Knistern #2

In the organizer's words:

Crackle #2

Matinee with Brunch & Cakes by Mehfil!

Artists: Bilawa Ade Respati & Peter Blasser

Moderation: Taïca Replansky

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Ticket: 8 €
Brunch Buffet: 10 €

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Knistern describes a crackling sound, and is also a metaphor for something that's in the air between people, be it a crush or an argument. Something invisible that makes the relational space vibrate and spark. Something magical, intangible and not to be pinned down that is happening in the moment of relation to each other.

The series Knistern each time brings together two artists and a musical idea they are currently working on. They present their current work in a short set, and then have space to share their musical ideas in conversation with each other, a music journalist, and the audience. What happens in the space between the two artistic approaches, and what happens between people in the room in the conversation? And also, what happens between the sound and the review, the thinking, the tuning in, the conversation?

Knistern takes place in collaboration with Richten25, project space for improvised music in Berlin Wedding. What we also like about the idea of knistern is that it's contingent and ephemeral. It lives in the present, and something amazing may come out, or maybe it's just a brief moment in time.

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Bilawa Ade Respati is a musician living in Berlin. He performs on the Javanese gamelan and the guitar, composing and improvising on both instruments. In his works, Respati pursues a syncretic approach: from music information retrieval to the performing arts, from the art of Javanese Karawitan to algorithmic music composition. His artistic interest lies in the dialectic between tradition and innovation, as well as the revaluation of tradition in contemporary life. Respati's works range from music theater performances to live concerts and web sound installations. His recent collaborators include the choreographer Ruben Reniers (under rubarb dance & art), the lighting designer and visual artist Emese Csornai, and the puppeteer Lisa Björkstrom. https://sastraswara.site/

Peter Blasser, designer and builder of synthesizers, practices deep consultation with clients who seek rich interactions with their electronics. The instruments manifest electronic modulations through pins, case flexure and radio fields. He teaches circuit design and instrument building in classes and workshops, culminating in performance or installation. Some paper circuits can be downloaded from his website, printed out and assembled to yield sound objects. The cybernetic interface uses the subtleties of touch, through discrete components, often "woven" together geometrically, to simulate intuitive patterns and chaotic sophistication. Philosophical concepts trace his designs, which acquire a narrative as they refine into essential analogue synthesizers. Peter completed his undergraduate studies in 2002 at Oberlin College with Tom Lopez, Gary Lee Nelson and Pauline Oliveros. In 2015, he completed a Masters in Composition at Wesleyan University, where he studied with David Behrman, Anthony Braxton and Ron Kuivila. http://ciat-lonbarde.net

Taïca Replansky is a cultural worker interested in the potentials of sound to bring people together and stimulate discussion, critique, engagement, joy, and deeper understanding of our societies and more-than-human world. At CTM Festival she is part of the Discourse program curatorial team and the editorial team of the online CTM Magazine. She occasionally co-create or supports other independent music-focused projects with a discursive bend, most recently Latent Sonorities (which explored methodologies and tools for experimental music creation using Southeast Asian temperaments), and Territory Disrupt (a music-discursive series that examined cultural imperialism and sound).