Blind Signal grmn vtnm
The second edition to the two part series: Blind Signal Germany - Vietnam, nine solo musicians, composers and multimedia artists created new pieces engaging the acoustic specificities of the Kleiner Wasserspeicher, in Berlin.
Blind Signal GRMN - VTNM aims to investigate the diversities and wide range of sonic practice through collaborative creations across multiple geographies.
AGF poemproducer aka Antye Greie, Audrey Chen, Hương DonNa, Els Vandeweyer, Erik K Skodvin, Lương Huệ Trinh, Julius Holtz, LinhHàfornow and Sabine Ercklentz were invited for five days of collective work, willing to create a common ground in the exploration of sonic arts, promoting immersive group listening experiences fully stimulate by noise, silence, frequency, transmission, performativities of media objects, resonance and acoustics, while remaining sensitive to the individual complexities and poetics of each identities.
Following three days of research in the Kleiner Wasserspeicher Berlin (water reservoir), the musicians and composers offered solo live acts and several sound pieces that have been presented in the premises at the Kleiner Wasserspeicher on Friday 20 & Saturday 21 of September, 2019. The project was presented by der Monat der zeitgenössischen Musik.
SONIFICATION OF THE SPACE
For the collaborative compositions, each artists will get their own speakers connected to their own instruments/electronics devises, in order to enhance sound localization.
Sound concept and sound technician: Tadklimp
Assistant sound technician: Baptiste Moulin
Artistic direction, curation and production: Emilie Beffara
Video: Max Firchau
Sound recording: Svein Berge
Musicians and composers involved: (in alphabetical order)
AGF poemproducer aka Antye Greie - http://www.poemproducer.com
Audrey Chen - http://www.audreychen.com
Hương DonNa - https://www.facebook.com/Huong-DonNa-
Els Vandeweyer - https://www.elsvandeweyer.com
Erik K Skodvin - http://miasmah.com/eks/
Lương Huệ Trinh - http://www.luonghuetrinh.com
Julius Holtz - https://juliusholtz.de
LinhHàfornow - https://www.facebook.com/linhhafornow/
Sabine Ercklentz - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabine_Ercklentz
Website: https://www.blindsignalberlin.com/grmn-vtnm
The second part of the project was funded by Musikfonds e.V. by means of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Asia-europe Foundation and Prince Claus Mobility.