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Göteborgs Romanfestival is a new yearly event coming to Göteborg for the first time in November. In this years edition you will meet authors and literary scholars discussing Joyce Carol Oates and Maria Gripe. About the novel as form, genre and invention – amongst other things.

I was very happy when the festival asked me to make an installation and sound work on the topic shadows and the author Maria Gripe for this special occation. I am also very happy that the artist – Henrik Persson – will follow me on this one. Henrik is also my brother and this will be the first collaboration between us as both artists and brothers and sisters!

Find more information and the program on Göteborg Romansfestival.

By the old railway bridge over the Ätran river, you can now hear Rails for Ragnhild for another one and a half week – until Oct 1, 2017.

The installation is open from 6 am in the morning and until 9 pm every night, starting every quarter of the hour.

Here is a glimpse from the bridge. Welcome to Ulricehamn!

You find it here:

Next to You at Korsvägen by Marika Hedemyr, exhibited at GIBCA Extended in Göteborg, had its opening yesterday. First pic is a preview from a couple of days earlier when Marika and I were preparing and testing the sound of the first app version in different headphones. The second is seconds after the opening speech by Sarah Melin from the Dance and Theatre Festival (to the left), the artist Marika Hedemyr (second to the left), programmer Jacob Michelsen from Rise (first from the right) and me (to the right). And of course some happy mixed reality walkers!

About Next to You at Korsvägen

This Friday we had a great day and opening of the art exhibition 3B´s Adventures at Hammarkullens Konsthall, Göteborg. Many thanks to all the kids that worked very hard for this exhibition and thanks a lot to Sarah Schmidt for pulling off this fabulous project! Go to Hammarkullen before Nov 10, that is the last day for the exhibition.

About the art project 3Bs Adventures.

Here are some pictures from the opening:

I am happy to make the sound for two great projects at the moment – Next to you at Korsvägen by Marika Hedemyr and Konstprojektet, Klass B´s äventyr by Sarah Schmidt.

At the moment we are recording the sound for the application Next to you, at Korsvägen (Marika Hedemyr) that will be presented at Göteborg International Biennal for Contemporary Art (GIBCA) in September 2017, as part of GIBCA Extended.

We are also preparing the making of the film Konstprojektet, Klass 3 B´s äventyr (Sarah Schmidt). In August, we will shoot the film in a tram heading for Hammarkullen in Göteborg.  The film will be exhibited at Hammarkullen Konsthall at Göteborg International Biennal for Contemporary Art (GIBCA) in September 2017.

Lets hope for a not too windy weather today at the recordings! See you at GIBCA in September!

So happy to be part of this performance! Most welcome to Kägelbanan March 15.
Read more about the event on facebook.

J. G. Thirlwell har skrivit ett stycke speciellt för The Great Learning Orchestra. Den 15 mars 2017 dirigerar han orkestern i uruppförandet!
CM von Hausswolff inleder kvällen med ett soloframträdande.

Plats: Kägelbanan, Södra Teatern.
Tid: Dörrar 19.00, konsertstart 20.00.
Entré: 120 kronor + serviceavgift 25 kronor.
Länk till evenemanget på Södra Teaterns webbsida:
http://sodrateatern.com/jim-thirlwell-the-great-learning-orchestra/

Kompositören, artisten och producenten JG Thirlwell kommer ursprungligen från Melbourne, Australien, men bor sedan tidigt 1980-tal i Brooklyn, New York. Han har gett ut över trettio album, ibland under pseudonymer som Foetus, Steroid Maximus, Baby Zizanie, Hydroze Plus, Clint Ruin och Wiseblood. En dramatisk intensitet och suggestiv, filmisk kvalitet kännetecknar Thirlwells musik. Thirlwell har producent och samarbetat med artister som Karen O, Noveller, Excepter, Zola Jesus, Melvins, Swans, Nine Inch Nails, Lydia Lunch, Coil, Nick Cave och många fler.
JG Thirlwell har skrivit musik för ensembler som Kronos Quartet och Bang On A Can, och han tillhör ljudkonstkollektivet “freq_out” tillsammans med CM von Hausswolff.
Han är just färdig med soundtracket till Tony Ourslers senaste filminstallation ”Imponderable” som visas på Museum of Modern Art i New York.

