The bEAST explored

The bEAST’ is a mobile installation - a gigantic DIY instrument - that visitors to Leopold Park discovered and were invited to experiment with in June 2021 as an “open space” production. Played with all kinds of materials, drums and bows, The bEAST created exciting soundscapes that were recorded and then used by Spanish-Belgian composer Saskia Venegas Aernouts as a basis for a new piece. The beautiful, dreamlike result was performed one month later at Walden Festival by Bert Van Laethem (violin) and Maarten Lingier (piano).