Katalin Ladik: Homo Ludens
27.8.–31.10.2024
Cella Gallery, Matiční 4, Opava
Opening will take place on Tuesday 27th August, 6pm at Cella Gallery.

curator: Jakub Frank

The exhibition of Katalin Ladik is the fourth in a series dedicated to leading European artists who expand the concept of sound art in their work. At the HOMO LUDENS exhibition, Ladik presents a video reflecting her poetic works to date, collages, scores, visual works, and recent creations from the series “embroidered sounds” and “singing chests.” These works are complemented by samples and documentation of key projects from the 1970s and 1980s. The opening will feature a performance by the artist, in which she will present her sonic poetry. The exhibition aims to present Katalin Ladik as an artist capable of continuously coming up with new ideas, revisiting past projects and updating them for the 21st century, but above all, always carefully listening to and interpreting her surroundings through her own sonic language.

Katalin Ladik (born 1942) is a Hungarian artist, performer, and poet born in Serbia and currently based in Budapest. Although she primarily identifies as a poet, she leaves the boundaries of poetry completely open, which in her work means a free transition from written text to visual collages and graphic scores, to performances and actions, vocal interpretations of written or visual symbols, and even to radio and theater production. Between 1973 and 1976, she was a member of the Bosch+Bosch group. She currently collaborates with her partner, Josef Schreiner.

Představení monografie Matěje Franka Smrt Slunce. Prázdná místa, která vychází u příležitosti stejnojmenné výstavy, proběhne ve čtvrtek 8. srpna v Domě umění v Opavě. Publikace vychází v edici Bludného kamene. V rámci představení proběhne komentovaná prohlídka výstavy a koncert experimentálního hudebníka Martina Režného. 

Kniha obsahuje kromě podrobné dokumentace výstavy v Domě umění také přehled Frankovy tvorby od roku 2013 do současnosti a řadí ji do tematických kapitol, které uvádějí texty mezinárodního kolektivu autorů a autorek. Texty do publikace přispěli britský historik umění Mark Gisbourne, čeští historici umění Viktor Čech a Miloš Vojtěchovský a jihokorejská kurátorka Jieon Lee. Úvodní text napsala Barbora Kundračíková, editorka knihy a kurátorka výstavy. Společně s Matějem Frankem knihu pro tisk připravil grafik Pavel Coufalík. 

Publikace vychází v autorské edici deseti kusů, které pro autora připravilo olomoucké Centrum grafických papírů. Vydání druhého nákladu je naplánováno na září 2024. Jako doprovodnou publikaci k výstavě pořádané Opavskou kulturní organizací, která trvá do 18. srpna, knihu vydává spolek Bludný kámen.

Vydání finančně podpořilo Ministerstvo kultury ČR. 

Smrt Slunce
 
Mezi okamžikem smrti Slunce – jeho vyhasnutím – a momentem, kdy se o něm dozvíme, uplyne asi 8 minut. To odpovídá době, kterou potřebuje světlo – a v tomto případě tma – k překonání vzdálenosti mezi Sluncem a Zemí. O momentu, který se odehrál v minulosti, bychom neměli v daném okamžiku tušení a museli bychom jen nést fatální, nedozírné a nepředvídatelné následky.
 
Kolik smrtí Slunce v současné době probíhá a po které nastane kolaps toho, co známe? Pandemie Covidu, která na chvíli zastavila svět? Útok impéria, které zapomnělo zkolabovat, na Ukrajinu? Útok teroristů na Izrael a následné nepochopitelné nevybíravé srovnávání Gazy se zemí? Atentáty na vrcholné politiky v Evropě i USA? Toto je jen stručný výčet možných smrtí sluncí týkající se střední Evropy, a k jejichž následkům zatím nedohlédneme. 
 
Krátce po zahájení výstavy mi někdo, nepamatuju si kdo, rozšířil mou perspektivu. Zmínil  zrození nových Sluncí, které možná už proběhlo a probíhá, o nichž se ale dozvíme se stejným zpožděním.
 
18.7.2024 Matěj Frank

PETER ABLINGER: NICHT WIR / NOT US
Cella Gallery, Matiční 4, Opava
28.6.–15.8.2024

The opening will take place on Friday, June 28 at 5:00 PM at Cella Gallery.

