography" documentation at: www.flong.com/projects/ursonography

[@artman40]

I'm surprised this has not been memed yet.

[@barborajanosikova6931]

It already is on its own

[@mickeyjamesdeeanderson7338]

It just became a meme on TikTok . 4 years later

[@froufroudeluxe]

He performed a 20-minute version of this on my first day of college, it was... refreshing.

[@fungalbob]

This is one of the best performances of Ursonate I have heard and it still gets the reaction it had in the beginning. That's just great!

[@mangin23]

such a charming man,got to meet him and he was supper nice

[@gyrobyte626]

when he said "rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrttttt" that got me

[@arturdoszpoth31]

OKAY GUYS, THIS IS AMAZING

[@determined7786]

Hahaahaha

[@OhMaiGosh]

Brilliant in so many ways.

[@willrothfuss]

Brilliant. IMO, it's always better to have an actor read a poem, than the poet, because it brings another dimension to the experience-particularly with a phonetic poem. Whenever I go to a poetry reading and hear the the poet read his/her own work, I invariably think- "Who came up with the idea of having the poet read"? That's like having the fashion designer model his own clothes.

[@abuslinky]

Definitive Ursonate - best version I've heard

[@wietzevanderwijk3169]

5:30 sounds like a motorcycle 😂😂

[@paualdinicola]

12 years old and only 83 comments. After years of saying this to people and freaking them out... I'm memeing it.

[@camcussion]

The saw him perform this last night in Windsor Canada. Weirdly excellent and awesome!

[@danielalexander6890]

This is what Hipsters Listen to.

[@newhorizonsforfifty2833]

And you listened to it, so that makes you a hipster.

[@LiteratureTodayUK]

I fear for this man's safety!

[@makemesick1975]

Awesome performance of this piece.

[@oldemail6997]

I'll never get over how perfect this performance of Ursonate is!!! *-*

[@M.O.C.2023]

Would be right at home on sesame street.

[@clumpofsouls]

THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL

[@caseyjonesleonard]

this is awesome.

[@witmilk6527]

I FOUND ITTTTTT

[@witmilk6527]

Masterpiece

[@johanfredrikstridbolli5731]

fucking banger

[@FanofDawn]

From the "PAGIFF!" at 3:29 to "Fu:mms" at 3:40 is my very favorite part~ Zee tee wee bee zee tee wee bee zee tee wee bee zee tee wee bee FU:MMS!!

[@mixmasterlandberg]

Kwii ee.

[@Slbeetle]

Well done!!!

[@ChrisRyot]

I don't know why everyone thinks this is so hard.....it's just what I'm thinking of during every exam in school...

[@tyrelroo]

@GDB >>Missing The Point 101 Study the score. It's extremely, vigorously, rigidly structured; the whole thing. It really is a classical sonata done with syllables. It makes sense that a performer would try to reflect that. I've done it in my own performances of the piece; and even if you try to fight it, it comes out anyway. Also, Jaap Blonk loosening up: already done plz; look at his other performances.

[@wietzevanderwijk3169]

Why isn't this a meme?

[@servale_music]

Fascinante!!

[@PauloHenrique-rt8fv]

Sim !!!

[@bruhmann719]

weird flex bro

[@chefarito52]

my mind

[@erka8622]

Does anyone know what this beautiful poem is about? ;) Tietääkö kukaan, mistä tässä kauniissa runossa on kyse? ;)

[@Acidmarx]

Really good.

[@NONAMEWTF]

whats that?

[@blueeyes2938]

Brilliant.

[@gatitaclaudia]

oohh poema futurista interesante.... dificil de entender al principio, pero interesante sin duda

[@PauloHenrique-rt8fv]

*!!!!*

[@polkadots10101]

Coming from a person who was forced to watch this with no context for a creative writing class: what the fuck did I just watch

[@newhorizonsforfifty2833]

I'll take "How My Car Sounded This Morning" for $2,000, Alex. Seriously, my favorite performance of this...whatever just happened" (in a good jazz way).

[@newhorizonsforfifty2833]

This is the version that needs to be metalized.

[@gyrobyte626]

"I listen to all genres"

[@MattNolanCustom]

This provides to society about as much as any other piece of *music* does, and considerably more than many guitar solos...

[@Vrael473]

I dont understand whats trying to be accomplished can anyone explain>?

[@edouardalvarezsuperofficia6298]

It's been 9 years but maybe you are still looking for informations : basically he is performing that weird act to show that the sounds are more poetic than the words in that kind of recitation. I guess in 9 years you had time to make some reaserches if you felt like it ^^ Shit, you might even be dead. Hope that last decade was great for you anyway.

[@Gullikaktus]

@@edouardalvarezsuperofficia6298 i hope both of you are doing fine

[@JacobsGamingNuggets]

3:30 lmfao

[@mkohanek]

FÜMM

[@JacobsGamingNuggets]

FUMMS BA FUMMS BA VA TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@TheKbm4545]

쿠르트 슈비터스 (Kurt Schwitters) ”원음소나타 (Ursonate, 1922-32)”

[@matthewjeffery6481]

I never knew Kate Hoey did this kind of thing

[@draincounter8787]

is this peking o

[@AdamTrid]

3:40 "fümms!"

[@4ll3sb4n4n3]

fümms bö wö tää zää Uu?

[@sufragioefectivo]

Ski-Bi dibby dib yo da dub dub Yo dab dub dub Ski-Bi dibby dib yo da dub dub Yo dab dub dub I'm the Scatman

[@Nouseeker]

cool

[@JuniperVeinDistension]

28 people are eke eke rumm

[@4ll3sb4n4n3]

so fümms

[@wrzlbrmpf7235]

5:20. Egge Egge Egge😂 Rumm Rumm Rumm

[@Pitu211]

WTF?? no habia un mejor video para elegir??

[@mickeyjupp1]

Pretty sure I spotted the Real Madrid midfield in there

[@naokurobanerw5281]

what us this??? XD

[@sgreene123]

I'll have some of what he's taking....

[@ColinMartinNorth]

curious that people think this is the product of free time. beats playing WoW, yes? interesting performance, much different than Christian Bok's treatment.

[@fordequinox2191]

Ratatatay brought me here

[@Goku_in_Real_Life]

I don’t get it.

[@johanfredrikstridbolli5731]

Give it another spin man:)

[@Mality]

Makes more sense than Glen Beck and more entertaining, too...

[@PetieFr]

what the hell...

[@ernestoh429]

4:36

[@hermitfan4084]

1:30 3:30

[@paulvogel2607]

Fiebertraum

[@KevinToine]

It's funny how some people really like this piece. It's not what Schwitters wanted when he wrote this.

[@whatlooksrightisright]

Bloody accent.

[@curlyclem]

what the hell?

[@alan-the-maths-tutor]

Utter bollocks

[@explayq230]

Пиздатое караоке

[@14MTH3M00N]

Then I guess he failed

[@samizdat45]

this is all at once impressive and incredibly pathetic recall...

[@JimmyTrinket]

Sabon by Jan Tschihold. Another "entartete Kunstler" according to the Nazis. Approproate use really. Dada is suppose to make you wtf? Random kids, it's just random, don't think about it too much. ;o)

[@clumpofsouls]

I DON'T FUCKING EVEN