(top left) Freja Bäckman: I was told I chop wood like a ballet dancer (On Circles) (2020)
Cover Design: Ebba Fransén Waldhör
(top right) Samuli Tanner: Music for 1-Year-Old (2021)
Cover is a painting by Arsi Keva based on the original CD artwork.
(down left) MYÖS collective.
(down right) Free Frags / Steeve Bauras: Ohne Titel (2020)
On February 12th, the first session of the in-the-future-recurrent event Station of Sounds takes place. Station of Sounds is realised within the context of the Station of Commons platform. It is a moment of discussions on the mode of production of physical objects related to sound form. What motivates the production of the physical object and how to articulate the artistic and political discourse embedded within the materiality of the object? During the session, four artists discuss their relationship to sound through playing their own latest physical production or releases of interest. After the discussion, we listen to the record under discussion played from a turntable.
https://stationofcommons.org/events/station-of-sounds-vol1
19–23 (EET) / 18–22 (CET)
You can listen to the interviews on the Station of Commons website:
https://stationofcommons.org/events/station-of-sounds-vol1
The guests:
Freja Bäckman (FI):
Freja Bäckman is a multidisciplinary artist, educator and researcher based in Berlin and Helsinki, currently a resident at HIAP. Their practice consists of performance, sound, text, installations and workshops. They have recently published the vinyl record I was told I chop wood like a ballet dancer (On Circles) with Coda Press/Scott Elliott, in close collaboration with sound designer Manuela Schininà.
Free Frags / Steeve Bauras (FR):
Free Frags is a record label created in 2020 based in Paris. Free Frags states that “The manufacturing principle of a vinyl, a large scale reproducible engraving, gives to this object a memory status that can be compiled and archived”. The aim is to create a specific object at crossroads between sound and visual arts.
Samuli Tanner (FI):
Samuli Tanner is an electronic music composer & drummer from Finland. His experimental electronic music has a strange appeal: clumsy on purpose, sometimes dark, sometimes syrup, sometimes makes you dance, sometimes falls to pieces. Samuli has previously worked under the names Siihhi, Worldbank and Ponytail. He also works in groups like Myttys, Tiiu Helinä, Mustat Kalsarit & Market.
MYÖS (FI): DJ’s Cute Cumber, Valley Girl, & twenpettie
MYÖS is a Helsinki based DIY collective, party platform and co-care network for genre-fluid electronic music DJs, producers, organizers, party lovers and allies of currently underrepresented actors in the Helsinki club scene.
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Ääneen – Sonic Arts Month in February 2021 is realised in collaboration between MUU ry, Äänen Lumo, and several actors in the local field of sonic arts. The programme has been formed through an open call for co-curation and the events are supported by Niilo Helanderin säätiö the City of Helsinki. Due to the recent development of the pandemic, the festival collaborates also with Station of Commons, a collaborative initiative on digital commoning practices.
Why is it often difficult to imagine alternatives in our culture?
You can read more at: https://stationofcommons.org/events/expanding-the-frame-re-appropriating-the-video-object
INSTRUCTIONS FOR STREAMING – In order to watch the stream we recommend downloading the VLC media player (the best free and open source multi-platform media player there is). https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html – Once installed click: File -> Open network, and copy paste one of the following links: https://streamer.nettitila.fi:8443/video1 or http://streamer.nettitila.fi:8000/video1. Wait for a short moment and you should see the video window open. – More instructions are available: https://www.vlchelp.com/stream-online-videos-pc-vlc-media-player/ – Or you can go to the Station of Commons website: http://www.stationofcommons.org/peers/aanen-lumo and follow the instructions. Enjoy!
Why is VLC used for the streaming of ÄÄNEEN – Sonic Arts Month? Because the quality and reliability of the streaming are highly increased by using VLC. Because we know how the software we are using to stream the content operates, and where the data is sitting, and how it is flowing through the net. Why not to use Facebook, YouTube or other familiar platforms? Because we don’t have to. Thanks to open source technology developed by a large community and the expertise of a local community – such as Station of Commons – we want to show that alternatives to proprietary technology, and commercial and centralizing schemes of distributing artistic content are possible and easy.
More info about ÄÄNEEN – Sonic Arts Month: