Category: Äänen Lumo event

Äänen Lumo events

  • 30.11.2024 / ääneen: Carlo Sampaolesi – Space is only noise + Convertito Mureddu Schweizer

    30.11.2024 / ääneen: Carlo Sampaolesi – Space is only noise + Convertito Mureddu Schweizer

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    ääneen: Carlo Sampaolesi – Space is only noise + Convertito Mureddu Schweizer
    30.11.24
    18:30 doors
    19:00 concert
    5 – 10 €
    Nokiantie 2 – 4
    2nd floor

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    Space is only noise is a performance for accordion, visuals and live electronics.

    Carlo Sampaolesi: Accordion.

    Music created in collaboration with: Tommaso Settimi, Maurizio Azzan, Giulia Lorusso, Carlo Elia Praderio.

    °fashion designer: Francesca Pisano
    °visuals by: Matteo Castiglioni
    °choreographer: Jacob Storer
    °art director: Yuri Falcioni

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    Impro set

    Giorgio Convertito – dance
    Libero Mureddu – harmonium
    Livia Schweizer – flute

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    Space is only noise

    Sound is space
    and this performance is about spaces and the people who have inhabited them.
    All the spaces we have built and forgotten, occupied, lived in and changed.

    Sound is time in space
    and this performance speaks of the time we have compressed and distorted. All that time that we did not observe because we were too focused on something else or that we just never saw pass by.

    All these spaces, all these times and all these silences have a sound,
    a sound image that echoes in our heads.
    It is elongated, rippling and impalpable.
    It breathes and twists, it struggles and rests, but never leaves us.

    The performance is conceived as a single act,
    an uninterrupted sound event that has no beginning or end.
    It’s an event, an experience of vibrations that fill space in an orderly, non-random manner. They are signs that actively express content, they signify something other than themselves.
    They appear mute to us, without knowing their true meaning. At a certain point, when time runs out, we shed these contents and leave, as if the door is closed.

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    Carlo Sampaolesi (*1997, IT) is an accordionist and performer resident in Brussels. His interest in sound and its relationship with space and time have led him to deepen the timbral and spectral research of his instrument, undertaking a series of collaborations and commissions with composers such as: Francesca Verunelli, Stefano Gervasoni, Dmitri Kourliandski, Gavin Bryars, Giulia Lorusso, Maurizio Azzan, Carlo Elia Praderio, Mattia Clera, and many others. He has performed at numerous festivals including the TransArt Festival, Klarafestival (Bozar), Darmstadt Ferienkurse Festival, Festival ArteScienza, iMAL Brussels, Miry Conzertsaal, Festival Traiettorie, Festival Pontino, Festival Orizzonti, Le Strade del Suono Festival, Premio Internazionale della Fisarmonica città di Castelfidardo (PIF), and many others, giving concerts in Germany, Austria, France, Belgium, Holland and Albania. He has performed with important ensembles and orchestras such as the Neue Vocalsolisten, mdi ensemble, FontanaMIX Ensemble, Opificio Sonoro, Orchestra del Teatro “La Fenice” in Venice, Eutopia Ensemble, Dedalus Ensemble and others, also working with artists such as Claron McFadden, Lucy Railton, Jessie Cox, Catherine Lamb and others. He also works as organiser and artistic director of the PNE.UMA – Contemporary Accordion Festival.

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    Giorgio Convertito. I am an italian dancer and dance maker based in Helsinki, Finland. I hold a BA in dance and choreography, from the School for New Dance Development, a department of the Amsterdam Theaterschool and have worked since 1993 as a dancer and a choreographer around Europe.
    Improvisation has been my main interest and influence in my work and it has been part of many of the projects I have been involved throughout my career, making me one of the leading figure in the improvisation scene in Helsinki.

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    Libero Mureddu. Born in Milan in 1975 and based in Helsinki since 2003, he has studied composition at the Conservatory “G. Verdi” of Milan and music technology at the Centre for Music and Technology, Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki. He is currently doing his artistic doctorate at the MuTri Doctoral School at the Sibelius Academy. In his research, Libero Mureddu investigates the role of embodied knowledge in a free improvisation performance, and how this knowledge can be observed, analysed, and used to develop free improvisation languages. Libero Mureddu’s doctorate is generously supported by the Kone Foundation.

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    Livia Schweizer (b.1994) is a flutist, improvisor, educator and artistic researcher based in Helsinki. She is known for her interest in improvisation and non-conventional music notation as a tool of bringing together creative souls from different backgrounds, ages and cultures.

    Supported by Kone foundation and City of Helsinki.

  • 24.11.2024 / Ääneen : Electronics Synth Building Workshop by Isnt’ses

    24.11.2024 / Ääneen : Electronics Synth Building Workshop by Isnt’ses

    Isnt’ses workshop at Crux Festival 2024 – photo by Guy Smallman

    Electronics Synth Building Workshop and presentation, hosted by Tim Drage and Lisa McKendrick (Isn’tses)

    NOTE: Tim and Lisa will have their separate performances as Disgusting Cathedral (Tim Drage) / NNJA RIOT (Lisa McKendrick) on 22nd of November from 19.30 as part of Ääneen Festival organized by Äänen Lumo. See details here.

    Workshop on Sunday 24th November

    Confirm workshop entry by the 18th November 2024.

