28–29 September 2024
Special two-day residency with the great Norwegian sound and visual artist Lasse Marhaug, marking 50 years on the blue and green globe and over 30 years exploring the outer reaches of sound in all its forms. Featuring collaborations with Microcorps and Mariam Rezaei, a solo set and film screenings, plus a performance of Marhaug's "Almost Everything" by Oslo-based percussion trio, Pinquins, these are two nights not to be missed.
Lasse Marhaug (b. 1974) works with different mediums like video, photography, print, recordings, live performances, installations, and publishing. Marhaug has released more than three hundred recordings and toured extensively across the world. His main practice has been solo works, but he has also collaborated with a wide range of artists. He has composed music for film, television, theatre and dance performances. In the last ten years Marhaug has produced a number of multi-channel, video and installation works, which often deal with his relationship to nature and sound of his home in Arctic northern Norway. He also works as a graphic designer, producer, writer, and curator.
MICROCORPS is the new project by artist and musician Alex Tucker (Grumbling Fur, Alexander Tucker, Imbogodom) exploring electronics, cello and voice.
Tucker’s ever-evolving soundworld continues to unfold with this collection of harsh realms centred around processed electronic systems, strings and vocal manipulations. On the new album, MICROCORPS employs altered voices, sound synthesis and atomised beat constructions. In a move away from previous projects XMIT investigates erasing the self, removing obvious traits of the hand and voice, and allowing a focus on the humanoid rather than the human. Instead of recognisable lyrics and coherent imagery, MICROCORPS evolved synthesised voices to generate alternate characters.
Mariam Rezaei is a multi-award winning composer, turntablist and performer. She previously led experimental arts project TOPH, TUSK FRINGE and TUSK NORTH, and in November 2022, received the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards For Artists in recognition of her contribution to music composition. Her music has recently been described as ‘genuinely ground-breaking’ (London Jazz News 2022) and ‘high-velocity sonic surrealism’ (4* The Guardian 2022). Recent releases include ‘BOWN’ on Heat Crimes, 'SADTITZZ' and ‘SKEEN'. Recent performances include Turntable Trio with Evicshen and Maria Chávez at Counterflows/ REWIRE 2023, and as soloist and co-composer of ‘6 Scenes for Turntables and Orchestra’ with Matt Shlomowitz for ICTUS/Frankfurt Radio Orchestra, for the final concert at IM Darmstadt 2023.
Pinquins is an genre-defying and experimental percussion trio based in Oslo. Their main focus is contemporary music, aiming to challenge audiences and expand existing formats. They have worked closely with composers and performers within contemporary music as well as other genres. With their strikingly visual repertoire and unique stage presence they are among the most innovative and creative ensembles in Norway.
Pinquins are Jennifer Torrence, Sigrun Rogstad Gomnæs and Ane Marthe Sørlien Holen.
