01/09/2022
Doors open at 19:30 (GMT)
Mengi, Óðinsgata 2, 101 Reykjavík
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A concert celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Intelligent Instruments Lab, Reykjavik. Bringing together a night of experimental music with performances by resident artists Jonathan Chaim Reus and Marco Donnarumma, as well as local musical talents Hekla and Bob Hermit. In addition, artist Sean Patrick O’Brien will present his audiovisual installation, Fern (2022).
We invite you to join us for a celebration concert on Thursday, September 1st. The installation by Sean O’Brien will open at 19:30. Musical performances will start promptly at 20:00. After the concert we will run a panel session where there will be an opportunity to discuss with the artists and explore key concepts of their work.
Marco Donnarumma is known for engineering machines and composing sounds to create artworks and performances that can speak critically of ritual, power and technology.
Jonathan Chaim Reus is a homeostatic animal within an ecosystem of cultures, sounds and tools. At Mengi he will present a sketch of new music exploring artificial voices and vocal doppelgangers.
Hekla is known for her bizarre and unique theremin centred music, adding ghostly piano lines, subtle synth and her own distinctive vocals. She emerges from no particular scene, ascribing to no particular rules.
Bob Hermit presents a temporary sonic ecosystem, populated and interacted with via a network of quasi-instruments.
Sean Patrick O’Brien (installation) – Fern 2022: A kinetic light and sound sculpture. The phase relationship between oscillation and strobing lights reveals a dancing fern.