SUMMER CLUB // SOUND presents....ATTN Magazine: Maja S.K. Ratkje in Two Films

Presented by: SummerClubSound

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0	LONDON: V22 Louise House
P	Saturday 30th July, 2016
N	12:00pm

Event information

Bournemouth's ATTN:Magazine presents two films exploring the work of Norwegian composer/performer Maja S.K. Ratkje: IJ Biermann's documentary Voice - Sculpting Sound and Ratkje's recent performance DVD, Crepuscular Hour.

12pm to 3pm - this is a free event but reservation is recommended


Over the course of innumerable orchestral compositions, group improvisations and solo performances, Ratkje has established herself as a potent force within modern experimental music. As a vocalist, she combines primal improvisatory spirit with electronic manipulation, twisting the voice into all manner of strange and vivid shapes. As a composer, she traverses the entire spectrum of sonic expression, exploring sound as a vehicle for meditation, immensity and extra-musical phenomena.

Voice offers an intimate insight into her creative process and restless adoration of sound, following Ratkje over several years of performance, practice and collaboration. http://ratkje.no/current-projects/voice-the-movie/

Crepuscular Hour documents a performance of one of Ratkje's scores at Huddersfield Town Hall in 2012, bringing together three choirs, three pairs of noise musicians and a concert organ for a piece that shifts from peripheral restraint to spatially obliterative climax. http://ratkje.no/2016/03/crepuscular-hour-2/

NB. The films will be presented one after the other with a short break in between; all children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult

ATTN:Magazine is a UK-based website for experimental music and sound art, dedicated to the failures and contradictions in articulating the experience of listening. The site is run by Bournemouth-based writer/composer Jack Chuter.
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SUMMER CLUB // SOUND is a creative collaboration between musician, Andie Brown (These Feathers Have Plumes), and artist-producer, Helen Frosi (SoundFjord), commissioned for V22’s Summer Club 2016.

SUMMER CLUB // SOUND is set to run Thursday to Sunday, from 24 July to 28 August 2016 at V22’s latest art studios, gallery and venue, Louise House (Forest Hill).