"Tea is the most popular manufactured drink consumed in the world, equaling all others – including coffee, chocolate, soft drinks, and alcohol – combined" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea#Economics
Mengi proudly presents an ancient - yet modern - art form, not really discovered in Iceland: The Art of Tea.
For the next 6 weeks we will be joining forces with two Hungarian tea lovers Olga & Andras, to present a pop up teahouse between May 6th - July 1st, called "Menghai Tea House". Menghai is a county in China, famous for their Puerh teas, also a tea producing factory that invented the modern method for aging Puerh tea. This method had a huge impact on the tea world.
The project focuses on quality tea at its best, rather than the above mentioned quantity. Menghai Tea House presents a real gourmet menu - both for drinking on the spot or to take home. Some of them are harvested in March this year, some of them - the aged ones - are 19-25 years old.
There will be a special focus on functional and beautiful accessories as well. Júlia Néma, probably the most known Hungarian ceramic artist made a few tea wares exclusively for Menghai Tea House, using high temperature wood firing pottery technique.
Beside the gourmet experience, Olga and Andras aims to spread appreciation and understanding of quality tea by giving workshops, tasting sessions and gongfu tea ceremonies.
links:
https://www.facebook.com/menghaiteahouse
mengi.net
https://www.facebook.com/studionema
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Það gleður okkur að kynna fornt - en þó nútímalegt - listform sem er enn sem komið er tiltölulega óuppgötvað hérlendis: Listform Tegerðarinnar.
Næstu 6 vikur verðum við í samstarfi við þau Olgu & Andras sem eru ungverskir te-aðdáendur og opnum tehúsið Menghai milli 6. maí og til 1. júlí. Menghai er hérað í Kína, sem er þekkt fyrir Puerh tein sín, þar er einnig te framleiðslu fyrirtæki sem fann upp nýja aðferð sem gerir Puerh te kleift að eldast. Þessi aðferð hefur haft gríðarlega mikil áhrif á te-heiminn.
Verkefnið leggur áherslu á gæði tesins frekar en magn. Menghai Tea House mun vera með virkilega vandaðan gæða te-seðil - sem verður bæði í boði að drekka á staðnum og selt til að taka með sér heim. Sum tein eru ræktuð í mars á þessu ári, en önnur - þau sem eldri eru - eru á bilinu 19-25 ára gömul.
Það verður einnig sérstök áhersla á hagnýt og fallegan tebúnað. Júlia Néma, sem er líklega þekktasti keramík listamaður Ungverjalands hefur búið til vörur sérstaklega ætlaðar fyrir Menghai Tea House, en til þess notaði hún sérstaka viðarbrennsluaðferð.
Auk þess að bjóða upp á einstaka reynslu, stefna Olga og Andras einnig að því að dreifa virðingu fyrir og skilning á gæta tei með því að halda námskeið, smakkanir og gongfu te athafnir.
links:
https://www.facebook.com/menghaiteahouse
mengi.net
https://www.facebook.com/studionema
Different Rooftops / Ólík þök
A concert with six pieces by Bára Gísladóttir composed from 2014-15. The pieces are for different combinations of clarinet, saxophone, double bass and electronics. The music consists of games of extended techniques and sound worlds along with interaction between acoustic and visual expression.
Bára graduated from the Iceland Academy of the Arts with a B.A.-degree in composition under the guidance of Hróðmar I. Sigurbjörnsson. She studied the double bass with Hávarður Tryggvason before moving to Milan where she now studies composition in the Master-program of Milan Conservatory under the guidance of Gabriele Manca.
Náttey ensemble was established in the start of 2015 by Bára and her companions Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason, Björg Brjánsdóttir and Steinunn Vala Pálsdóttir. The idea behind the chamber group is that it will serve as a pop-up ensemble that will play in different venues with varying performers from time to time.
Performers: Bára Gísladóttir playing double bass, Helgi R. Heiðarsson on saxophone and Hilma Kristín Sveinsdóttir playing clarinet.
https://soundcloud.com/baragisla
Entrance fee is 3000 kronur
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Different Rooftops / Ólík þök
Á dagskrá eru sex verk eftir Báru Gísladóttur frá árunum 2014-15. Verkin eru fyrir mismunandi samsetningar á klarínettu, saxófón, kontrabassa og rafhljóðum. Í tónlistinni er leikið með framlengda hljóðheima og tækni ásamt samspili hljóðræns og sjónræns tjáningaforms.
Bára lauk bakkalárprófi í tónsmíðum úr Listaháskóla Íslands vorið 2013 undir leiðsögn Hróðmars I. Sigurbjörnssonar og nam kontrabassaleik undir handleiðslu Hávarðar Tryggvasonar áður en hún fluttist til Mílanó þar sem hún stundar nú meistaranám í tónsmíðum undir leiðsögn Gabriele Manca.
Kammerhópurinn Náttey var stofnaður í byrjun ársins 2015 af þeim Báru, Bjarna Frímanni Bjarnasyni, Björgu Brjánsdóttur og Steinunni Völu Pálsdóttur. Fyrstu tónleikar sveitarinnar voru haldnir í Mengi í febrúar síðastiliðinn en hugmyndin á bakvið Náttey er að hún gegni hlutverki eins konar uppskotssveitar sem leikur á mismunandi vettvangi með breytilegum flytjendum hverju sinni.
Hljóðfæraleikarar: Bára Gísladóttir á kontrabassa, Helgi R. Heiðarsson á saxófón og Hilma Kristín Sveinsdóttir á klarínettu
https://soundcloud.com/baragisla
Miðaverð er 3000 krónur
"A complete musician and wonderfully fertile composer... Black has produced a masterpiece of future jazz." -Andy Hamilton, The Wire
"Fluent in all languages." -Time Out NY "wickedly inventive... A revelation." -CMJ
Jim Black is at the forefront of a new generation of musicians bringing jazz into the 21st century. In addition to being one of the most influential drummers of our time, he is also the leader of one of the world's most forward-thinking bands, AlasNoAxis, featuring his longtime collaborators Chris Speed, Hilmar Jensson and Skúli Sverrisson. Based on the foundation of his virtuosic but highly personal approach to jazz drumming, Black's aesthetic has expanded to include Balkan rhythms, rock songcraft and laptop soundscapes. Though he is revered worldwide for his limitless technique and futuristic concepts, what many listeners treasure in most Jim Black's work is the relentless feeling of joy and invention he brings to his performances. Jim Black's smiling, kinetic, unpredictable presence has enthralled and inspired audiences worldwide for over twenty-five years.