    To book your place please fill in the required details and select the synth you want to assemble by 18th November from the form linked below.

    Please fill in the Event Registration Form from this link.

    If you only want to watch the initial presentation please donate at the door on the event date.

    Location Nokiantie 2-4

    Times: 12noon – 5pm

    12 -12:30pm – Presentation

    12:30-5pm – Workshop

    Description
    Our workshop will give the participants the opportunity to build and solder their own noise synthesiser from one of our synth kits which includes all components, Printed Circuit Board (PCB) and Build of Materials (BOM) instructions. The workshop will begin with a 30 minute presentation about the development of our noise synths The Fort Processor, Chernobylizer and 567 Piezo contact mic synth. We will cover the inspirations behind the electronics and sound as well as the psychogeographic aspects of the design and artwork. During the presentation the basics of electronics will be introduced, including identifying components, how to populate a PCB correctly, and reliable soldering techniques. (It’s advisable that you attend the presentation as it will include some instructions on building the synths)

    All materials and equipment are provided and participants may keep what they create. Usually participants leave the workshop with a working synthesizer, we can help with trouble-shooting and assist with any problems you encounter during the building of the synth. Basic soldering equipment is provided but we encourage people to bring their own soldering iron if they have one.

    All three circuits have 3.5mm output jacks suitable for connecting to an amplifier, mixer or
    recorder/sound card.

    The synths all run on 9v DC power. (Power supplies / batteries are not included, we will have some for testing during the workshop but you will need to get your own for future use, we can advise what type is best)


    Suitable for:
    Suitable for anyone with an interest in experimental music and sound arts. No previous experience in electronics is necessary. Some soldering experience is useful but we also can teach those with no soldering experience.


    Workshop Hosts:


    Tim Drage
    Lisa McKendrick
    The hosts of the workshop are from the live noise duo Isn’tses (United Kingdom)
    Times:
    Presentation and workshop will run from 12 noon – 5pm
    (some people may finish earlier depending on the synth chosen)


    We have 3 different synth builds to choose from:

    1. Light-controlled piezo contact mic noise synth

    This is a small battery-powered PCB with a contact microphone and oscillator controlled by a light sensor and flashing LEDs. It’s suitable for beginners as it doesn’t have many parts. We supply all electronic components and PCB.

    Build time: 1-2 hours

    To see a brief demo of the circuit:

    Price: €42 per person

    2. Fort Processor

    A psychogeographic noise synth and distortion/effect unit, controlled by knobs, light and touch.
    We provide a complete kit of parts including PCB. It’s suitable for beginners/intermediate. Build
    time 3-4 hours.

    To hear the Fort Processor:

    Price: €65 per person

    3. Chernobylizer


    A psychogeographic noise synth controlled by knobs, touch and power-drain switch. We provide
    a complete kit of parts including PCB. It’s suitable for beginners/intermediate but has more
    components than the Fort Processor. Build time 3-4.5 hours.

    To hear the Chernobylizer:

    Price: €95 per person

    Kits may be reserved in advance through the form or website, this will secure your place in the
    workshop. Numbers limited to 10-12 people.


    Note: Kits are at a discount from our normal prices on our Etsy store.

  • 23.11.2024 / BOOK LAUNCH – Waves: Radio as Collective Imagination

    23.11.2024 / BOOK LAUNCH – Waves: Radio as Collective Imagination

    The digital commoning platform Station of Commons wants to welcome all to the Helsinki book launch of the WAVES: Radio as Collective Imagination publication!

    Following the launch at HKW Berlin for the Miss Read Berlin Art Book Fair in October 2024, Station of Commons now presents and celebrates the book in Helsinki. Beginning at 17:00 the panel discussion will introduce the publication and reflect on radio and audio practices – their infrastructures, modes of collaboration and situated knowledges – in written, visual and sonic form. Departing from the documenta fifteen context, the book develops on radio practice as form of radical collective organization. The book is the first volume of Journal of Contemporary Audio Practices that views radio and the sonic as political forms of collective organisation, focusing on the different practices of international artists and groups, many of them members of the lumbung radio community. The book launch takes place in the new space for sonic arts in Helsinki coordinated by Äänen Lumo ry.

    Waves: Radio as Collective Imagination published by MISS READ Berlin. The publication is supported by Kone Foundation and FRAME Contemporary Art Finland.

    Helsinki book launch realised in collaboration with Äänen Lumo ry.

    Buy the book online with MISS READ!

    17:00 book presentation

    19:00 Live acts

    ALOES

    Juan Duarte

    Samuli Tanner

    poa annua

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    Featured In Waves: Radio as collective Imagination:

    AFRIKADAA
    africanartbookfair.com

    Cashmere Radio
    cashmereradio.com

    firefly frequencies
    fireflyfrequencies.org

    Fugitive Radio
    fugitive-Radio.net

    lumbung radio
    lumbungradio.org

    Miss Read
    missread.com/radio

    Pan African Space Station
    panafricanspacestation.org.za

    Radio Cocina Colaboratorio
    colaboratorykitchen.com

    Radio Nopal
    radionopal.com

    Radio Tropiezo
    radiotropiezo.org

    ruangrupa

    Ruru Radio
    rururadio.org

    Shared Frequencies
    sharedfrequencies.live

    Station of Commons
    stationofcommons.org

    There There

    Ultra-Red
    ultrared.org