Tuned City/XXXXX/Club Transmediale
Somehow, I seem to have stumbled into three different projects in the upcoming Club Transmediale festival, and I’d like to invite those of you coming to Berlin this weekend or next week to check them out.
The first is a preview weekend for an event on sound and architecture planned for July 2008 called Tuned City. For the first Club Transmediale weekend, we have a mini-conference at the Ballhaus Naunynstrasse on SAT 26/01, featuring artists, academics and urban scientists reflecting on the topic, as well as a “keynote” Q&A between Brandon LaBelle and Max Neuhaus. This event is meant as both a kickoff and a call for interested persons. Drop by if you’d like to talk with us!
* TUNED CITY CONFERENCE @ CTM *
* TUNED CITY WEBSITE *
On SUN 27/01 there will be a performance evening on the same theme at the Maria club that I co-curated, called Tuned Space, featuring Dallas Simpson, BJNilssen & Hildur Gudnadottir, Mattin, Daniel Menche and Mark Bain. The night should go from quiet minimal world of found objects and sounds through to the body- and building-crushing power of subsonic rumblings.
Then my “electroacoustic death metal” duo ABOMINATIONS (with Argentinian drummer Marcelo Aguirre) plays on the Dark Alloy night WEDS 30/01 alongside Wolves in the Throne Room, Utarm, Shit & Shine and Ives no. 1. Esoteric drones and non-linear distortion meet animalistic vocals and percussive brutality!
* DARK ALLOY @ CTM *
* ABOMINATIONS WEBSITE *
And during that whole week, I an co-coordinating the xxxxx-Workshops: [in]tolerance series at the Ballhaus Naunynstrasse. This series focuses on noise electronics and free software, emphasising making and connection within the field of the existent. Workshop leaders include Jessica Rylan, Alejandra Perez Nuñez, Frederik Olofsson, Martin Howse, Martin Kuentz and Andrei Smirnov, with whom I will conduct the Digital Theremin workshop. The workshops are long since full, but you can drop by the public presentations each night of the week at 18:00 from TUE 29/01 to SAT 02/02, with the final workshop performance taking place at 20:00 on SAT 02/02.
* XXXXX-WORKSHOPS: [IN] TOLERANCE *
* XXXXX/PICKLED FEET WEBSITE *
Hope to see you all in the coming weeks!
Now Playing
Bolz’n – Riemen (unreleased)
Destructo Swarmbots – Clear Light (Public Guilt)
Iannis Xenakis – Iannis Xenakis (Edition RZ)
Magicicada – Everyone is Everyone (Public Guilt)
Various Artists– Untitled 3xCD (Underadar, Public Guilt, Epicene)
Zaïmph – Emblem (W.M.O./R)
Skullflower – Abyssic Lowland Hiss (Heavy Blossom)
Tim Hecker – Atlas 10″ (Audraglint)
Wolf Eyes – Dog Jaw (Heresee)
Thanks to Pure for letting me plunder his CD collection over the holidays for many of these!
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