Since the mid-90's, Black has played a major role in the incorporation of new sounds and techniques into the jazz/creative music context. As a member of the collective group Pachora (with Speed, Sverrisson, and guitarist Brad Shepik) Black was one of the leaders in the study and adaptation of Balkan music into jazz-based music. His advanced techniques abstracted the odd time signatures of the Balkans into a new polyrhythmic language equally informed by modern jazz, drum&bass and the dumbeks of the Balkans. Black has also been an innovator in the use of electronics in improvisation, bridging the gap between electro-acoustic improv and more jazz-based traditions. Today, Black's performances are just as likely to feature his laptop-based electronic textures as his drumming.
Born in 1967, Jim Black grew up in Seattle alongside future colleagues Chris Speed, Andrew D'Angelo and Cuong Vu. After cementing their personal and artistic relationships in Seattle's various youth jazz ensembles, in 1985 they moved to Boston, where Black entered the Berklee School of Music. In Boston, Black, Speed and D'Angelo formed Human Feel with guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel, which rapidly attracted the attention of the jazz cognoscenti in Boston, New York and beyond.
By 1991, Black and the other members of Human Feel had moved to New York City, where they electrified the Downtown music scene then centered around the Knitting Factory and rapidly became among the city's busiest sidemen. Black's early years in New York saw him take featured roles in some of the most critically acclaimed bands of the time, like Tim Berne's Bloodcount, Ellery Eskelin's trio, and Dave Douglas's Tiny Bell Trio. Thus began fifteen years of near-constant touring and recording, with the above bands as well as artists like Uri Caine, Dave Liebman, Nels Cline, Steve Coleman, Tomasz Stanko, and Laurie Anderson.
Hilmar Jensson has performed and recorded in a wide variety of settings and appeared on over 50 records including 8 as a leader or co-leader.
Performed in 35 countries with his trio "TYFT",
Jim Black’s AlasNoAxis, Trevor Dunn's MadLove, Mogil, Outhouse, BMX and others.
One the founders of Kitchen Motors, an Icelandic record label, think tank and art organization.
Recorded and/or performed with Tim Berne, Andrew D’Angelo, Jim Black, Chris Speed, Skuli Sverrisson, Trevor Dunn, Herb Robertson, Eyvind Kang, Marc Ducret, Chris Cheek, Seamus Blake, Cuong Vu, Tom Rainey, Peter Evans, Matt Garrison, Briggan Krauss, Ben Perowski, Jamie Saft, Ches Smith, John Zorn, Ted Reichmann, Ben Street, Wadada Leo Smith, Arve Henriksen, Terje Isungset, Per Jörgensen, Per Oddvar Johansen, Anders Jormin and many others.
JO BERGER MYHRE
Bassplayer from Sandefjord, living in Oslo. Bachelor degree in performing improvisational music at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. He has also studied for one year with Anders Jormin at the Music Academy in Gothenburg, Sweden. He has become quite a sought-after bassplayer and is performing regularly around Europe with Nils Petter Molvær, Blokk 5 ,Ingrid Olava, Solveig Slettahjell Slow Motion Quintet andGrydeland/Qvenild/Hausken/Myhre amongst others.
Entrance fee is 2000 kronur.
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Hilmar Jensson, Jim Black og Jo Berger Myhre leika saman í fyrsta sinn í Mengi 24. maí kl 21.
Dagskráin samanstendur af nýjum og eldri tónsmíðum fléttuðum saman með spuna.
Bandaríski trommuleikarinn Jim Black er íslendingum að góðu kunnur enda hefur hann sótt okkur heim fjölmörgu sinnum undanfarin 20 ár. Hann hefur leikið um allan heim m.a. með Tim Berne, Dave Douglas, Laurie Anderson, Nels Cline, Uri Caine, Dave Liebman, Human Feel og hljómsveit sinni AlasNoAxis. Hann er einn merkasti og áhrifamesti jazz og spuna-trommuleikari sinnar kynslóðar og hefur heillað hlustendur um allan heim með leikgleði sinni og mögnuðum trommuleik.
Hilmar Jensson hefur leikið með Jim í um 20 ár í m.a. í hljómsveitunum AlasNoAxis og TYFT. Hann hefur leikið víða um heim með þeim sveitum en einnig Tim Berne, Trevor Dunn, Arve Henriksen, Peter Evans, Audun Kleive, Ches Smith og fjölmörgum fleirum.
Norski bassaleikarinn Jo Berger Myhre er hefur á undanförnum árum getið sér gott orð sem einn fremsti jazzbassaleikari Noregs. Hann hefur leikið víða um heim með Nils Petter Molvær, Solveig Slettehjell, Susanna Wallumrod, Mariam the Beliver og Splashgirl.
Miðaverð er 2000 krónur.
Græna augað radíóklúbbur #4 proudly presents Tomas Rajnai and Jens Nielsen from Osynliga Teatern, Stockholm. Osynliga Teatern works with choreographed acoustic experiences and express themselves in the boundary between performance and audio theatre. They create cinematic experiences where the audience are invited to become part of the story and the choreography and now are visiting Reykjavik with the immersive audiowalk Engram, a piece that asks the question - and makes you ask yourself the question: What if you only had 640 breaths left?
This evening at Mengi Jens and Tomas will talk about their experience of creating Audio Walks. They will talk about how site-specific audio walks can uncover hidden stories all around us and that each story has a place and every place has a story, and of course - they will share some of their treasures for you to hear.
Osynliga Teatern is also part of Reykjavik Arts Festival and will perform Engram between 26-28 of may.
Entrance fee is 1000 kronur.
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Græna augað radíóklúbbur #4 kynnir með stolti Tomas Rajnaj og Jens Nielsen frá Osynliga Teatern, í Stokkhólmi. Osynliga Teatern vinnur með skipulagðar, akústískar upplifanir og tjá sig einhvers staðar á mörkunum milli framkomulistar og hlustunar leikhúss. Þeir skapa kvikmyndahúss upplifanir þar sem áhorfendum býðst að verða hluti af sögunni og skipulaginu og nú heimsækja þeir Reykjavík með umfangsmiklu hlustunargönguna Engram, verk sem spyr spurningarinnar - og lætur þig spyrja þig spurningarinnar: Hvað ef þú ættir eingöngu 640 andardrætti eftir?
