A double program of Malmö's most exciting sounds & images - followed by an artist talk.

H e (a) r by Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir   &   All is forgiven (a sacrificial rite) by Gylleboverket

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H e (a) r
‘...to ruffle and round the edges between interior and exterior, to open up the in-between.’ (Heidi Fast)

Performer/composer Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir makes an appearance in a project which mixes the soundscape H e (a) r (2017) together with exciting solo music for violin by Mirjam Tally (EE), Luong Hue Trinh (VE) and Halla Steinunn herself. An event circling around ecology, acoustics, and embodiment; drawing on encounters and what happens in the connection. A fluctuation between hear-here-hér*-her.

*hér is the Iceland word for here.
**jökull is the Icelandic word for glacier.

Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir is one of Iceland’s leading figures within the contemporary music scene. She has been the artistic director of Nordic Affect since its inception in 2005. Halla Steinunn’s work with the ensemble has been a tour de force when it comes to collaborative relationships with composers, visual artists, and producers.

In her activity as curator and composer, Halla Steinunn has tapped into her extensive experience as radio producer and her output has spanned everything from quadrophonic and surround soundscapes to installation rooms and field recordings. Halla Steinunn’s playing is featured on albums on the Sono Luminus, Brilliant Classics, Bad Taste Records, Musmap and Deutsche Grammophon labels. This October sees the release of H e (a) r on Sono Luminus.

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All is forgiven (a sacrificial rite) 2018 (hd-video 7 minuter)

Gylleboverket - Jona Elfdahl, Etta Säfve här i utgångspunkt i ett samarbete med Shelley Sharr.

”Om och om igen bär de sina påsar till platsen. De tänder eldar och lägger ner offergåvor, de ropar- kom tillbaka. Allt är förlåtet.

I verket ”Allt är förlåtet. (en offerrit')” binder Gylleboverket tiden, viskar en besvärjelse i vinden och tänder en stjärna i öster. Genom utförda ceremonier försöker de väcka minnet av att vara människa.

Gylleboverket arbetar här utifrån tankar kring vår relation till naturen och vår omvärld, vårt samtida samhälle och kapitalismen, bland annat med avstamp i Guy Debords roman "Skådespelarsamhället", vilken belyser en artificiell bildvärld där ekonomiska intressen håller oss fångna i avbilder. Där vi försöker leva upp till bilden av oss själva istället för att vara i livet självt.

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H e (a) r & All Is Forgiven are a part of the performance festival Transistor Meetings where professional performance art from Malmö and Copenhagen comes together with a number of works, talks, and workshops. The focus of the festival is experimental and critical performance art.

The festival is founded in a collaboration with the professional performance art festival Transistor, Malmö and is funded by Statens Kunstfond - @kunstfond, #statenskunstfond, #kunstgørenforskel.

The festival takes place at WAREHOUSE9 - a small performance space and art gallery founded in April 2007 in the old slaughter district in Central Copenhagen. It is a space for contemporary art, music, poetry, and performance with a direct link to the international queer community.