E-ARTHHA

full line up:
– DOUGLAS KAHN
– BJ NILSEN
– AURELIE LIERMAN
– MAX FRANKLIN

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As you know, there are those evenings after which the sun rises differently. The E-ARTHHA event is about the search for new interfaces and possibilities of sound composition, image and performance. In his lecture, Douglas Kahn discards old categories of sound and performance and replaces them with a new category of "energy" in the bigger narrative of ecology and other sensitivities. Coming from different biotopes, our other guests will all have different points of departure for their performances.

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■ DOUGLAS KAHN (us)
Douglas Kahn is Professor of Media and Innovation at the National Institute of Experimental Arts (NIEA), University of New South Wales, Sydney, and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, where he was the Founding Director of Technocultural Studies. He is known primarily for his writings on the use of sound in the avant-garde and experimental arts and music, and history and theory of the media arts. His writings have also been influential in the scholarly area of sound studies and the practical area of sound art. His best known book 'Noise, Water, Meat: A History of Sound in the Arts' was published by MIT Press in 1999.
http://www.douglaskahn.com

■ BJNILSEN (se)
BJ Nilsen is a Swedish composer and sound artist based in Amsterdam. His work is primarily focused on the sound of nature and its effects on humans. His album "Eye Of The Microphone" (Touch, 2013) for example is a personal audio rendition based on the sound of London, whilst "The Invisible City" (Touch, 2010) also explored the urban acoustic realm. He has collaborated with Cabaret Voltaire founding member Chris Watson on "Storm" (2006). His original scores and soundtracks have featured in theatre, dance, and film; including "Microtopia" and "Test Site" (2013, 2010, dir. Jesper Wachtmeister), "Enter the Void" by Gaspar Noé, and, in collaboration with Jóhann Jóhannsson, "I am here" (2014, dir. Anders Morgenthaler).
http://bjnilsen.com

■ AURÉLIE LIERMAN (be)
Aurélie Lierman is a radio artist, vocalist, and composer fascinated by the narrative power of abstract sound and music. She frequently adds dramatic and documentary elements to a musical, compositional structure (or vice versa). As a versatile vocalist, Lierman constantly premieres new music by emerging composers from around the globe in multiple styles and genres. She appeared as a sound artist and vocalist on two albums by Nurse With Wound.
www.aurelielierman.be

■ MAX FRANKLIN (int'l)
Max Franklin is a musician and digital artist currently based in Rotterdam. He is completing a Master in Experimental Publishing at the Piet Zwart Institute where his research has come into focus on the fragile nature of improvisation in music, with software. Through investigating the act of improvisation within music, Max examines ideas of liberation and resistance improvisation could provide. Both in artistic practices, and its wider application as critical methodology of research and exploration.
https://soundcloud.com/maxefranklin