Þessa kvöldstund í Mengi munu Jens og Tomas tala um reynslu sína af því að skapa Hlustunar Göngur. Þeir munu tala um hvernig hlustunargöngur á ákveðnum stöðum geta lyft hulunni af hinum ýmsu sögum í kringum okkur, og að sjálfsögðu munu þeir deila nokkrum af sínum fjársjóðum fyrir okkur að hlusta á.
Osynliga Teatern er einnig hluti af Listahátíð í Reykjavík og munu sýna Engram á tímabilinu 26.-28. maí.
Aðgangseyrir er 1000 krónur.
Founding members of múm, Örvar Smárason and Gunnar Tynes return from their trip to Cappadoccia in Turkey, fresh and inspired for the third instalment in this series of performances at Mengi, where múm improvise electronic music to the same film with the aim ultimately writing a new score to the film or at least establishing a framework for a musical accompaniment. This time múm are joined by guitarist and all around creative motor Örn Eldjárn.
múm are known for their exploratory and exuberant approach to music which can yield eclectic results. Witness to this bear their contrasting projects which range from releasing a single with Kylie Minouge to being commissioned to write a piece for the MDR Sinfonieorchester in Leipzig. múm’s latest album Smilewound was nominated for the Nordic Music Prize last year.
Menschen am Sonntag is an often overlooked gem from 1930, a directorial debut for brothers Curt and Robert Siodmak and written by none other than Billy Wilder. Not only is the film one of the last of Germany's silent era cinema, but it follows a weekend in the life of a group of Berliners and is a rare glimpse into the lives of young and carefree people in a city that would soon be submerged in a dark shadow.
Admission fee is 2000 kronur.
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Dúettinn múm mun leika raftóna af fingrum fram við þýsku kvikmyndina Menschen am Sonntag frá 1930. Tónleikarnir eru þeir þriðju í mánaðarlegri seríu þeirra Örvars Smárasonar og Gunnars Tynes þar sem þeir snara fram ferskum raftónum við áðurnefnda kvikmynd með það að leiðarljósi að vera að lokum búnir að skapa nýja tónlist við myndina og sérstakan hljóðheim. Tónleikaserían verður því eins konar verk í vinnslu. Í þetta sinn mun gítarleikarinn og heiðursmaðurinn Örn Eldjárn stíga á stokk með þeim félögum.
Hljómsveitin múm er þekkt fyrir nýungagirni í nálgun sinni og flutningi á tónlist og hefur hún komið víða við. Samstarf hennar við listamenn úr mismunandi listakreðsum ber þess glöggt vitni, en til dæmis vann sveitin að lagi með áströlsku poppstjörnunni Kylie Minouge fyrir kvikmyndina Jack & Diane og í augnablikinu vinnur múm að nýjum verkum sem leikin verða af Sinfóníuhljómsveit MDR í Leipzig. Á síðasta ári var nýjasta breiðskífa sveitarinnar Smilewound tilnefnd til Norrænu tónlistarverðlaunanna.
Menschen am Sonntag er vanmetið meistarastykki frá 1930. Hún var fyrsta myndin sem bræðurnir Curt og Robert Siodamak leikstýrðu og handritið skrifaði enginn annar en Billy Wilder. Kvikmyndin er ein síðasta mynd þögla tímabilsins svokallaða og gefur sjaldgæfa innsýn inn í líf áhyggjulausra ungmenna í borg sem stuttu seinna varð hryllingi einræðis að bráð.
Miðaverð er 2000 krónur.
For almost two years the Danish bass player, Richard Andersson, has been living in Reykjavik, where he has colaborated with a large number of the musicians from the local jazz scene. Now his stay here is sadly coming to an
end. As the last act he is going to do his first solo concert ever.
As a special treat the audience at this concert will get a free download of the yet to be released album, which Richard recorded in December 2012 in Boston at the home of the drum guru, Ra-Kalam Bob Moses. The recording features:
George Garzone - saxophone,
Jerry Bergonzi - saxophone,
Ra-Kalam Bob Moses - drums,
Richard Andersson - Bass
Biography
Richard Andersson was born in October 1982. He grew up in a musical family, but never showed much interest in music. ”My parents strongly encouraged me to play classical piano, but I never bothered to practice. Yet I did have a secret dream about becoming a cool guitarist, mostly to impress the girls...”.
At the age of 14 everything changed, when childishly playing around with fireworks took away Richard's sight. Soon after the accident Richard started taking lessons in classical guitar and suddenly he saw the beauty of music. ”Later I took up the piano again, then rock/jazz guitar and at age 16 the bass became my main instrument”.
Richard Andersson earned his diploma degree at the Carl Nielsen Academy of Music, in Odense, Danmark (2008). He studied in the masters program at the prestigious Manhattan School of Music in New York (2008-2009), and is currently enrolled at the Rhythmic Conservatory in Copenhagen, studying in the Advanced Postgraduate Diploma program.
In the spring of 2010 Richard Andersson received the biggest danish prize for young jazz talents called ”Stjerneprisen”.
Later the same year he released his first CD as a bandleader. Richard Andersson Sustainable Quartet/ Please Recycle (BlackOut Music) features three great New York based musicians including saxophone player Tony Malaby. The CD was very well received and achieved excellent reviews in both Scandinavia and New York. In New York, AllAboutJazz placed it on the list of ”Best Danish Releases of 2010”. Also in 2010 Richard Andersson was awarded ”Funen Jazz Musician of the Year”. (Funen is one of Denmarks three main islands/peninsulas).
Despite his relatively young age Richard Andersson is already ”one of the most interesting characters of the Danish jazz scene” (Iver Rod/Gaffa), performing with Danish and international artists such as Jeff ”Tain” Watts (US), Bob Moses (US), Phil Markowitz (US), Andrew D’Angelo (US), Dave Kikoski (US), Bill McHenry (US), Tony Malaby (US), Rudi Mahall (DE), Tomas Franck (S), Kasper Tranberg (DK), Jesper Zeuthen (DK), Ben Besiakov (DK), Uffe Steen (DK), Loren Stillman (US), George Garzone (US), Frank Tiberi (US), Kresten Osgood (DK), Jacob Anderskov (DK), Henrik Walsdorf (DE).
