AKUSMATA POLYPHONIC 2020
Sound Art and Electronic Music weeks
Venue: Vuotalo Cultural Centre & Akusmata, Helsinki
- – 31.1.2020
17 days of adventurous music and sound art for adventurous minds!
AKUSMATA POLYPHONIC is an intensive sound art and electronic music event at Vuotalo Cultural Centre and Akusmata gallery in Helsinki. Invited musicians and sound artists are from Nordic countries, North America and Finland, offering for the audience a wide spectrum of new sonic expression from the fields of experimental electronic music, sound art and ambient. The program includes electronic music, do-it-yourself musical instruments, sound performances, and improvised music. Sound installations are open in the Vuotalo gallery and Akusmata gallery. The producer of the event is Akusmata, the first sound art gallery in Finland. The program and updates will be published at akusmata.com and Akusmata’s facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Akusmata. The Nordic artists are visiting as a part of the Puls concert program / Nordic Culture Fund.
CONCERT 1
Friday 17.1.2020 at 19:00
Place: Vuosali (Vuotalo), Mosaiikkitori 2, Helsinki
Performers:
Jacob Kirkegaard (DK)
Halldór Úlfarsson (IS) & Max Lilja duo
[ówt krì] & Lauri Peltonen
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CONCERT 2
Saturday 18.1.2020 at 19:00
Place: Vuosali (Vuotalo), Mosaiikkitori 2, Helsinki
Performers:
Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard (DK)
Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir (IS)
EXHIBITION 1: ‘Earth.Water.Air.Fire’
Place: Vuotalo Gallery (Vuotalo), Mosaiikkitori 2, Helsinki.
Time: 14. – 25.1.2020 (during Vuotalo’s opening hours)
-Sound works by
Jukka Andersson
Ava Grayson (CAN)
Ana Gutieszca (MEX)
Mikko H. Haapoja
Esa Kotilainen
Petri Kuljuntausta
Heikki Lindgren
The exhibition is co-produced by Frekvenssi association.
EXHIBITION 2: ‘Kinaesthetic Poetry’ (with KuNuKu Choir)
Sound installation by Jaakko Autio
Place: Akusmata gallery, Tukholmankatu 7 K, Helsinki.
Time: 17. – 31.1.2020
Open: Mon to Fri between 14.00-18.00. Weekends 11.00-16.00.
(Closed 25-26.1).
Free entry
Sound installation is part of international Art’s birthday event on Fri 17.1.2020 at 17-20.
Supported by Nordisk Kulturfond / Puls, Kordelin Foundation and Vuotalo Cultural Centre.
Vuotalo exhibition is co-produced by Frekvenssi association.
Curated by Petri Kuljuntausta & Kenneth Kovasin / Akusmata Sound Gallery.
Contact
Akusmata
Tukholmankatu 7 K, 00270 Helsinki
galleria.akusmata@gmail.com
akusmata.com
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Vuotalo Cultural Centre
Mosaiikkitori 2, 00980 Helsinki
http://www.vuotalo.fi/en/about-us
WEB
Jacob Kirkegaard (DK), http://fonik.dk/about.html
Halldór Úlfarsson (IS) & Max Lilja duo, https://www.halldorophone.info/about/, http://maxlilja.com.
[ówt krì] & Lauri Peltonen, http://www.owtkri.org/
Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard (DK), http://www.nielslyhne.com/
Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir (IS), http://www.bergrun.com/about
Ava Grayson (CAN), http://www.aigrayson.com/
Ana Gutieszca (MEX), http://www.anagutieszca.com/
Esa Kotilainen, https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esa_Kotilainen
Petri Kuljuntausta, http://kuljuntausta.com
Heikki Lindgren, https://akusmata.com/heikki-lindgren/
Mikko H. Haapoja, http://mikkohaapoja.net/
Jukka Andersson, https://akusmata.com/jukka-andersson/
Jaakko Autio, https://jaakkoautio.wordpress.com/