In Situ - Festival for Explorative Sound and Performance
Day 2: Hub Nordic (Auditorium)

Jessica Ekomane
Alexander Tillegreen
HEKT
Markus von Platen

80 DKK (Presale) / 100 DKK (Door)

Simian presents In Situ – Festival for Explorative Sound and Performance. The event series
takes place over three evenings at selected locations in and around Simian in the district of
Ørestad, Copenhagen. In Situ focuses on diverse experimental electronic and electro-acoustic
music and performance, interacting and resonating with the physical space they inhabit.
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The French-born, Berlin-based sound artist and electronic musician, Jessica Ekomane creates dizzying, arabesque-like patterns of highly saturated synth tones that unfold before the listener like a mystery slowly revealing itself. Her live performances and installations utilize quadrophonic sound in pursuance of a physical experience of catharsis: For Ekomane, sound can potentially have a radically transformative effect on the surrounding space as well as on the audience. What is the relationship between individual perception and collective dynamics? This is just one of the highly complex questions that Ekomane interrogates through her ever-changing and immersive sonic landscapes.

Alexander Tillegreen is a Danish born composer, sound- and visual artist, and artistic researcher. His most recent work investigates the relationship between psychoacoustic sonic phenomena and their potential to reflect and awaken the listener’s own linguistic and cultural embeddedness, as well as subconscious, psychological fluidity. He has conducted extensive, interdisciplinary research into the psychological and psycholinguistic implications of listening: Particularly, he is investigating the concept known as the phantom word illusion, which refers to the brains tendency to interpret language-based sound impulses as meaningful information. The illusory, in general, is a constant in Tillegreens installations and performances. Another recuring element is the juxtaposition of heavy bass, high-frequency tensions, and hypnotic, psychoacoustic effects with more ambient, spherical passages. The music thus alternates between minimalist, mesmerizing, drone-based approaches and complex rhythmic sequences with surprising and radical tonal shifts.

Hekt is a Copenhagen based electronic music producer previously known as one half of the dancefloor filling duo, Code Walk. Working in the intersection between the infectious energy and raw physicality of club music and more cerebral forms of computer music, he approaches composition with a clear prioritization of the exploration of sound over strict adhesion to the constraints of genre. This leads to a dynamic, varied output ranging from club ready techno to abstract sound art performances.

Danish artist and curator Markus von Platen is interested in the materiality and objecthood of sound, which in recent years has found its way into his artistic practice. Usually working with installations and sculptures, von Platen treats sound in largely the same way as he would a sculpture: Slowly carving and molding it and exploring the technical possibilities of the medium's physical and acoustic properties. Von Platen is founder and co-director of Simian and co-curates the program of this very festival.

More info at https://www.ssiimmiiaann.org/