Richard Anderssons second album, Richard Andersson/ Intuition (Stunt Records) features one of Denmarks most significant pianists, Jacob Anderskov besides the great saxophone player Bill McHenry (US) and drummer R.J. Miller (US). Music Critic Iver Rod (Gaffa Music Magazin) wrote: ”Sublimely beautiful improvisational music. The result of the insistence of a focused, musical being.”
The entrance fee is 2.000 krónur.
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Danski bassaleikarinn, Richard Andersson, hefur búið í Reykjavík í tæp tvö ár og unnið með fjölda tónlistarmanna úr djassheiminum.
Og nú er komið að kveðjustund.
Á síðustu tónleikum sínum hér (í bili) mun hann koma fram einn síns liðs í allra fyrsta sinn.
Að þessu tilefni vill hann gleðja áheyrendur og gefa þeim ókeypis niðurhal af óútgefinni plötu sinni sem hann tók upp í desember 2012, nánar tiltekið í Boston á heimili trommugúrúsins, Ra-Kalam Bob Moses.
Fram koma á plötunni:
George Garzone - saxófónn,
Jerry Bergonzi - saxófónn,
Ra-Kalam Bob Moses - trommur,
Richard Andersson - bassi.
Æviágrip
Richard Andersson fæddist í október 1982. Hann ólst upp með tónlistarfjölskyldu en sýndi aldrei mikinn áhuga á tónlist. "Foreldrar mínir hvöttu mig eindregið til að æfa á píanó, en ég nennti sjaldan að æfa mig á það. Svo var það alltaf leyndur draumur hjá mér að verða flottur gítarleikari, aðallega til að vekja hrifningu kvenna... ".
Þegar Richard var 14 ára breyttist allt. Hann lenti í alvarlegu flugeldaslysi og missti sjónina. Fljótlega eftir sjónarmissinn byrjaði Richard að læra á klassískan gítar og sá þá svo sterkt fegurð tónlistarinnar. "Seinna settist ég aftur við píanóið, spilaði á rokk/djass gítar og þegar ég var 16 ára varð bassinn mitt aðal hljóðfæri".
Richard Andersson lauk prófi frá Carl Nielsen Academy of Music í Odense í Danmörku (2008). Hann stundaði meistaranám í hinum virta Manhattan School of Music í New York (2008-2009) og stundar nú nám við Rhythmic Conservatory í Kaupmannahöfn.
Vorið 2010 fékk hann stærstu verðlaun sem ungir efnilegir djassistar geta hlotið í Danmörku og kallast "Stjerneprisen".
Síðar sama ár gaf hann út sína fyrsta plötu sem hlaut frábæra dóma bæði í Skandinavíu og New York. Í New York komst platan á lista All About Jazz yfir bestu dönsku plötu ársins 2010.
Þrátt fyrir tiltölulega ungan aldur hans Richards er hann nú þegar "einn af áhugaverðustu tónlistarmönnum dönsku djass senunnar" (Iver Rod / Gaffa) og hefur komið fram með bæði dönskum og alþjóðlegum listamönnum á borð við Jeff "Tain" Watts (USA), Bob Móse (USA), Phil Markowitz (USA), Andrew D'Angelo (USA), Dave Kikoski (USA), Bill McHenry (USA), Tony Malaby (USA), Rudi Mahall (DE), Tomas Franck (SE), Kasper Tranberg (DK), Jesper Zeuthen (DK), Ben Besiakov (DK), Uffe Steen (DK), Loren Stillman (USA), George Garzone (USA), Frank Tiberi (USA), Kresten Osgood (DK), Jakob Anderskov (DK), Henrik Walsdorf (DE).
Aðgangseyrir er 2.000 krónur.
For the second year in a row, the Reykjavík Arts Festival and culture house Mengi will collaborate on a concert series during the festival. Mengi has for the past few years run a vibrant programme, boosting Reykjavík’s cultural life with various events such as concerts and musical happenings, receiving nominations for the Icelandic Music Awards and the DV Culture Prize. This year, Mengi will host four concerts during the festival. Four Saturdays in a row, women musicians will appear at Mengi; women who are either at the height of their career or taking their first steps in the music world.
In her new solo performance Maya Dunietz explores space through airwaves. Through voice, piano and a unique projection technique Dunietz plays with layers – layers of sound, image and consciousness. The piece includes an exploration of spirals and loops and deals with the materialization of sound. Coming from the notion that music is movement of air in space, Dunietz is creating a multi-sensual experience. For this new piece Dunietz developed unique technologies including a tiny wireless mouth-speaker, projections of body on body, acoustic feedback and a multi-dimensional electro acoustic sound layer. This work was created for Palais de Tokyo, 2014. Video & Sound by Daniel Meir.
Maya Dunietz , born in 1981, is a composer, pianist and sound artist. Her work ranges between composing for ensembles and choirs, performing as pianist and singer, creating performance and sound installations, and building electronic instruments. Dunietz founded the experimental vocal ensemble “Givol Choir” and is a member of the Israeli band “Habiluim”.
Dunietz also performs regularly around the world playing free improvisation and has played with numerous artists such as John Butcher, Zeena Parkins, Ghedaliah Tazartes, David Moss and Steve noble, to name a few.
Entrance fee is 3000 kronur.
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Annað árið í röð munu Listahátíð í Reykjavík og menningarhúsið Mengi hafa samstarf um tónleika á Listahátíð. Mengi hefur undanfarið ár haldið uppi fjölbreyttri dagskrá og lífgað upp á menningarlíf Reykjavíkur með ýmsum viðburðum s.s. tónleikum, tónlistargjörninum og fleira og hefur bæði verið tilnefnt til Íslensku tónlistarverðlaunanna og Menningarverðlauna DV. Í ár verða fernir tónleikar haldnir í Mengi á Listahátíð. Fjóra laugardaga í röð stíga á stokk konur í tónlist, ýmist á hátindi ferilsins eða að stíga sín fyrstu skref innan tónlistarheimsins.
Laugardaginn 30. maí mun Maya Dunietz flytja verkið Boom fyrir píanó, rödd, vídeó og rafhljóðfæri. Tónskáldið, píanóleikarinn og hljóðinnsetningarlistamaðurinn Maya Dunietz er fædd árið 1981 í Ísrael. Hún hefur samið verk fyrir tónlistarhópa og kóra, komið fram sem píanóleikari og söngvari, flutt gjörninga og hljóðinnsetningar og smíðað rafhljóðfæri. Hún er stofnandi tilraunasönghópsins Givol og er í ísraelsku hljómsveitinni Habiluim.
