Dates: September 21 2024
Time: 10:00 to 16:00
Contribution: 55 EUR
MASTER CLASS: LIVE INTERACTION AND PERFORMANCE USING 4DSOUND
Location: Funkhaus, Berlin
Language: English
Level of experience: Open to all levels
WHERE: MONOM Studio - Funkhaus, Nalepastraße 18
WHEN: Saturday, May 25, 2024
WHAT: 4DSOUND Listening Experience and Live Performance
WHO: Jeanne Briand and Romain Azzaro, Romila & Cinna Peyghamy
TICKETS: €25
DOORS OPEN: 18:30
Composing in 4DSOUND - MONOM, Funkhaus Berlin
Intensive 6-Day Session + Listening Session
Creation, live performance, composition, experimentation, collaboration, listening, experience
Dates: April 29 - May 04, 2024
April 20TH | Listening Session | Premiere: We are pleased to invite you to the premiere of ATTUNE in 4DSOUND, composed and spatialized by Soneiro Collective with MONOM
Join us on February 24th from 16:00 to 19:00 as we open our studio to address your questions and inquiries about our Residency and Co-Production Pilot program, and our upcoming Workshop and training program: "Composing in 4DSOUND," presented in collaboration with 4DSOUND.
On November 26, we will celebrate the conclusion of ESSE with a free listening session in our Berlin studio. The European Spatial Sound Exchange is a pilot project initiated by Monom, as part of musicAIRE, and co-funded by the European Union. Its aim is to foster dialogue among European spatial sound venues and event organizers to explore how spatial sound works by musicians can be shared across European venues equipped with spatial sound capabilities.
Hyperreality High Definition Broadcast
From Cosmo, Venice to Monom, Berlin
On September 8, Monom and Cosmogram present the work of Isabel Lewis, featuring Eleonora Camerotto and Gabriele Valerio, performed live in Venice at Cosmo, Venice and broadcasted into MONOM via HD video and spatialised in 4DSOUND by Monom
Monom Studios and CTM continue their longstanding collaboration with an evening of commissioned works newly-created within the 4DSOUND system. All of the artists performing this evening show a fascination with the physicality of sound, and of the potential in blending and extending the possibilities of acoustic and electronic instruments and sounds. The concert is not included in CTM and Connect festival passes, a separate ticket is needed to attend.
SPATIAL is a three-day festival for Spatial Sound, Music, Art and Technology.
Space and Time for embodied listening.
With no typical stages and no best seat, the festival aims to erase the boundary between art and the audience.
Eerste Communie resident Ignez & design studio Lamdini created a beautiful 4DSOUND experience in collaboration with Monom Studios called ‘Paradox’. Break out of reality and enter the black hole prior to Eerste Communie on Sunday, November 6th. Two sessions (14h & 15h).
Extended guitar hero Oren Ambarchi returns with a new long-form piece ''Shebang'' to be premiered in 4DSOUND at Monom Studios on Thursday 15, September 2022, mixed in 4DSOUND by Tilo von Ketelhodt, William Russell & Oren Ambarchi. Shebang features an international all-star cast of musical luminaries, their contributions recorded individually in locations from Sweden to Japan yet threaded together so convincingly (by Ambarchi in collaboration with Konrad Sprenger) that it’s hard to believe they weren’t breathing the same studio air.
Afterparty from 22:20
On August 12, 2022, we will present the latest edition of our summer program, Summer of Music: IV, with the stellar participation of Argenis Brito who will delight us with specialized versions of legendary chilean singer-songwriter and socialist political activist Victor Jara, both as live and as a sound installation. Latin, hot-blooded and with decidedly tropical tendencies, Argenis promises an experience full of emotions, Latin American nostalgia mixed with a powerful contemporary sound that will envelop the attendees in a magnetic embodied listening experience. Think Mambotur, Señor Coconut, Los Refrescos and many other rum-fueled collaborations held within the confines of slick studios. These are our main character's playgrounds.
Afterparty from 22:20
On July 9 we will have the pleasure of presenting for the first time in our studio Echo Collective, a diverse group of classically trained musicians based in Brussels, Belgium. The collective will be working for a week in our studio to compose a new spatial piece in collaboration with Tilo Von Ketelhodt, spatial sound engineer from Monom Studios.
On Saturday, June 25 we will present the second volume of our summer program "A summer of Music" a tribute to human’s and nature’s virtuosity and capacity to create. With performances by Yu Lin Humm, Andy Aquarius, Sasha Hladiy live in 4DSOUND and sound installations by the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB) conducted by its chief conductor Vladimir Jurowski & Soundworks
London-based concert series SOLO presents violinist Rakhi Singh on June 11th in an intimate performance of music for violin and electronics. Originally staged in London back in November 2021, this concert sees music by composers such as Julia Wolfe, Michael Gordon and Alex Groves in specially-created versions for Monom.
