festival, music, art, workshops, Frankrijk, 17- 19 augustus, The Gathering, Talking Trees Tribe

TALKING TREES TRIBE
The Gathering

Music, Workshops & Art

Thursday 17 to Saturday 19 August 2023 France

EEN GROOT DANKJEWEL AAN DE TRIBE!

The Gathering 2023 is helaas voorbij, maar wat hebben we genoten!

Met de herinnering deze tweede weer zeer bijzondere editie gaan we ons na de zomer beraden op een vervolg. Natuurlijk kun je je blijven inschrijven, hou deze site in de gaten en volg ons op de socials voor het laatste nieuws en andere Tribe-activiteiten.

Tot bij de volgende!!

Give yourself the gift of this summer!

An intimate gathering of bon vivants under the French sun. Perhaps this is the best way to describe what The Gathering of our Talking Trees Tribe entails. For three days and three nights you will be immersed in a sensational compilation of live music and performances, delicious vegetarian food and varied workshops. Think of a kind of mini version of Burning Man with a Bohemian touch, all in a breathtakingly beautiful location in the east of France. An experience to never forget.

Have you become curious and do you want to know more? Are you interested in joining the Talking Trees Tribe? Register via email for detailed information about The Gathering.

Dancing on a sultry summer evening in France to the sounds of… an elder tree??

The Gathering is an exclusive 3-day experience. You will stay in your own tent or motorhome at a unique location that we enkel share with participants. The atmosphere is super relaxed and every day is filled with art, music and workshops. Talking Trees invites you to fall in love with nature again. There is a program, which is supplemented by everything that arises on site in co-creation with each other.

This project was initiated by Bert Barten, artist and musician and now your host of Talking Trees Tribe, The Gathering.

Bert Barten / Talking Trees / Founder

Talking Trees Festival | music and other art | Bert Barten | Frankrijk

Deep vibrations from trees turned into music.Talking Treesis a project about changing perception. Making the invisible visible, making the supersonic audible. This project was initiated byBart Barten, artist and musician and now your host of Talking Trees Tribe, The Gathering.

How did people experience it last year?

Isabelle (deelnemer)

"I really enjoyed it intensely, it was one big gift, one big party, beautiful music, such fine people, connected with each other. It was the best of all of 2022 for me."

Musicians & Performers

Bert Barten - Host / Initiator

Your host, initiator of Talking Trees (Festival) Artist and composer Bert Barten. Bert gives trees a voice and thus brings his audience into direct contact with nature. By means of monitoring with sensors, Bert collects information about trees, after which he translates this into music.

Pieter Nooten - Synthesizer

Pieter Nooten's musical career started in the late 1970s. Starting out as a drummer in a local symphonic rock band, he soon moved on to bass guitar and later keyboards, playing in several bands. At the height of the squat culture and the new wave, Pieter met Anka Wolbert and Ronny Moorings who had just formed Clan of Xymox together. In the mid-1980s, Clan of Xymox recorded two critically acclaimed albums on 4AD.
In 1987 he teamed up with Michael Brook to record Sleeps with the Fishes, also released on 4AD. This album would become Nooten's most acclaimed work.
In 1989, Clan of Xymox (by then just "Xymox") signed with Polygram and released their third album, Twist of Shadows. In 1990, despite the band's success, he decided to leave Xymox due to growing internal musical differences. While Xymox clearly wanted to stick to their 1980s roots, he began to explore new musical directions. The new, young dance culture intrigued him and a position as an in-house producer at the famous One4Two studios in Amsterdam was quickly lurking.
In the first half of the nineties, Nooten produced countless dance 12 inch and ambient oriented music for labels and projects (Hypercycle/First Contact/Ultimate Dream Mix), some of which reached the national charts.

In 2010, Pieter signed with Rocket Girl in the UK and released the 12-track CD called Here Is Why, which showcased his skill as a producer for other artists. Surround Us was produced entirely with a MacBook Pro and a Midi keyboard; no other instruments were used, except for Lucas Stam's improvised cello, which adds texture to the songs on which he appears.
In 2013, Pieter again released the double CD Haven on Rocket Girl. He also performed at the 2014 World Press Photos Awards and wrote an acclaimed Bach transcription for the New York-based Red Hot organization. Tired of the limitations of writing and releasing only music, Nooten founded La Compania Parpadeo in 2014 with dancer and choreographer Miryam Chachmany, crossing the boundaries between traditional flamenco music, electronic and neoclassical music, poetry, visual arts and dance. Also in 2014, Nooten teamed up with longtime friend Bert Barten and Real World producer/engineer/composer Stephen W Tayler to collaborate on an avant-garde music project.
In August 2017, Nooten announced a music campaign to fund his next album, which was finally released in November 2018 under the name 'Stem'.
Pieter is one of the members of the Talking Trees Orchestra.

listen to Pieter's music with a completely different ear. This is not pop music. It may not have the instant appeal that pop music has and may even seem quite introverted or even inaccessible. But I promise there is a lot to gain. For me it means drifting into unknown realms of consciousness and it's all about compassion, humanity and an unconditional love for life. Pieter: It's about aesthetics and morality I think.