Í nýju einleiksverki sínu, Boom, kannar Maya Dunietz rýmið með bylgjum sem fara um loftið. Með röddinni, píanóinu og einstakri vörpunartækni leikur hún sér að lagskiptingu hljóðs, myndefnis og vitundar. Verkið kannar spírala og lykkjur og fæst við efnisgervingu hljóðsins. Úr hugmyndinni um tónlist, sem hreyfingu lofts innan rýmis, skapar hún upplifun fyrir mörg skilningarvit. Fyrir þetta nýja verk hefur hún þróað einstaka tækni, m.a. lítinn þráðlausan hátalara sem hægt er að hafa í munninum, vörpun líkama á líkama, afturverkun hljóðs og margvítt lag af raf-akústísku hljóði.
Verkið var samið fyrir Palais de Tokyo árið 2014.
Miðaverð er 3000 krónur
As part of the Reykjavik Arts Festival, composer, pianists and sound artist, Maya Dunietz will give Reykjavik a taste of her sensual multi-layered sound.
Evolving over the last four years, A Solo Voice by Odeya Nini is an investigation of extended vocal techniques, resonance and pure expression, exploring the relationship between mind and body and the various landscapes it can yield. The work is a series of malleable compositions and improvisations that include field recordings and theatrical elements, aiming to dissociate the voice from its traditional attributes and create a new logic of song that is not only heard but seen through movement. Through multi-dimensionality that serves to both provoke and soothe in abstract communication, the voice is presented in its spectrum of natures as it travels through cultures, ages, emotions and colors, like photographs, with tender intimacy and bold aberrance.
Archie Carey - Solo Bassoon
A sonic exploration offering new creative possibilities from the bassoon, as a character and as a tool for realized imagination.
Bios:
Odeya Nini is a Los Angeles based experimental vocalist and contemporary composer. At the locus of her interests are textural harmony, gesture, tonal animation, and the illumination of minute sounds, in works spanning chamber music to vocal pieces and collages of musique concrète. Her solo vocal work extends the dimension and expression of the voice and body, creating a sonic and physical panorama of silence to noise and tenderness to grandeur. Odeya’s work has been presented at venues and festivals around the US and internationally from Los Angeles to Tel Aviv, Odessa, Mongolia and Vietnam. Odeya holds a BFA from the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music where she studied with Theo Bleckmann and Gerry Hemingway, and an MFA in composition from California Institute of the Arts. Her debut album Vougheauxyice (Voice), for solo voice, was released in April of 2014.
Archie Carey is a composer and a bassoonist living in Los Angeles. As a performer he plays music from the middle ages to the avant-garde, finding enjoyment in the details of many genres. His work as a composer aims to magnify sound, pitch, timbre, and environment to make the subtlest details a point of focus, achieved by using long durations, alternative tuning systems, and contrasts between extremely high volumes and silence. In solo work and in collaboration he has been experimenting with field recording, analog electronics, and aspects of performance art, drawing inspiration from natural phenomenon and personal experience.
Archie is an active member of new music ensembles wildUp and the Joshua Trio, as well as several improvisation groups.
Links:
Odeya
A Solo Voice - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3edfwPFshI
Tunnel - https://vimeo.com/82263220
website - http://www.odeyanini.com/
Archie:
website - http://www.archiecarey.com/
The entrance fee is 2.000 krónur.
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A Solo Voice er verkefni Odeyu Nini og hefur hún unnið að þróun þess síðastliðin 4 ár. Þar rannsakar hún fjölbreytta söngtækni. Hún skoðar samband huga mannsins og líkama og þau ýmsu mynstur sem þau flétta saman.
Efnið sem flutt verður á fimmtudag er nokkurs konar verk í vinnslu og notast Odeya við spuna, leikhústilbrigði, umhverfishljóðupptökur og fleira sem miðar að því að taka röddina úr sínu hefðbundna samhengi og breytir hljóði í óhefðbundið form þar sem það berst ekki aðeins til eyrna okkar heldur sést einnig í gegn um hreyfingu.
Með Odeyu Nini kemur fram Achie Carey á fagott.
Miðaverð er 2.000 krónur.
Lady Boy Records is happy to invite you to Mengi for the release party of Onsen, 50 limited edition cassettes will be issued for the occasion.
Onsen is the experimental electronic face of artist Trevor Welch (USA). Kanaya Base is an album that reflects on EDM culture, and explores loneliness, xenophobia, vacation, and distance. His live performance incorporates visuals and music to achieve an ambient experience that is “as ignorable as it is interesting."
Show starts at 21.00
Entrance fee is 2000 Isk
Website: http://onsen.la/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ooonsennn
Artist cv: http://tinyurl.com/tw-cv-jan-2015
Artist collective: http://starpine.co
Lady Boy Records
FB: https://www.facebook.com/ladyboyrecords
BC: https://ladyboyrecords.bandcamp.com/
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Lady Boy Records er sönn ánægja að bjóða ykkur í Mengi í tilefni af útgáfu LB010 á snældu.
Snældurnar eru gefnar út í afar takmörkuðu upplagi, aðeins 50 eintökum og verða til sölu á staðnum.
Onsen er önnur hlið hins tilraunakennda raftónlistarmanns Trevor Welch (USA). Kanaya Base er plata sem endurspeglar EDM (Electronic Dance Music) menningu, og kannar einsemd, útlendingahatur, afslöppun og víðáttu.
Á tónleikunum blandar hann saman tónlist og myndefni til að skapa rétt andrúmsloft og upplifun sem gefur engan gaum.
Tónleikarnir hefjast kl 21
Miðaverð er 2.000 kr.
Heimasíða: http://onsen.la/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ooonsennn
Ferilskrá listamannsins: http://tinyurl.com/tw-cv-jan-2015
Artist collective: http://starpine.co
Lady Boy Records
FB: https://www.facebook.com/ladyboyrecords
BC: https://ladyboyrecords.bandcamp.com/
Experimental electronic artist Trevor Welch (Onsen) will be performing to celebrate the release of his new cassette. There will only be 50 copies so make sure you arrive early!
For the second year in a row, the Reykjavík Arts Festival and culture house Mengi will collaborate on a concert series during the festival. Mengi has for the past few years run a vibrant programme, boosting Reykjavík’s cultural life with various events such as concerts and musical happenings, receiving nominations for the Icelandic Music Awards and the DV Culture Prize. This year, Mengi will host four concerts during the festival. Four Saturdays in a row, women musicians will appear at Mengi; women who are either at the height of their career or taking their first steps in the music world.
