MOVEMENT — SOUND — SPACE 2024

ConcertFestivalMatiční house, Opava

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

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.

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.