Hans Meijer - Audio visuals / synths

Hans has been involved in the TalkingTrees project since the start, 2017, as an audiovisual designer, av technician, VJ and synthesizer player. His foundation-a4.nl supplies the sound system for the festival and he does the lighting and sound technology. We are incredibly grateful for what Hans means to Talking Trees.

Bas Steemers - Pianist and Composer

On Friday and Saturday morning, Bas provides a delicious classical breakfast concert. Can you imagine this? Wake up with your coffee and croissant under the French sun with beautiful piano music by pianist and composer Bas Steemers.

Jeroen Bevers - VJ/Video mapping

DJ Oscar

Een eclectische DJ die graag oud en nieuw door elkaar draait. Van veel stijlen houdt, behalve metal en techno. Draait uiteenlopend van exotica & easy listening tot disco, funk en old skool hip hop. Hier tussenin zit new wave, vooral uit de 80ties. Daarnaast maakt hij graag uitstapjes naar electronische muziek en ambient. Hij vindt het leuk mensen te verrassen met aparte covers van bekende nummers. Hij is een 'ouderwetse' DJ die graag met vinyl, en eventueel CD's, draait. Het publiek moet kunnen zien wat er gebeurt!

Oscar:
" ‘Giving nature a voice’ betekent voor mij vooral: hou rekening met de natuur, wees er zuinig op en laat hem intakt. Ik ben tegen het kappen van bomen zowel op het platteland als in de stad. Stukken land inpikken om op te bouwen vind ik ook niet meer van deze tijd. Pak de (non-electrische) fiets zoveel mogelijk!"

Inge de Vries - Yoga / Acupuncture

Last year as a visitor, now officially: Start the day with a wonderful yoga session. Moreover, Inge has many more healing powers in her pocket.

Anna Berendsen - Art Installation

Anna: "To be able to give nature a voice in my artworks is very important to me, because I think we are part of nature. Its the very reason why I use natural biodegradable materials for my Art. I want Nature to influence the materials that I use in my Artworks because I see Nature and its natural processes as a fellow creator.
After I created an artwork I give the work to Nature to do whatever she wants to do with it.
Even If the artwork degrades into dust I think the artwork will live on in natures processes. Its not a problem that my artwork is temporarily in the shape in which I created it, for nature is my co-creater. In natures processes my work will live on."

Dennis Verschoor - Modular Synths

Agnes de Ruiter - VJ

Yvonne Jansen - Theater/Spel

Spelen met het beeld en de energie van onszelf en in interactie met
anderen. In een workshop geïnspireerd op de 12 basis archetypes van Carl Gustav Jung

"als ik naar jou kijk dan zie ik je
ik zie je door mijn ogen
ben ik zoals jij mij ziet
of zie ik jou en mezelf in
de reflecties van een wand met duizend spiegels
zijn deze spiegels waar
of zie ik jou anders als een ander"

De WaarzegSter

Mignon Omoroka van Ingen aka de WaarzegSter: Giving nature a voice <3 through
art, culture and ritual.
Wees 3 ochtenden welkom voor een kort out of the box consult met mijn totemdieren
orakel de Medicine Cards.
1 middag zal ik een heerlijke Helende Buikdans workshop geven.
De Vredesboom van de X-mas borrel, of in ieder geval onderdelen daarvan, ga ik
meenemen naar les Gressoux, om er daar als gesamtkunst mee verder te gaan,
kracht en intenties zetten.
En zal ik weer bijdragen aan het programma met mijn Spoken Word.

Ton Mertens - Schilderen

Scato van Opstall - Handpan/Meditatie

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Willy van der Griendt, actrice, zangeres en schrijfster

Workshop Luisterend spelen

Neem een held in gedachten en geef hem/haar langzaam gestalte. Met taal en lichaamstaal geven we deze personage stapje voor stapje een lichaam en vooral twee hele grote oren. Luisterend naar elkaar aan de hand van teksten van Esther Bernart gaan we in dialogen met elkaar spelen. In een dagdeel werken we naar een kleine performance toe waarvan ook anderen mogen genieten. Zo krijgt iedere held een plek. Misschien ben jijzelf die held.

MiChiel - Kom in je Kracht

De wereld spat uiteen vanwege alle polarisaties om ons heen.
Wat betekent dat voor ons als individu?
Om de natuurlijke elementen in jezelf te waarborgen is het goed om af en toe even te resetten en te vertragen gedurende de waan van de dag.
Deze workshop biedt je de mogelijkheid om in je eigen kracht te blijven en je natuurlijke habitat een stem te geven.
Mijns inziens super belangrijk om goed geaard te blijven, grenzen te stellen en voor jezelf te zorgen.
Deze workshop mbv diverse technieken geeft je de kans om stil te staan, jezelf weer te kunnen aanschouwen en nieuwe energie op te doen.
GEEF JE EIGEN NATUUR EEN STEM, OMDAT JE ER MAG ZIJN!