Galagalactic is an ode to infinity. It spirals in a figure eight pattern, all directions simultaneous. Every grain of sand magnified reveals a unique form and color as every sound has it´s own distinct texture and overtones. In Galagalactic, Gyda Valtysdottir, armed with bow and cello, will embroider moments of the infinite and offer to the audience a spiraling path to the inner spheres of the senses
Gyða Valtýsdóttir is a polychromatic performer, trained and untamed classically. She started in her early teens as one of the founding members of the dream-pop group múm but left the band to pursue her studies. She found her way through the labyrinth of higher education, double mastering from Hochschule für Musik, Basel, where her main teachers were Thomas Demenga and Walter Fähndrich. She moves vividly between music realms, composing, performing and recording with various musician & artists such as Shahzad Ismaily, Josephine Foster, Julian Sartorius, Colin Stetson, múm, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Efterklang, Guy Maddin, Ragnar Kjartansson and many others.
Entrance fee is 3.000 kronur
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Annað árið í röð munu Listahátíð í Reykjavík og menningarhúsið Mengi hafa samstarf um tónleika á Listahátíð. Mengi hefur undanfarið ár haldið uppi fjölbreyttri dagskrá og lífgað upp á menningarlíf Reykjavíkur með ýmsum viðburðum s.s. tónleikum, tónlistargjörninum og fleira og hefur bæði verið tilnefnt til Íslensku tónlistarverðlaunanna og Menningarverðlauna DV. Í ár verða fernir tónleikar haldnir í Mengi á Listahátíð. Fjóra laugardaga í röð stíga á stokk konur í tónlist, ýmist á hátindi ferilsins eða að stíga sín fyrstu skref innan tónlistarheimsins.
Laugardaginn 6. júní mun Gyða Valtýsdóttir flytja verkið Galagalactic sem er óður til eilífðarinnar. Það snýst í áttu, allar áttir samtímis. Hvert korn af sandi séð með auga smásjárinnar birtir liti og form svo sem sérhvert örhljóð hefur sinn stakleika, áferð og yfirtóna. Galagalactic er leikur að þessari litadýrð kosmískra agna og einda. Gyða Valtýsdóttir, vædd boga og sellói, mun spinna óð áttunnar úr augnablikinu og bjóða áheyrendum að æða um áttavillt í eilífðinni.
Gyða Valtýsdóttir hóf tónlistarferilinn á táningsaldri með hljómsveitinni múm. Hún yfirgaf sveitina til að einbeita sér að klassísku tónlistarnámi og lærði meðal annars í Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory í St. Pétursborg og Hochschule für Music í Basel, þar sem hún lauk meistaranámi í sellóleik hjá Thomas Demenga og frjálsum spuna hjá Walter Fähndrich. Hún leikur reglulega með Shahzad Ismaily, Josephine Foster, Julian Sartorius, Colin Stetson og múm og hefur unnið með fjölda annarra listamanna í gegnum árin, m.a. Ben Frost, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Efterklang, Dustin O’Halloran, Damien Rice, Ragnari Kjartanssyni, Hilmari Jenssyni, Skúla Sverrissyni o.fl.
Miðaverð er 3000 krónur
Program:
Berglind María Tómasdóttir: new work
Morton Feldman: Three Voices for Voice and Tape
Jessica Aszodi, voice
(A short excerpt of Jessica Aszodi performing the piece can be heard here on YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuJ20DceHDU
Jessica specializes in adventurous repertoire. She is a performer with a passionate commitment to meaningful music-making, through a varied schedule of performance, teaching, production, curation and research.
Her singing has been praised as “vivid" (New York Times) & “beautiful and dramatically controlled" (The Australian). Her operatic roles cover a wide terrain; from Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) to Sesto (Guilio Cesare) to Elliot Carter’s Rose (What Next?) and Stockhausen’s Eve [Dienstag aus Licht]. She has been nominated for Australian ‘Greenroom Awards’ as ‘best female operatic performer’ in both the leading and supporting categories. She is an alumna of the Victorian Opera Company’s Young Artist Program (2008-09).
As a soloist or chamber musician Jessica has performed with ICE (international contemporary ensemble), the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Victorian Opera, Wild Up, the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra, Eighth Blackbird, Bang on a Can and in Los Angeles Philharmonic's Green Umbrella series. She has featured in festivals around the world including the Aldeburgh Festival (UK), Darmstadt (Germany), Melbourne International Arts Festival, Vivid Sydney Festival (Australia) and Tanglewood Festival (USA). She is also a recording artist on Chandos, Ars Publica and Cajid.
She has received grants from the Australia Council for the Arts, the City of Melbourne and Arts Victoria in support of her activities recording, commissioning, producing and performing new Australian works. Jessica holds a Masters of Music Performance from University of California San Diego and is a candidate for the Doctor of Music Performance (research) at Griffith University.
http://jessicaaszodi.com
http://berglindtomasdottir.com
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Á tónleikunum í Mengi þriðjudagskvöldið 9. júní flytur Jessica Aszodi meistarasmíðina Three Voices fyrir rödd og hljóðrás eftir Morton Feldman. Auk þess verður frumflutt nýtt verk eftir Berglind M. Tómasdóttur fyrir flytjanda, myndvörpun og sneriltrommu.
Efnisskrá:
Berglind María Tómasdóttir: Nýtt verk
Morton Feldman: Three Voices for Voice and Tape
Jessica Aszodi, voice
Frank Aarnink, slagverk
Brot úr verki Feldmans má heyra á YouTube í flutningi Jessica Aszodi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuJ20DceHDU
Jessica sérhæfir sig í flutningi ævintýralegrar tónlistar. Hún er fjölhæfur tónlistarmaður sem einbeitir sér að innihaldsríkum tónlistarflutningi, sem flytjandi, kennari, framleiðandi listrænn stjórnandi og rannsakandi.
Hún hefur hlotið lof gagnrýnenda, meðal annars í New York Times og The Australian. Á óperusviðinu hefur hún tekið að sér fjölbreytt hlutverk: allt frá Donna Elvira í Don Giovanni, Sesto í Guilio Ceasare til Rose úr What Next? eftir Elliot Carter og Evu í Dienstag aus Licht eftir Stockhausen. Jessica Aszodi hefur verið tilnefnd til áströlsku “
Greenroom Awards sem besti kvenkyns óperuflytjandinn, bæði í aðal- og aukahlutverki. Hún stundaði nám við the Victorian Opera Company, á námsbraut ætluðum ungum listamönnum á árunum 2008-09.