TodaysArt and Monom Studios are proud to present a fresh program to boost your Saturday, May 28th afternoon, during CTM Festival.
We are thrilled to announce that on April 30th from 18h until after midnight we will host the celebration of the end of the SENSORIALITY workshop series with the fusion of a finissage: the AGAPÈ where we will commemorate the long-term relationship of The EDGE Neuroscience & Art eV/ MIND Foundation Art Section.
What is spatial sound? What are the spatial arts? What is the significance of this new medium within contemporary culture?
Darkroom: A Sonic Experience by Pornceptual & Monom
With live performances by: Curses, Deepneue, Projekt Gestalten, Jamaica Suk, and The Princess of Death ft. a live spatial mix by William Russell & “Darkroom” an installation piece composed by Pornceptual residents in 4DSOUND.
What is spatial sound? What are the spatial arts? What is the significance of this new medium within contemporary culture?
MONOM + Vorspiel / transmediale & CTM presents: Dripping Point With works by Farah Hazim, Francisca Rocha Gonçalves, Stefanie Egedy & Walter Sallinen
What is spatial sound? What are the spatial arts? What is the significance of this new medium within contemporary culture?
Colours Of Now - An Immersive Neoclassical concert in 4DSOUND followed by an Aftershow
LUCHS.US presents Y.ONE: A narrative sound immersion about the creation of your consciousness.
Marvin's Dream: An immersive 4-dimensional fable in a future universe & Voodoohop collective invites for drinks and a party at the Bar.
Transposition - Immersive 4DSOUND Installation
With works by Brandon Wint, Charlotte Day Wilson, Tanya Tagaq, and Yu Su.
"Transposition" refers to the process of changing place, or context. For this project, four Canadian artists were invited to reimagine existing works as spatialized sound pieces using 4DSOUND technology, allowing these pieces to both move and travel independent of the performers themselves.
MONOM's first event in one year welcomes the AUTUMN SERIES. A series of events happening through Autumn invites a wide range of artists to do a one-week residency using MONOM's 4DSOUND System culminating in a concert presented by the end of their residency week.
C.P.I is Marc Piñol, a staple in Barcelona’s electronic scene, who teamed up with Berlin’s Hugo Capablanca. The first artists to create a concert for the AUTUMN SERIES on Saturday September 18th. Join us in one of the three live concerts by C.P.I..
The series is proudly supported by The Richard Thomas Foundation.
MONOM Bar (with its new NEXO Sound System) will offer a playlist and late-night listening session by C.P.I. for all purchased tickets.
HUBRIS
Premiere in 4DSOUND at MONOM Berlin
Film screening, performance, and original spatial sound composition
Opening Days September 18,19 & 20
MONOM is pleased to present HUBRIS premiere in 4DSOUND on 18, 19 & 20 of September. Hubris is a feature film written, directed and produced by Marie Polo. At the crossing between art, performance, music and cinema HUBRIS will be screened in MONOM Studio spatialized by Shehryar Ahmad accompanying the acousmatic music performance by Marie Polo & Paul Behnam featuring actors of the movie. Visitors will embark on a deep inner sensorial journey and a collective catharsis through visual, sound, smell, touch & taste. It is a cinematic introspection with a strong ritualistic dimension.
Shot during 4 years between Berlin and the Fontainebleau Forest near Paris, the film is about the healing process of a young woman - Alice - who experienced a traumatic experience she does not have any visual memory of. The film is structured as a sophrology session during which the audience enters different layers of body memory of Alice, going back and forth between the present and the nightmarish visions of her past trauma.
The sound design and original score of the film is written and performed by Paul Behnam. Throughout the 22 tracks of the album, he navigates effortlessly between ambient, modern classical, rock, funk, house and techno, unveiling his versatility and his talent for translating emotions into music. Even without the images, the story of Alice unfolds inside your ears throughout an hour of eerie, exhilarating and relaxing pieces of music.
The soundtrack also features a collaboration with electronic music mad dog San Proper (Perlon, Rush Hour), playing his own role in the film and singing on « Dr. Proper ». Italian pianist and lyricist Andrea Monticciolo delivers a moving performance on « Oma Ooh Salem », while Louis McGuire and pandeiro player Adriano Tikogo invites us to a gloomy dance on Pandeiro Show.