Curator: Jakub Frank

The exhibition of Peter Ablinger, an Austrian composer and sound artist living in Berlin, will be the third in a series of exhibitions dedicated to leading European sound artists who have shaped the medium of sound in a gallery environment.

Peter Ablinger’s artworks will be presented in the Czech Republic for the first time at a solo exhibition. In the spaces of Cella Gallery, works from the Weiss/Weisslich series, dedicated to the deep exploration of white noise, which Ablinger has been developing since 1980, will be exhibited. The installation 12 Kassettenrekorder (12 tape recorders), accompanied by instructions for its operation, will be inaugurated with a performance at the exhibition’s opening. It will be complemented by a series of objects Kopfhörer (Headphones), Schneckengehäuse (Snail Shell), and Rauschempfänger (World Receiver), in which Ablinger guides the visitor to sharpen their listening and tune their auditory apparatus.

One of Ablinger’s newest installations, Nicht Wir (Not Us), which will be presented at the exhibition, utilizes the effect of resonance and feedback occurring in a closed circuit. Nicht Wir thus becomes an independent entity that sounds without the need for external input, reflecting only the acoustic properties of its surroundings. “Sometimes, when we get too close to the installation, it decides to go silent on its own and starts sounding again once we move away.”

The exhibition was financially supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the Statutory City of Opava, and the Austrian Cultural Forum in Prague.

Cella Gallery and Hovorny
3. 5. – 20. 6. 2024

The opening will take place on 3rd May at 18:00 in front of Hovorny at Masaryk Avenue 22, then we will move to Cella Gallery.

The exhibition at Cella Gallery will present Hans Peter Kuhn as the author of impressive audiovisual compositions (Richtungsweisend, 2020) and also as a composer whose sound compositions can take forms that are completely reduced and inaudible (Aus der Tiefe, 2007/2024). For Hovorny, Hans Peter Kuhn has prepared a scenographic installation called Cycles. He sets aside all technologies and tells a story of a consumptive cycle without beginning or end from discarded materials.

Hans Peter Kuhn (*1952)
Lives and works in Berlin and in Amino (JP)
German artist and composer Hans Peter Kuhn has been active on the international art scene since the late 1970s. During his time working as a sound technician and sound designer at the Schaubühne am Halleschen Ufer theater in Berlin, he began collaborating with prominent figures in contemporary theater, choreography, scenography, and dance. This collaboration notably connected him with avant-garde American director Robert Wilson, with whom Kuhn has since collaborated on more than thirty productions and installations. In 1993, they jointly received the Golden Lion award at the Venice Biennale. Since the 1980s, Kuhn has also worked as an artist and author of spatial installations, in addition to his involvement in contemporary theater and dance. His main interest lies in the spatial effects of light and sound. His mastery of technology allows him to precisely shape environments whether working inside galleries or outdoors. He has created extensive site-specific installations in public spaces in New York, Leeds, Singapore, Pittsburgh, and Berlin, among others. His work is represented in leading international collections and has been exhibited in institutions across Europe, the United States, Japan, and in other countries. Since 2012, he has been teaching at the University of the Arts in Berlin. The exhibitions Cycles / Cykly at the Cella Gallery and the subsequent Undefined Landscape IV / Nevymezená krajina IV at the House of Art in Opava are his first presentations in the Czech Republic.
www.hanspeterkuhn.com

2. 5. 2024, 19.00
ROCK HILL MUSIC CLUB
28. října 258/296, Ostrava

Giants of all (un)jazz improvisation positions are coming to Ostrava. Beloveds of jazz festivals and DIY scenes E converso, the cream of the crop from Wrocław’s Salka CRK (https://www.facebook.com/crksalka) Zdrój and Strzał w kolano and the most jazzy project of Martin Režný.

E CONVERSO
bc: https://marecords.bandcamp.com/album/p-sla-mil-satana
fb: https://www.facebook.com/econverso/
The multijazz strike force E CONVERSO has been formed for twelve years by guitarist Jan Pisklák, saxophonist Michal Wróblewski, bassist Vladimír Micenko, and drummer Jan Chalupa. Their latest album “Pásla milá Satana” makes the Molotov cocktail of post-bop, free jazz, and New York downtown a la John Zorn even more explosive.