Sem einsöngvari og kammertónlistarmaður hefu hún komið fram með ICE (international contemporary ensemble), the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Victorian Opera, Wild Up, the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra, Eighth Blackbird, Bang on a Can og í Green Umbrella tónleikaröð Los Angeles Fílharmóníunnar. Hún hefur komið fram á hátíðum víðs vegar um heiminn: the Aldeburgh Festival (UK), Darmstadt (Germany), Melbourne International Arts Festival, Vivid Sydney Festival (Australia) og Tanglewood Festival (USA). Söng hennar má heyra í útgáfum á vegum Chandos, Ars Publica og Cajid.
Hún hefur hlotið styrki frá Australia Council for the Arts, the City of Melbourne og Arts Victoria vegna verkefna sem tengjast ýmist upptökum, pöntunum á nýjum verkum, framleiðslu eða flutningi nýrra ástralskra tónsmíða. Jessica er með meistarapróf í tónlistarflutningi frá University of California í San Diego og stundar nú doktorsnám í tónlistarflutningi við Griffith University.
Australian operatic performer Jessica Aszodi will wow the audience with her vocal cords on stage Tuesday. Her voice has been described as “vivid” by The New York Times and “beautiful and dramatically controlled” by The Australian.
Þriðja kvöldið í tónleikaröð sem Mengi býður upp á með reglulegu millibili yfir árið, þar sem stórir hópar hljóðfæraleikara leika saman.
Í kvöld verður spilað á slagverk en gestir kvöldsins verða tilkynntir síðar.
Magnús T. Eliassen leiðir hópinn að þessu sinni en ásamt honum spila m.a.:
Matthías Hemstock
Kristófer Rodriguez Svönuson
Ólafur Björn Ólafsson
Frank Arnink
Andras Halmos
Miðaverð er 2000 krónur.
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Mengis third hour for multiple percussion instruments
The third installment in a series of large group improvisations that Mengi is presenting on a regular basis in 2015.
This evenings performers will be playing percussion instruments and their names will be announced shortly.
The evening´s curator is Magnús T. Eliassen. Among those who will be joining him are:
Matthías Hemstock
Kristófer Rodriguez Svönuson
Ólafur Björn Ólafsson
Frank Arnink
Andras Halmos
Entrance fee is 2000 kronur.
After meeting randomly at an amateur soccer practice, Icelandic musician/producer Ólafur Björn Ólafsson (Óbó) and Norwegian musician/composer Jo Berger Myhre began spending late nights creating music together in Ólafssons studio in Gufunes.
Utilizing their backgrounds from filmmusic and improvisation respectively, Ólafsson and Myhre meet with a common interest in producing music where improvised ideas act as a canvas on which widened soundscapes are spread out.
Starting off by pairing Ólafssons lonely drum patterns and/or warm keyboards with the bleak yet dark sound of Myhres double bass, they invite each other and the listener to join a musical trip that confuses the idea about whether the musicians are following the music or the other way around. The result is a solemn sound hinting at persian classical music, ambient, improv and decomposed riffs.
The concert at Mengi on June 12th will be their first appearance together and showcase a work-in-progress by two very special musical personalities.
Ólafur Björn Ólafsson (Óbó), has been a featured musician on the Icelandic music scene for many years. After playing with a.o. Sigur Rós, Jónsi, múm and Nix Noltes, he released his solo debut "Innhverfi" on Morr Music in 2014 to much critical acclaim. He is also doing steady work composing and recording music for films.
Jo Berger Myhre is a Norwegian bass player temporarily residing in Reykjavík. His main project is the drone-jazz band Splashgirl, soon to release their fifth album. Additional work includes the unique Swedish singer/songwriter Mariam the Believer (Wildbirds&Peacedrums), Norwegian trumpet legend Nils Petter Molvær, occasional collaborations with a.o. Susanna, Frida Ånnevik and composing for visual and scenic artists.
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Eftir óvænt kynni á fótboltaæfingu áhugamanna hófu hinn íslenski Ólafur Björn Ólafsson (Óbó), tónlistarmaður og framleiðandi og norska tónskáldið og tónlistarmaðurinn Jo Berger Myhre að eyða löngum kvöldstundum í að skapa tónlist saman í stúdíói Ólafs Björns í Gufunesi.
Á tónleikunum í Mengi 12. júní koma þeir fram saman í fyrsta sinn.
Ólafur Björn Ólafsson (Óbó) hefur verið vel þekktur í íslensku tónlistarlífi um árabil. Hann hefur m.a. spilað með Sigur Rós, Jónsa, múm og Nix Noltes og árið 2014 gaf hann út frumraun sína "Innhverfi" með Morr Music og hlaut mikið lof fyrir.
Hann vinnur einnig stöðugt að því að semja og taka upp tónlist fyrir kvikmyndir.
Jo Berger Myhre er norskur bassaleikari, búsettur í Reykjavík. Hann einblínir á drone-djass með hljómsveit sinni Splashgirl sem gefur út fimmtu plötu sína á næstu misserum. Auk þess vinnur hann með sænsku söngkonunni og lagahöfundinum Mariam the Believer (Wildbirds & Peacedrums) og trompetstjörnunni Nils Petter Molvær ásamt fleirum.
Miðaverð er 2.000 krónur.
Snorri Asmundsson (1966) is an artist that often seeks to affect the society by public events. He has disturbed the community he lives in for some years with extensive and remarkable performances where he works with social taboos like politics and religion. He has observed the reactions of the society, that is peoples response when accepted values are turned upside down, for example when a powerless individual takes in his hands power that normally is assigned by predetermined rules. Howsoever people react to these grandstand performances of the artist; he is first and foremost challenging sociological and religious values. He seeks sharp responses and examines the limits of his fellow man as well as his own.
Entrance fee is 2000 kronur
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Snorri Ásmundsson, fæddur 1966, er listamaður sem leitast gjarnan við að hafa áhrif á samfélagið með viðburðum sínum. Hann hefur hrist upp í samfélaginu sem hann býr í í þónokkur ár með eftirminnilegum sýningum þar sem hann vinnur með þjóðfélagsleg tabú líkt og stjórnmál og trúarbrögð.