After HUBRIS, MONOM is pleased to present ''The Rainbow Machine", an immersive installation with both sound & moving images. It was born from the electro-acousmatic piece composed by Paul Behnam, with a similar name, translated in French : “La Machine Arc-en-ciel”. It is the result of a collaboration between Paul Behnam and the painter Alexandre Tanqueray who then created a series of graphic works based on the sound composition. This series was later on adapted and fused within another audio-visual form, closer to an animation film thanks to the work of Jan Luis Gottwald.
The Rainbow Machine is a journey towards the colourful skies, onboard an imaginary flying vehicle. The rainbow colours symbolise emotions and traits of humankind. The different archetypes one can face within a life. The Machine embodies the desire for power, society and the madness it can generate.
Current hygiene regulations are in effect for the duration of the screening.
Filming, recording and photography are not allowed in MONOM Studio
For more information about HUBRIS follow them on social media @hubris_official. For more information about MONOM visit www.monomsound.com For further information regarding the event or interview requests please contact communication@monomsound.com
About Paul Behnam:
Self-taught guitarist, Paul draws his inspiration from Psychedelic Rock, Jazz and the ‘Musique Concrète’ of the 20th century. After many years performing in rock bands, he moved to Berlin where he explored the many ways of playing instruments together with analog machines live, attracted by the endless possibilities offered by electronic music. This is where he started to work on sound design for films, animated movies and delve into acousmatic music, inspired by artists such as Pierre Schaeffer or Brian Eno. Paul is currently working on his first solo LP which will be released in 2021, a concept-album blending French Chanson together with Electronic Music.
On September 12th, we have a very exciting Sound Sculpture Gallery event coming up. MONOM will be revisiting a past collaboration with the label Tessaract, within MONOM's new format.
Through its Sound Sculpture Gallery MONOM offers listeners time and space to be in communal silence, free from distractions, enveloped within its 57 omnidirectional speakers 4DSOUND system. A rare space for deep introspection and reflection, a place for challenging and altering perceptions, internal and external.
The 2-hour sessions will showcase two intimate and profound sound experiences created by our past artists in residence RESO KIKNADZE and MESS MONTAGE
Due to the incredible reception we have received for our Sound Sculpture Gallery weekends, we are opening an additional late-night session: Saturdays & Sundays from 22:00 to 24:00.
Looking forward to seeing you this weekend.
Saturday's 4th and 5th session will give access to a live listening session by Tessaract until 4 am.
TICKET INFORMATION
LIMITED CAPACITY CONSIDERING THE CURRENT RESTRICTIONS
https://tickets.monomsound.com/produkte
€12 - Each ticket gives access to one session and also to the MONOM lounge that will be running until 00h and is considering the current restrictions on capacity.
€15 - Each ticket gives access to one session and also to the MONOM lounge that will be running until 00h and is considering the current restrictions on capacity + live listening session by Tessaract
PROGRAM SCHEDULE & DETAILS
MONOM is hosting 5 identical Sound Sculpture sessions per day. Each session lasts for 2 hours and will showcase 2 artists' pieces with a 15-minute break in between.
Each session will have a very limited capacity considering the current health guidelines. Guests will be free to move around the studio. We ask that you keep a safe 1.5m distance from your fellow listeners.
For the pleasure of everybody, we ask that guests do not leave during the sessions and do so instead at the breaks between.
1st session 14:00h-16:00h
2nd session 16:00-18:00h
3rd session 18:00-20:00h
4th session 20:00-22:00h
5th session 22:00-00:00h
RUNNING ORDER
RESO KIKNADZE 45'
15' Break
MESS MONTAGE 45'
15' Break
MONOM LOUNGE
From 14h-00h drinks, edibles and music selections by the MONOM team will be served.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
RESO KIIKNADZE was born and raised in the notorious 1960s of Tbilisi, Georgia. After finishing his classical philology studies at the Tbilisi State University, the phase of television appearances with a big band and several festival shows amongst the Tbilisi Conservatory Quintet quickly followed. Making his first and most important compositional development under Micheil Shugliashvili (1941-1996).
Furthermore he studied at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire, composition and Georgian traditional music, and was a founding member of the improvisation ensemble "Nuova Sonanza", collaborated with Butoh dance company 'Tatoeba - Theatre Dance Grotesque" and been awarded composition prizes such as 'Marie-Louise-Imbusch-Stiftung' in 1993, and 'Neue Akademie Braunschweig' 1997, continued with MA studies at Musikhochschule Lübeck and started 2000 a collaboration with the contemporary dance company ‘TanzOrt Nord’ („Maria Magdalena“, „Cumulus“ and „DisTanz“).
