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01st Feb 2024 01st Feb 2024 20:00 23:00

Concepción Huerta & Fe Sexta – »MAPS : Electronic Resonances Between Ecuador and Mexico«

20:00

Julian Sartorius – »Locked Grooves«

22:00

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  • Concepción Huerta

    MX

    With a sharp instinct for compelling audiovisual collaborations and perpetual activity within noisy fields, the Mexican photographer, composer, and video artist conjures continuously intriguing sound narratives.

  • Föllakzoid

    INT

    Like a viral numinosity, the psyched-out krautrocker’s music spirals into techgnosis through the ear and mind, building a sacred infestation of biotechnic dancefeveritis.

  • Julia Louise Knifefist

    IE

    Compressed blades of cacophonic hardcore gabber-rave slice your psyche open.

    • Photo: Courtesy of the artists

    The project »MAPS: Electronic Resonances Between Ecuador and Mexico« by Concepción Huerta and Fe Sexta aims to revive audio archives of pioneering electronic music composers in Mexico and Ecuador, active in the 1970s. Using archival materials and other sources, recordings and compositions will be blended with a documentary and fictional narrative approach to contextualise the listening experience. The innovative legacy of these early composers is integrated into Huerta and Sexta’s own work, as they map relationships between personal and collective memory. The work is commissioned through the CTM 2024 Radio Lab, a project by Deutschlandfunk Kultur – Hörspiel / Klangkunst and CTM Festival in collaboration with Goethe-Institut, ORF Ö1 Kunstradio, and tekhnē.

    A fixture in the international improv scene, Julian Sartorius has become known for a drumming style that plays with suspending time and testing infinity. Presenting the album Locked Grooves at CTM, he interrogates the idea of a static groove by unfurling a percussive suite gradating over tonal nuances, micro expressions, and shifting time signatures. The resulting 112 grooves – or one-minute loops as heard on the digital album – unveil an abundance of rhythmic forms, some vigorous, some frail, others impulsive, alluring, and adrift. The artist explains: »I hope listeners will experience these compositions like they would explore a painting at a museum – letting the work unfold in depth, revealing layer after layer.«

    Event Access

    Warning: This show will take place with loud volumes and may include stroboscopic lighting effects. Please consult our Accessibility section for an overview on volume / lighting, and information on mobility, age restrictions and other access information.

    Lighting design for Concepción Huerta and Fe Sexta is by Shaly Lopez.
    Concepción Huerta and Fe Sexta are commissioned by the CTM 2024 Radio Lab, a project by Deutschlandfunk Kultur – Hörspiel / Klangkunst and CTM Festival in collaboration with Goethe-Institut, ORF Ö1 Kunstradio, and tekhnē, which is co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

    Julian Sartorius is supported by Pro Helvetia.