ZDRÓJ
bc: https://zdroj.bandcamp.com/
fb: https://www.facebook.com/zdrojband
The Poland-Netherlands-based improvisational duo of guitar (Jakub Zasada) and drums (Sebastiaan Janssen) operates in Wrocław. Zdrój is associated with the fertile community around Salka CRK (Kurws, Ukryte zalety systemu, Przepych, Atol Atol Atol, Barłóg). In 2022, their debut album was released by Fonoradar Records (LP) and Syf Records (MC). The duo moves from instrumental free punk with elements of krautrock to noise, proving that free improvisation is more of an idea than a framed music genre.

STRZAŁ W KOLANO
bc: https://soundartforum.bandcamp.com/track/strza-w-kolano
fb: https://www.facebook.com/jakub.majchrzak.sound.video
Strzał w kolano is the solo project of Jakub Majchrzak (Kurws, Przepych, Norymberga, Pustostany). Majchrzak is an independent musician and video artist. He has been active in the DIY music scene for twenty years and has performed 500 concerts across Eurasia. He has released 8 studio albums, 3 co-productions, and more than 20 video projections at festivals. Strzał w kolano combines compositional principles with interpretive and artisanal musical work with creative precision.

FURUBURASUTO
Furuburasuto je improvizující duo Honzy Chalupy (bicí – Janoušek-Wróblewski Quartet, E Converso, Talaqpo a další) a Martina Režného (modulární elektronika a živé procesy – Säkkikangas, OUTbetweIN, Sklo).

MOVEMENT — SOUND — SPACE 2024

4th May 2024
Kozmice Bird Meadows, Matiční dům, Opava

PERFORMERS: Peter Cusack, Michal Kindernay, Magdaléna Manderlová, Lucie Páchová, Martin Režný, Tomáš Šenkyřík, Šárka Zahálková

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We invite you to the fourth installment of the project by Magdaléna Manderlová and Michal Kindernay, where the artists explore the soundscapes along the Opava River and its surroundings.

As part of the project, two exhibitions took place at Galerie Cella in 2021-22, the publication “Po proudu zvuku” was released, we published the sound online map “Zvuky Opavy” (zvukyopavy.cz), and organized a field excursion “Zvuková citlivost v terénu”. In 2023, Magdaléna and Michal curated the Pohyb – Zvuk – Prostor festival for the first time, which they relocated to Kozmické ptačí louky, and subsequently presented the project together with German partners in Leipzig.

The program’s dramaturgy is conceived as a chain of interconnected events. It takes the form of participatory listening exercises, concerts, and performances. The invited artists have created new works closely related to the given location.

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PRE-PROGRAM:
May 1st, Wednesday
Meeting Point: Kozmice Bird Meadows, observatory (49.903389, 18.135948)
15:00–18:00 – BECOMING A KOZMIC EAR I. / workshop with Šárka Zahálková
Workshop on why it makes sense to sharpen our senses. Instead of observing with our eyes, we will tune in our ears and give more space to our own hearing. We will listen to the surrounding environment and the materials that shape it. The found material will be delicately transformed into the foundation of cosmic ears. These will later help us perceive the world around us in a slightly different way.
The workshop is open to anyone regardless of age and will take place outdoors, so dress accordingly.

PROGRAM:
May 4th, Saturday
Meeting Point: Kozmice Bird Meadows, observatory (49.903389, 18.135948)
9:30-12:00 Birdsong Welcome (Semix event)

13:00 INTRODUCTION
Meeting Point: Kosmice Bird Meadows, observatory (49.903389, 18.135948)
13:30–15:00 – BECOMING COSMIC EARS II / Workshop and Soundwalk with Šárka Zahálková
Continuation of Wednesday’s workshop, during which we will finish the cosmic ears and bring them to life. We will become discoverers of a different acoustics, we will become cosmic ears. We invite those who could not participate in the first part of Wednesday’s program to join the workshop and walk.

