SoundsAbout and students of the MA Sound Studies and Sonic Art present…
POND
Performances of New Dimensions ! — a fresh SoundS performance series
When? 24th June 18h ~ 2145h
Where? Bundesallee 1-12,Probensaal, UdK Berlin
Who can come? Anyone can come! Entry by donation, not a formal concert, Just. Be. You.
In this series, students and guests from the MA Sound Studies and Sonic Art program get together to perform live.
Currently situated within UdK’s music building, POND aims to add to the range of repertoire displayed at this location of rich institutional history.
1800h Transience
Eldar Tagi & Kirstine Elisa Kjeldsen
“Transience” is a collaborative project between Eldar Tagi and Kirstine Elisa Kjeldsen that explores ephemerality, sponteneity, and impermanence through free improvisation. The performance features use of found sound, electronics, and unconventional musical instruments that converge into dense soundscapes that vacillate between serene calm and turbulent chaos. To paraphrase the words of the poet Pedro Salinas: “Sound. Nothing more. Sound. Nothing less. And let that be enough for you.”
1850h Nico Rosenberg
Nico Rosenberg’s music is known for its atmospheric and cinematic qualities, blending elements of ambient, electronic, and classical music. He has released several albums and EPs since 2018 and now was nominated for the second time at the Premios Pulsar, also known as the “Chilean Grammys” in the category of Best Electronic Artist. His music has been praised for its emotional depth and evocative soundscapes.
2000h This Culture of Death
This Culture of Death is a new Berlin-based music and sound group blending genres such as neo-classical, noise, spoken word, gabber, and post-punk. Formed in early 2023, This Culture of Death’s spin on classic punk aesthetics mixed with a penchant for sonically dynamic live sets have taken Berlin by surprise. Burelli and Moffatt mix ethereal harp melodies and arpeggios with distorted walls of electric modular noise, resonant harmonic bass lines, and politicized and aggressive spoken word pieces such as Lydia Lunch’s seminal “Conspiracy of Women.”
2115h K+K
Kirstine Elisa Kjeldsen & NAILS XL
The duo gives it up for tactile and rhythmical noises by combining their interests in amplified fingernail extensions and musical feedback loops. They get together to have fun exploring collaborative noise-making with their untameable instruments. NAILS XL explores the sonic potential and histories of fake fingernail extensions. In collaboration with Berlin-based nail artist BOOSHI BISH they designed and tuned 10 fake fingernails, creating individual electro-acoustic instruments that are played by scratching, tapping, drumming, and exploring surfaces. Each nail is fitted with a 10mm piezo mic to amplify the tactile expressions. Kirstine Elisa Kjeldsen operates at different boundaries between control and surprise through the feedback loops of a Behringer mixing console. Using the method of no-input mixing, this inexpensive machine provides a lot of sound and a lot of fun, creating patterns and rhythms only to be held for a certain amount of time before it slips away by the touch of a knob.
Read more about the programme and artists here