Carl Michael von Hausswolff är född 1956 och bor i Stockholm. Sedan slutet av 1970-talet har CM von Hausswolff använt sig av inspelningsteknik som sitt främsta instrument när han komponerar. Han har uppträtt med sina verk på internationella festivaler i Barcelona, Berlin, Paris och Mexico City och en mängd skivbolag runt om i världen har gett ut hans musik. Bland CM von Hausswolffs många samarbetspartners finns konstnären Leif Elggren, filmskaparen Thomas Nordanstad samt kompositörerna och musikerna Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Mark Fell och
Jim O´Rourke. Den 15 mars 2017 kommer CM von Hausswolff att spela ett elektroakustiskt stycke med improvisatoriska inslag.

The Great Learning Orchestra är ett nätverk av drygt hundra musiker från olika genrer, städer och länder som möts för att utforska musik med lyssnandet i centrum. GLO har sin bas i Stockholm men samarbetar med tonsättare och musiker ifrån hela världen. The Great Learning Orchestra har framfört stycken som ”Vexations” av Erik Satie, ”In C” och ”Tread on the Trail” av Terry Riley och Lou Reeds ”Metal Machine Music” i samarbete med kompositören Ulrich Krieger. Orkestern har arbetat med kompositörer som Gavin Bryars och Arnold Dreyblatt. Hösten 2015 ägnade sig GLO åt en djupdykning i amerikanskan Pauline Oliveros ljudvärld under en serie konserter och workshops på Fylkingen i Stockholm.

Foto på JG Thirlwell: Marylene May.
Foto på CM von Hausswolff: ©2015 Feed/Sobejko; Berlin.

Thank you all beautiful souls that showed up on the opening of our exhibition “ljud jord träd gård” this weekend! Me and Neta are so happy for all your merry comments and cheerful thoughts! Hope to see you again during the summer, the exhibition will be open until Aug 28 2016!

Read more about the exhibition.

Photos by Fredrik Bilén, duck photo by Agneta Green.

“Meetings im Ausland” is a project with swedish musicians and composers and german musicians based in Berlin offering the best of both worlds. Laurna Røde invited Ben Lauber to be our dear guest on electronics! During this weekend we are getting ready to do get this show going. The consert – supported by Konstnärsnämnden – takes place on Sunday night and you get more info at:

http://ausland-berlin.de/

April 3, 8 pm, at Ausland in Berlin, Germany

Henrik Olsson (SE) – percussion
Axel Dörner (DE) – trumpet

Helena Persson (SE) – electronics / guitars
David Sabel (SE) – electronics / guitars
Ben Lauber (DE) – electronics

Burkhard Beins (DE) – percussion
Katt Hernandez (SE) – violin

Linda Oláh (SE) – voice / electronics
Andrea Neumann (DE) – electronics

Doors open 19:00 Start 20:00

See you there!

Tillsammans (Together) is an upcoming exhibition for children and their adults at The Museum of World Culture in Göteborg, Sweden, opening in November 21, 2015. Currently, I am completing 4 soundscapes ( one four channel work and three stereo works) about the difficulties and the magics of living together.

While waiting for November to come, I will finish my work by recording a bit more with these plants. By the time of the opening you will be able to find them somewhere in the swarm of impressions. The exhibition will stay around for many years so take your time, no need to rush. And the museum encourages you to come back more than once to explore more with your young friends!

Street Art Österlen is an art project and international street art festival that took place in south of Sweden, July 2015. Neta Norrmo, journalist and film maker, filmed the works of 15 artists growing on empty walls into colorful murals thoughout the countryside of the south of Sweden. The result of following these art processes will lead to an audio visual poetic documentary by Neta, who also asked me to add a couple of sound art works to the film. Clips and sounds were sent back and forth during a collaborative process that reached its first destination in Tomelilla where it was screened and debated as a Work in Progress on September 22. As soon as winter has delivered a white coat to the southern parts, the last pictures will be filmed in order to make the film complete. We will keep you updated on where, when and how you will be able to see the film at its full length!