15:00-17:00 COMPOSED SOUND WALK featuring compositions/interventions created for Cosmic Meadows by Peter Cusack, Lucie Páchová, Martin Režný, Magdaléna Manderlová, and Michal Kindernay

17:00–18:00 TRANSFER TO OPAVA Train 16:54 from Jilešovice, arriving at 17:13 in Opava or Train 17:55 from Jilešovice, arriving at 18:14 in Opava

18:00–22:00 MATIC HOUSE, OPAVA Around 18:00 Sound Dinner (Nikola Rácová) 19:00 Listening Lecture by Tomáš Šenkyřík 20:00 Listening Lecture by Peter Cusack 21:00 Discussion “Sensitivity in the Landscape”: Magdaléna Manderlová and Michal Kindernay, Tomáš Šenkyřík, Šárka Zahálková, moderated by Jakub Frank

• Kompletní program festivalu je zdarma
• The festival is suitable for families with children, and the locations are accessible with a baby carrier/off-road stroller.

SONIC LAB
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Starts at 4 PM
Matiční House, Opava

Admission: 100–200 CZK

The Sonic Lab is a gathering of creators from various parts of Europe who are open to an experimental approach to sound. Some work predominantly with conceptual attributes, while others focus on the attributes of contemporary, let’s say post-club, music.

William “Bilwa” Costa

Kasha Portorosh

Martin Režný

Wilf Amis

Martin Hurych

Gobi_10k

František Hruška

The concert is presented by Bludný kámen as an accompanying program to Milan Knížák’s exhibition “Broken Mind,” which can be visited at the Cella Gallery during the evening.

MILAN KNÍŽÁK: BROKEN MIND
March 7th – April 18th 2024
Cella Gallery, Matiční 4, Opava
The opening will take place on Thursday, March 7th at 6PM at Cella Gallery on Matiční Street.

curator: Jakub Frank
collaboration: Petr Studený

In the years 2024–2025, Bludný kámen prepares a series of exhibitions dedicated to leading European sound artists with an emphasis on the pioneering and early experimental approaches of artists from the older and middle generations. In Cella Gallery and Hovorny, we will introduce sound works by Milan Knížák, Hans Peter Kuhn, Peter Ablinger, Katalin Ladik, Paul Panhuysen in solo exhibitions. Concurrently, we invite figures from the sound art scene and musicians from the younger generation who will prepare interpretations, reactions, or dialogues with the works presented at the exhibitions as part of accompanying events.

Milan Knížák (*1940) has been an active participant in artistic and social events since the 1960s. The beginnings of his career, which also include the works presented at the Broken Mind exhibition, can be considered exceptional not only in Czechoslovakia but also in an international context. Knížák’s innovative approach to music and sound, active connection with the Fluxus movement, and compositional activities all led to his proper recognition on the international art scene. His work from the 1980s and 1990s can be seen as a specific contribution to artistic postmodernism, where Knížák, among other things, connects fine art with fashion or furniture design. Knížák’s post-revolutionary activities are closely linked to publicly exposed roles, where he first held the position of rector of the Academy of Fine Arts and subsequently director of the National Gallery. Activities from this period make him a kind of specter of the Czech art scene, and criticism of Milan Knížák’s activities becomes the subject of several artistic projects. Knížák is still an active creator, composer, and writer. In recent years, his public activities (and partly his artistic work) are difficult to separate from the declining conservative right-wing expressions of the political establishment. In addition to Knížák’s own artistic and compositional activities, the period after 2014 is supplemented by his collaborations with Prague musicians Phaerentz and Opening Performance Orchestra, who focus on interpreting Knížák’s early musical and artistic works. Bludný kámen has been dedicated to Milan Knížák’s sound work for a long time; the performance of Broken Music with Phaerentz was presented at the Pohyb–Zvuk–Prostor festival in 2013, and the Aktual University program with Opening Performance Orchestra at PZP 2019.

The exhibition at the Cella Gallery will focus on Knížák’s work associated with sound, primarily addressing his iconic cycle Broken Music and further his conceptual scores and performance instructions. It will present his earliest works, pieces associated with the Aktual group, and the Fluxus movement. Through sound recordings and documentation, the exhibition will also showcase the aforementioned collaborations with musicians and musical ensembles.

