Qualifications

Helena Persson
helena@soundsibling.com
+46 708 73 03 27

2020 was a year of exploring sound by approaching music which ended up in a release of the acoustic, experimental and ambient album Able to Land by MISOK (duo with Leif Jordansson).

During the spring 2021 I am preparing a sculptural graphic score and sounds installation that will be played and exhibited in May 2021 at Lokstallet in Strömstad, Sweden. I will also work on a cooperation together with the poet David Vikgren where sound art meets poetry.

EDUCATION

Degree of Bachelor in Fine Arts in Music with specialization in Composition, Sound Art, The Academy of Music and Drama, Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden.
Project Management, Cultural Field, Kulturverkstan, Göteborg, Sweden.
Degree of Bachelor  of Arts in Latin American Studies, Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden.

ARTISTIC WORK

Sound Art Work
MISOK – Able to Land
This is the first release by the Swedish experimental duo Misok. The recording is based on improvisation and further processed and mixed with field recordings where the thunders from the swedish archipelag meets ruminent cows on a field of grass.
Playing for Potatoes
The music video “Playing for Potatoes” coveres my current situation as artist trying to work during the Corona crisis.
Ur vatten – sound art installation, stereo sound and sculpture coming out of the water, reaching the facade of the old power station in Tollered. Part of the exhibition Nordisk ljudkonst, June 15 – Aug 12 2018, Nääs fabriker, Tollered, Sweden.
Grenverk – an audio visual collaboration with Henrik Persson. The piece was exhibited at Göteborgs Romanfestival, Nov 18-19, 2017.
ljud jord träd gård – 8 audio visual pieces on the garden as idea a concept by Helena Persson and Neta Norrmo. Exhibited at Stallet, the Botanical Garden in Göteborg, Sweden, May 14 – Aug 28, 2016.
Tillsammans, 4 soundscapes made for the exhibition Tillsammans at The Museum of World Cultures in Göteborg, Sweden. Opening Nov 21, 2015.
Genom glas – Malmska valen, is a video incorporated in the Malmska valen application for iPhone – a collection of video walks that walk you through the city physically and leads you through historical reviews as well as fiction.
Rails for Ragnhild,
This stereo sound installation with rails was a part of a musical walk in the beech forest at the Kalv Festival, exhibited Aug 10, 2014.
On Sparse Ground,
a multi channeled sound art piece made for the Chindei Tower in Târgoviște, Romania. Exhibited at the BABEL Fest, June 16-21, 2014, Târgoviște, Romania. 
Broderier och ljudverk
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 a sound art piece by Helena Persson and a video installation by Petra Johansson and Neta Norrmo at Skövde Art Museum, Sweden, 2013.
Librationa collaboration between butoh dancer and choreographer Frauke and Helena Persson. The piece is a 16´30´´elaboration of sound and choreography. Performed at Textival, 2013.
Hovering Abode, a sound installation  –  6 speakers within a sculpture surrounded by 4 speakers, Röda Sten, Göteborg 2013. The sculpture is made by the portuguese architect Eduardo da Conceição.
Krísuvík Choir, a 5.0 installation with 5 sounding sculptures, Världskulturmuseet, Göteborg and Stadsbiblioteket Halmstad 2012.
Utan titel, a foggy sounding room covered in grass, Röda Sten, Göteborg, 2011.
Energeticon, a soundscape performed, recorded and released on an album with The String Theory Orchestra in Alsdorf, Germany, 2011.
Ester Henning – Sounds of Embroidery, Work in Progress, Skövde Konsthall, 2011. The sound work will be further developed and exhibited during 2012 at Skövde Konsthall.
Brösarp – a sound collaboration between Helena Persson and Dag Rosenqvist (Jasper TX) based on field recordings from the world.
Join (together), a sound art installation for street wells made by Helena Persson and Ellinor Westin, exhibited in Alsdorf, Germany, 2011, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands 2009, Göteborg and Värnamo, Sweden, 2005.
Soil Soul, a sound art installation exhibited in Stockholm 2011, Göteborg, 2006.