From 2008 on he became an assistant professor at the Ilia State University in Tbilisi, whilst still teaching Electronics at the Musikhochschule Lübeck as well as saxophone and improvisation at the Lübecker Musikschule. Returning most of his activities back to Georgia from 2011 on, and becoming Rector of the Tbilisi State Conservatoire for last 8 years, Kiknadze’s current life continues in various formations of jazz, contemporary music, free improvisation, both as saxophone-player and computer musician; he is co-author in many projects including dance, visual arts, poetry, theater, with at least the same intensity as before. Having him perform with Mess_Montage on the unique 4DSOUND of MONOM should merge any audiophile's dreams with nowadays technical reality.
MESS MONTAGE is an experimental electronic music project by the Berlin based Georgian composer, performer and educator Tornike Margvelashvili. He merges folk chant inspired drone-y soundscapes with atmospheric field recordings and minimalist modular synthesis. After teaching electronic music at several institutions in Tbilisi, he was an official participant of the Red Bull Music Academy 20th anniversary camp in Berlin. In 2019 he decided to make his Berlin move, where he currently studies Sound Arts at UDK.
RECOMMENDATIONS
We advise coming 30 minutes before time, guests will be not allowed entry during the sound sculptures.
For the pleasure of everybody, please turn your mobile phones off.
No smoking allowed in the studio
No talking during the performances
Please consider the current health guidelines posted at the entrance of the studio (MONOM is running under current restrictions.)
You can move around and explore the sound environment or sit down, as you wish.
Close your eyes for an intensified listening experience.
Guests are welcome to leave at any time, but re-entry will not be permitted.
Drinks from MONOM lounge are permitted in the studio.
MONOM, Chris Salter, Alexandre Saunier, and Takashi Ikegami together with MUTEK 2020 - Hybrid (Montreal) are pleased to present: SNN #3: Forms of the Living, world premiere on September 11th, 2020. This performance will take place live for one night only simultaneously in four distant locations: live in Montréal, Berlin, and Tokyo and online on Mozilla Hubs.
Using light, video, sound, VR, and artificial life algorithms and neural networks, Salter, Saunier, and Ikegami together with a group of international collaborators orchestrate a global experience that while internationally shared, is impossible to grasp in its entirety. Source material produced during the COVID pandemic is employed to physically and algorithmically generate a schizophrenic combination lying somewhere between a wild and disjointed Jean-Luc Godard-like collage of news feeds, epidemiological data and statistical models and a slow, meditative and almost hypnotic feeling of a new science-fiction-like world one marked by the entangling of human experience with viral proliferation and machine tracing and forecasting.
In Montreal, Alex Saunier uses video, special analog lenses, and optical modulators to manipulate images taken from hundreds of hours of news media responding to the pandemic condition, visualizations, and simulations of the pandemic outbreak, and video archives of human, machine, and wildlife activity around the world. In Berlin, Chris Salter in collaboration with MONOM’s sound artist Ro Stambuk uses MONOM’s world-renowned 4DSOUND system to create a massive 57 channel spatial sound environment that plunges a live audience (restricted to 50 people) into experiencing the shifting acoustic conditions of the world since March 2020 – where the stoppage of the world economy resulted in a 50% reduction of human-made sound. In Tokyo, physicist and artificial life expert Takashi Ikegami manipulates the audio stream from Berlin, turning the pounding sounds of world cities into the sound of natural landscapes that have re-emerged since the pandemic and sending the stream back to Montreal. Finally, the online audience can experience yet another version of the performance in online VR in three specially designed Mozilla Hubs rooms that transform the media content created in Montreal, Berlin and Tokyo – where, contrary to the belief that the Internet is a new free space for social gathering, social distancing will also need to be practiced since only 25 visitors will be allowed in at any one time.
EVENT SCHEDULE AND DETAILS
MONOM Lounge with sounds curated by Chris Salter: 21:00 - 3:00
Late-night performance SNN #3: Forms of the Living : 00:00 - 1 :00
Ticket price: 20 EUR
Limited capacity of 50 people
MORE ABOUT FORMS OF LIVING
FOTL explores the challenge of sharing our individual experiences with the experiences of strangers around the world while also having to rethink our ways of sharing a world with non-living others - viruses and machines. This combined sense of wonder and utter confusion and uncertainty that seems to intensify daily in the face of current worldwide events is re-materialized in FOTL. The performance thus transforms media content in real-time, back and forth across time zones and continents in a shared experience that is nonetheless impossible to fully grasp by every audience.
