Erfan Abdi - Points of contact
“Points of Contact” is the title of a performance with two feedback loops; one inside a cage and one outside. In this work, the performer explores the boundaries formed by a cage around his
head, and forms acoustic feedback loops by creating points of contact between physical objects that are equipped with transducers and contact microphones. This work is a continuation of an ongoing research about the ways in which one can observe vibration as it passes through a field of objects.
Erfan Abdi (1983 – Tehran) is an artist, designer and performer based in The Hague since 2009. He graduated from the Masters program at the Artscience Interfaculty, Royal Conservatoire The Hague in 2011. Holding a Bachelor’s degree in graphic design from the University of Tehran (2006) he has a background in visual art and design, while he has also experimented with electronic music, video art, computer programming, physical computing and
with constructing physical models for haptic controllers.
Donia Jourabchi - Foils
The work Foils sets up oppositions, contradictions and antipodes from field recording materials extracted in production places that are in constant activity. The interplay between the origins, the meanings and the movements of the sounds affects even the most static presence, contrasting rhythms, expression and spatial reproduction.
Donia Jourabchi studied sound engineering at the SAE Institute of Brussels and worked as a technician on different sound projects, live performances and studio recordings. She developed further her skills in interactive sound techniques, realtime processing and interface design at the CECN, Center for Contemporary Art and Digital Technologies in Belgium and followed a two year program in electroacoustic composition at ArtZoyd, Center of research in Contemporary Experimental Music. She moved to The Hague in 2011 where she followed a course program at the Institute of Sonology and a master research about the relationships of sound, body and space in the context of site specific interventions in abandoned places. Her works vary from providing workshops; interventions in public space; performance and installation; electroacoustic composition and improvisation; self-made instruments and radiophonic art.
Miša Skalskis - Audio-video collages
For Ephemere series, Miša will prepare a set comprising of new audio-video collages. As a sonic event, through its methodological constitution, it is going to be an exploration of the efficacy of voice, probing the depth of a sonic space. As an audio-visual whole, it will be an attempt to provide a voice to a foreign narrative, drawing onto a flat surface, consolidated by our gaze and its projected anticipation.
Miša Skalskis is an electronic musician and artist, a graduate of Sonology institute, dwelling between Lithuania and the Netherlands. His sound work draws heavily from the visual and cinematic traditions of montage and collage, reimagining them in the light of algorithmic composition and ubiquitous information.