Sound Art Collaborations
Mykorrhiza
– sound art piece, sound editor in Ina Dokmo´s choreographic work with dance, sound and conversations.
88 röster om hem – sound art piece in collaboration with artist Saadia Hussain. Created in Feb 2019.
ENTER Mölndal, Kvarnbyn – binaural recordings, mixing and design. ENTER Mölndal is a site- specific interactive experience – through your mobile phone, made by Marika Hedemyr, launched June 15, 2018 at the City Museum of Mölndal.
Klass 3Bs äventyr – sound engineer, sound editor and sound art in the film made by Sarah Schmidt, exhibited at the Art Centre in Hammarkullen, Sweden, Sept 1 – Nov 10, 2017.
Next to you at Korsvägen – binaural recordings, mixing and design. Next to you at Korsvägen is a site-specific mixed media walk – through your mobile phone, made by Marika Hedemyr, launched Sept 6, 2017 at Korsvägen in collaboration with the Museum of World Cultures in Göteborg.
Färg ur stormens öga – Sound art works by Helena Persson are integrated in this poetic documentary on street art, by Neta Norrmo. First screening in Hammenhög July 4, 2016. https:// vimeo.com/182517288


Sound for podcasts

Art inside out – jingles and editing of podcasts about their art residencys, 2017-2018, Konstnärligt arbete pågår,  Skapa drömmar forma platser och Skift Äskhult
Karavanpodden
4 podcasts on litterature, a project within Nätverkstan Kulturtidskrifter, 2016-2018

Sound in Film

Coca Family (work title) – ongoing project with Johannes Nyholm, sound engineer, 2018
Klass 3Bs äventyr
by Sarah Schmidt – sound engineer, sound editor and sound art, 2017
Färg ur stormens öga by Neta Norrmo- Sound art works,  2016.
Picknick (Picnic)
by Henrik Andersson, Sound Engineer, foley sound, 2010.
Dockpojken (Puppet Boy) by Johannes Nyholm, Sound Engineer, 2007
Ingen knäcker Kugge (The Oven Glove) by Johan Holzberg, Sound Engineer and Sound Design, 2007
Triptyk by Isabella Eklöf, Sound Engineer and Sound Design, 2006

WORK EXPERIENCE/ PROJECT MANAGEMENT/PROJECT COORDINATION / PRODUCTIONS

NätverkstanAdministrator Cultural Journals, 2010 – 2018 http://www.natverkstan.net/
Dômen Konstskola
, guest teacher in “Sound and sculpture” together with Eduardo da Conceição, April 2017.
Musikaliska, Project Manager Opening Festival, 2011 http://www.musikaliska.com/
Göteborg Art Sounds Festival, Production and Festival Design, 2010 and 2011 http://www.gas-festival.com/
Göteborg Dance & Theatre Festival, Project Manager Love Love Lounge, 2010 http://www.festival.goteborg.se/
The Göteborg String Theory, Production Manager, 2010 http://www.tgst.org/
Kulturverkstan, Marketing, 2009 – 2010 http://kv.projekt.natverkstan.net/
Göteborg Book Fair, Stage Manager, 2008 – 2010 http://www.bok-bibliotek.se/
Science Festival, Stage Manager, 2007-2009 and 2011 http://vetenskapsfestivalen.se/
Göteborg International Film Festival, Producer and Coordinator, 2004 – 2009 http://www.giff.se/
50th Jubilee of Cultural Center Möllan, Project Manager, 2009 http://www.kulturhusetmollan.se/openhouse.htm

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

Member of FST, Föreningen Svenska Tonsättare (Society of Swedish Composers)

Member of Fylkingen – ny musik och intermediakonst (Fylkingen – New Music and Intermedia Art)
 Member of FST, Föreningen Svenska Tonsättare (Society of Swedish Composers)

Member of the board, The Great Learning Orchestra

Represented by RNM, Resurs ny musik ( Resource for contemporary music and sound art in Region Västra Götaland, Sweden)

SCHOLARSHIPS

Konstnärsnämndens arbetsstipendium, 2020
Konstnärsnämnden resestipendium – Meetings im Ausland, Berlin, 2016
Janny-Lisa Clasons stiftelse – sound art installation at Skövde Art Museum, 2011
Stiftelsen Alvar Krafts Minne – Sound course at School of Sound, London, 2012
Adlerbertska stipendiet – collaboration with Eduardo Conceição, Berlin, 2012
Kjellbergska Flickskolans Donationer – studies in general, 2011

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