Sonic Acts has commissioned a series of new audiovisual works and sound installations to be premiered at the The Noise of Being. The opening night at Paradiso features four new 35mm Vertical Cinema films by Susan Schuppli, Karl Lemieux & BJ Nilsen, HC Gilje, and Lukas Marxt, all presented with a custom-built projector in vertical cinemascope. Joost Rekveld introduces the programme. Susan Schuppli’s Atmospheric Feedback Loops shows the complex feedback processes of climate change; Karl Lemieux & BJ Nilsen explore desolate, empty urban landscapes in their film Yujiapu. HC Gilje’s Rift transforms flickering petrochemical textures and deep-time crude oil into colourful plastics. Finally, Lukas Marxt’s film contemplates the impressive heavy industry of Murmansk. Two films from the previous commissioning round — Chrome (Esher Urlus) and Colterrain (Tina Frank) — will remind us that four years have passed from the premiere of the Vertical Cinema project. We end the evening at Paradiso with more dazzling sounds and images off ered by Roly Porter & MFO, and the algorithmic compositions of Rainer Kohlberger.
STROBE WARNING: Some performances may potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Discretion is advised.
ARTISTS/SPEAKERS
Thu 23 Feb
Paradiso
BJ Nilsen is a Swedish composer and sound artist based in Amsterdam. His work primarily focuses on the sounds of nature and how they affect humans.
BJ Nilsen
Thu 23 Feb
Paradiso
Esther Urlus is an artist working with motion picture film formats Super8, 16mm and 35mm; resulting in films, performances and installations.
Esther Urlus
Thu 23 Feb
Paradiso
HC Gilje is a Norwegian artist who works with realtime environments, installations, live performance, set design and single channel video.
HC Gilje
Thu 23 Feb
Paradiso
Joost Rekveld is motivated by what we can learn from a dialogue with machines. In his work, he explores the sensory effects of systems of his own design, often inspired by forgotten corners in the his...
Joost Rekveld
Thu 23 Feb
Paradiso
Karl Lemieux’s films, installations, and performances have screened internationally in museums, galleries, music venues and film festivals. He is more commonly known as the ninth member of Godspeed ...
Karl Lemieux
Thu 23 Feb
Paradiso
Lukas Marxt is a filmmaker whose main goal is to capture time. Deserted places and violent geographies such as oil rigs or Arctic coastlines provide opportunities to pursue this quest.
Lukas Marxt
Thu 23 Feb
Paradiso
Marcel Weber is a visual artist who works with imagery, light and space. He has been creating and directing audiovisual performances, installations and video works since 2001 both under his own name a...
MFO
Thu 23 Feb
Paradiso
Rainer Kohlberger is an Austrian born freelance visual artist and film maker living in Berlin. His work is primarily based on algorithmic compositions with reductionistic aesthetics influenced by flat...
Rainer Kohlberger
Thu 23 Feb
Paradiso
Roly began his career as part of production duo Vex'd, releasing records on Subtext and Planet Mu. Roly later released two solo albums on Subtext under his own name – Aftertime and Life Cycle of a M...
Roly Porter
Thu 23 Feb
Paradiso
Susan Schuppli is an artist and researcher based in London whose work examines material evidence from war and conflict to environmental disasters.
Susan Schuppli
Thu 23 Feb
Paradiso
Tina Frank is a graphic designer and media artist aswell as professor for graphic design at the University of Art and Design in Linz, Austria.