SubSirup #4

Sound

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  FANTAST
  

  FANTAST consists of the two brothers Mario and Daniel Gschwendtner and was founded in 2017. Their music is based on current HIP HOP productions, but electronic elements can also be recognized. The influences of Fever Ray and Saul Williams can be found. After releasing their second EP this year, FANTAST are currently working on new song material. In collaboration with Joan Arnau Pàmies, an EP will be recorded this fall and released next spring on the Promaterial Records label. Until then, concerts in Prague, Linz, Vienna and Llega are on the program.

  Fantast

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  Abrupt
  

  Abrupt lets us drift gently into the underground. Just like live, Abrupt interweaves flat noise elements with sometimes complex drum patterns in her DJ set. The result is a sound tapestry of experimental, techno, noise and electronic, in which the unconventional is carefully woven into bass landscapes.

  Foto: Merthe Wulf

  Soundcloud FRO

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  Mr. Scheutz
  Wildpitch

  house, techno, beats & whatever

Art Installations

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  Scrape Sounds
  M. Baldassari, Ł. Romero, T. Piirainen

  Found objects, sound tape, real to real machine, 2024

  Scrape sounds is sound installation constituted by a loop of 1/4 inch sound tape and found objects.

  The tape links the found objects into a playful composition. Meanwhile, only the tension built by the objects allows the tape to run creating a spatial as well as an acoustic experience.

  Video

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  Unapologetically Soft
  Fiona Prohaska

  video, hand-tufted tapestry, cushion landscape, thank you cards

  Unapologetically Soft is an invitation to preserve softness and vulnerability in a world full of hardness. This textile work, accompanied by a video, explores the longing for a space for softness and emotional openness and calls for softness to be seen as a courageous and determined act.

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  Dial Tone Assembly
  Markus Rom

  Telephone receiver, LEDs, dial, Arduino

  Dial Tone Assembly is an interactive installation consisting of 20 telephone handsets salvaged from 90s offices and a dial with which the audience can select different sound loops. The telephone receivers are connected by cable and are transformed into a lofi chiptune orchestra by electronic impulses. Only when the audience engages with the spatial sounds does a regularity emerge in the irregularity - a swarm-like sound that goes hand in hand with the nostalgia that comes with using a dial decades after its extinction.

  Video

  Markus Rom

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  Joann Lee
  Interlaced Persona

  Inspired by the idea attributed to Marcel Proust that “the true voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes,” this installation explores the nuances of self-perception through a digital reinterpretation of the interlaced display method seen in old CRT televisions. Drawing from Nam June Paik’s TV Buddha, Interlaced Persona recreates the essence of the interlaced effect, inviting participants to engage with their own reflection in a novel way. In this installation, a computer program simulates the interlaced effect by layering two frames: one containing only the odd lines of the image and the other containing only the even lines. Unlike traditional interlaced displays, which rapidly alternate fields, here the effect is achieved by blending these fields, allowing participants to perceive a subtle sense of motion and temporal dissonance in their own image. This digital method provides users with the ability to control the frame offset, creating their own temporal shifts and experimenting with the illusion of delay or ghosting. Through interactive dials, participants can adjust the timing difference between these interlaced fields and manipulate the color balance of the overall display. This feature lets them alter hues and contrasts, transforming the visual atmosphere of their reflection. By adjusting these parameters, participants explore a dynamic, evolving portrait of themselves that emphasizes the fluidity and subjective nature of perception. Interlaced Persona invites participants to “see with new eyes,” as they experiment with both the temporal and chromatic elements of their own image, encouraging them