No staff at EMS on Thursday 17 May, due to Ascension Day. The studios are open as usual!
No staff at EMS on Thursday 17 May, due to Ascension Day. The studios are open as usual!
Sergej Tchirkov is one of Russia's top accordionists and one of the most dedicated interpreters of contemporary music. After a workshop and concert in Gothenburg, he will swing by EMS to perform and talk about an ongoing project with accordion and electronics.
He has a large repertoire and extensive knowledge of new playing techniques, and is happy to answer any questions.
Welcome to EMS!
www.tchirkov.eu
An artis't presentation by Zbigniew Karkowski at Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts (StDH),
Valhallavägen 189, on 8 May 14-16.00.
Karkowski is one of the most influential electronic music composers working today. Linking the worlds of modern composition and industrial music he is a pivotal figure in the development of advanced noise. Constantly on the road, he is a frequent performer on the geographical fringes of experimental music culture as well as a mainstay on the established festival circuit.
Anyone who is interested in building, modifying or repairing
synthesizers and other devices is very welcome to join us!
The DIY gathering is open between 18.00 and 22.00
Adress: EMS, Söder Mälarstrand 61, near T-bana Mariatorget, Stockholm.
Feel free to bring you own constructions, drawings, sketches etc.
Soldering-irons and ordinary tools can be borrowed on location.
Any queries should be adressed to:
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Write "DIY" in the subject line.
Talk on field recording techniques by sound artist Jez Riley French, Tuesday 8 May at 18.30
Jez Riley French (UK) lectures on his work with field recordings, involving extended techniques, contact microphones, coils, hydrophones, scores for listening/active listening, audible silence and quietude. This is followed by an open discussion/q&a session on the broad subject of field recording – both as a creative practice and the influence it is having on a closer relationship to sound.
Audio recording-in-process with Lars Amble and Peter Harryson for the exhibition Hinrich Sachs: Kami, Khokha, Bert and Ernie (World Heritage) at Tensta konsthall, 2012.
Listen to an interview with Hans Sydow regarding "Hansons Head". An audiovisual remix made for the ZKM exhibition "Sound Art. Sound as Medium of Art" by composer and soundartist Hans Sydow and architect and graphic designer Christina Ann Sydow of Sten Hansons "How are you" (1969), a classic text-sound composition.
http://www.snyk.dk/nyheder/snyk-radio-hans-sydows-hansons-head
Morten Sondergaard on Unheard Avantgarde (in Scandinavia):
SNYK Radio: Morten Søndergaard om Unheard Avantgarde [in Scandinavia]
"Sound Art. Sound as Medium of Art" at ZKM in Karlsruhe is the largest sound art manifestation on European soil sinceSonAmbiente in Berlin in 2006. A large section is devoted to Scandinavia:
http://www.snyk.dk/nyheder/snyk-radio-lydkunst-indslag-fra-zkm
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