The exhibition will be open from Tuesday to Thursday, 9AM to 5PM.

Galerie Hauerova 4, budova Slezské univerzity, Opava

Špičkový britský basklarinetista Gareth Davis se pohybuje v celé řadě kontextů od soudobé kompozice po darkambientní underground (od Ostravských dnů po label Miasmah). Díky své přizpůsobivosti – nedělá mu problém interpretovat nejnáročnější skladby, improvizovat či integrovat elektroniku – je oblíbeným partnerem skladatelů formátu Bernharda Langa nebo Rolanda Dahindena, ovšem na kontě má také řadu autorských nahrávek, zpravidla s osobnostmi typu Machinefabriek, Scanner, Elliott Sharp nebo Aidan Baker, kde vyniká jeho cit pro trpělivé a komplexní ohledávání zvuku v potemnělých meditacích.

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Roland Dahinden – Theatre of the Mind
• Gareth Davis – basklarinet a perkuse
• Mikuláš Mrva – live electronics

Ve zvukově-prostorovém procesu se rozvíjí pět vět, které se vrství na základě aditivního principu. Dva hlavní zvukové subjekty jsou vůči sobě v ambivalentním vztahu a nestále se proměňují. Znovu se vynořující zvukové subjekty jsou si podobné a přece odlišné, změna probíhá ustavičně. Vzpomenout si na už známé tvary je během představení stále obtížnější, prakticky nemožné.

Karlheinz Stockhausen – Solo für ein Melodieinstrument mit Rückkopplung
• Gareth Davis – basklarinet
• Mikuláš Mrva – live electronics

Skladbu Solo für ein Melodieinstrument mit Rückkopplung (Sólo pro melodický nástroj se zpětnou vazbou) napsal Karlheinz Stockhausen pro libovolný melodický nástroj a elektroniku mezi lety 1965-1966 na objednávku japonské veřejnoprávní vysílací společnosti. V její původní verzi byly k provedení potřeba páskové smyčky různých délek. V sedmdesátých letech bylo na Sonologickém institutu Královské konzervatoře v nizozemském Haagu vyvinuto speciální zařízení na míru pro realizaci této skladby, které ovšem nebylo možné zapůjčit pro provedení na jiných místech. Skladba se tedy dočkala větší pozornosti až s příchodem počítačové hudby počátkem devadesátých let.

Mikuláš Mrva je experimentální hudebník působící v Praze. Hraje na baskytaru, turecké a íránské dlouhokrké loutny a elektroniku. Je členem kolektivu Stratocluster, vystupoval s PMP Ensemble a SpectrumEnsemble, příležitostně pořádá koncerty experimentální a soudobé hudby a interpretů modálních hudeb Turecka, Íránu a Indie.

Spolupořadatelem akce je Ústav filmové, televizní a rozhlasové tvorby Slezské univerzity v Opavě. Akce probíhá za podpory Ministerstva kultury ČR a Nadace život umělce.

Hear Me! ~ 11. ročník putovního festivalu volné improvizace a jiné hudby

Hear Me! ~ 11th edition of the travelling festival of free improvisation and other music

POSLYŠ VYSLYŠ SLYŠ ~ RADIKÁLNÍ NASLOUCHÁNÍ
LISTEN ANSWER HEAR ~ RADICAL LISTENING
⡷⠂soundcloud.com/hlubina_kolektiv/radikalni-naslouchani ⠐⢾
3 dny ~ 3 days
3 různá místa ~ 3 places
3 dějství ~ 3 acts

PROGRAM
30.11. ČTVRTEK
HEAR ME! OPENING
SF MINIsinks
METAL Válek // Merta // Tarnovski
GRÜNT

1.12. PÁTEK
BAJKAZYL OLOMOUC
SF MINIHélène Blondel (FR)
iva svoboda (DE)
Max Wainwright (SWE)
Genpaff
BUNKERER
3G & 1 PB

2.12. SOBOTA
DIVADLO NA CUCKY
SF MINIDalin Waldo (DK)
Pedro A. Ramírez (DE)
Gareth Davis (GB) ~ Mikuláš Mrva
Max Wainwright (SWE)
Line Gate
Pátra / Švejnar
kittylinda

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