Aðgangseyrir er 2000 krónur
Coming from California, on their way to London for a tour of the UK, Sea of Bees will be playing a surprise concert at Mengi this Sunday, June 14.
The new album Build a Boat to the Sun is out worldwide June 29. Hear tracks below and come see them live for their first Iceland show!
http://www.stereogum.com/1801416/sea-of-bees-test-yourself-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/
http://www.stereogum.com/1798368/sea-of-bees-dad/mp3s/
The queen of Berlin underground, Mary Ocher is possibly possessed by demons, perhaps by ghosts of deceased prophets. She has toured far and wide and will reach this time around quite a few new and exciting spots!
Her recent official album was produced by Canadian Rock&Roll guru King Khan (Black Lips) and came out on 4 labels so far (2 in Europe, 2 in the US), followed by a double anthology of home recordings from the past 10 years. Garage/Avant-Pop. Wonderfully raw and biting.
Not to be missed!
Bio:
Mary Ocher was born on November 10, 1986 in Moscow, Russia.
Fate brought her to Tel Aviv at the tender age of 4 and to Berlin at 20. She has been playing with various media, be it words, sound, color or movement since mastering the craft of songwriting at the age of 11.
Disillusioned by the mainstream music industry, she set her mind on accomplishing everything DIY. With her first band, Mary and The Baby Cheeses, that notion led to releasing 5 limited edition independent releases. The band toured all over Europe, in the underground circles, but that wasn't enough for young Ocher, she wanted to see blood!
''War Songs" was the first label release, it came out on the Berlin based label Haute Areal on March 11th 2011, then followed a 7'' EP. Both received incredibly wonderful reviews.
Other than being a stunning musician, Mary makes film, visual art, documentaries, music videos, art installations and poetry. She has become an integral part of the upcoming international Berlin cream and has recently joined the international art collective Autodiktat.
In 2011, she was discovered by King Khan at a karaoke Bar in Berlin. He immediately invited her to record at his legendary Moon Studios. The album took over a year to finish but it finally came out on Buback (Hamburg) on June 14, 2013.
IN THE MEANTIME, SHE HAS LAUNCHED THE NEW-TRIBALISM ACT, YOUR GOVERNMENT, WITH AN INCREDIBLE DRUMMER DUO,
And toured along the German best-selling author, Sibylle Berg, for her novel "Vielen Dank fuer Das Leben".
Mary Ocher continues to bewilder audiences with her powerful performances and incredible out-of-this-world voice.
Her wild outfits have also caused quite a stir on the scene. She currently resides in Berlin and has no plans at all.... only WORLD DOMINATION!!!!
www.maryocher.com
Gray Area in Mengi
Opening night celebration with surprises of the finest kind with secret guests joining forces with festival artists.
In his day, Frederic Chopin was described as a good pianist until midnight, but a great one thereafter. Fully embodying the idea of the romantic genius, Chopin would sit down at the piano late at night in the smoke-filled salons of Paris and improvise with otherworldly abandon, much to the delight of his friends. Some of his greatest works were conceived in this way, during the dusky evening sessions he himself referred to as ‘the gray hour’. The next morning he would, without fail, soberly refine his conceptions and discipline them into forms fit for posterity - but his inspiration was a nocturnal creature.
In the spirit of Chopin, we have organised three very special events that do not conform to the traditional recital format, and have been given the name The Gray Area. Our artists will announce each programme on the spot before performing their selected works in an intimate house concert-style setting.
Come to the Gray Area at Mengi during the gray hours of the night and enjoy a full technicolor spectrum of music in a friendly and informal atmosphere. A perfect way to end an evening.
Entrance fee is 2000 kronur.
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Gráa svæðið í Mengi
Opnunarhátíð -Óvæntar uppákomur af fínustu sort þar sem leynigestir leggja listamönnum hátíðarinnar lið.
Samtímamenn Frederics Chopin sögðu hann góðan p.anista fyrir miðnætti, en frábæran eftir það. Það var í næturhúminu, á „gráa tímanum“, sem hinn fínlegi og nákvæmi Chopin sleppti fram af sér beislinu við hljóðfærið og impróvíseraði stórkostlegar tónsmíðar, vinum sínum til mikillar gleði. Morgnana notaði hann svo til þess að fága og fullvinna það sem honum hafði dottið í hug í hita leiksins - en skáldgáfa hans tilheyrði nóttinni.
Það er með vísan til þessa - og hins óvænta sem á sér stað þegar farið er út fyrir mörk hins viðbúna - sem við nefnum frjálslega stofutónleika í Mengi Gráa svæðið. Dagskráin er óskrifuð og allt getur gerst, stemmningin er afslöppuð og heimilisleg, listamennirnir kynna sjálfir verkin sem þeir spila.
Njótið stuttra stofutónleika fyrir svefninn - lítið við í Mengi á gráa tímanum og hlýðið á tónlist í öllum regnbogans litum.
Aðgangseyrir er 2000 krónur
Stafrænn Hákon will perform at Mengi Gallery on June 19th. Their 9th album titled “Dula” will be out in the fall. The album includes 9 songs of floaty, powerful, melodic ambient rock. The band will perform new songs as well as some old ones.
Stafrænn Hákon is the stage name used by Icelandic musician Ólafur Josephsson. Ólafur has been making music on his own as Stafrænn Hákon since 1999. Stafrænn Hákon has released 8 full length albums and series of ep´s. Currently Stafrænn Hákon´s 9th full length album is being mixed and will be released in 2015.
Stafrænn Hákon has collaborated with a broad range of artists and musicians and was aired at the late John Peel´s radio sessions amongst others. He has released material on The U.S based indie label Secret Eye, Resonant Records, Awkward Silence, Chat Blanc, Japanese Nature Bliss & Happy Prince as well as on the Darla Records.
Stafrænn Hákon has continued sliding a comic or surreal twist in his songwriting since 1999, challenging the epic and dreamy connotations his music has always been ascribed with. Humour in combination with sincerity has
long been some of Stafrænn Hákon´s driving forces, a twisted combination that reflects a personal nuance for those curious to dig deeper into the musical mindscape of the man behind the band.
The band´s current lineup consists of guitarists Ólafur Josephsson and Lárus Sigurðsson, bass guitarist Árni Þór Árnason, drummer Róbert Már Runólfsson and singer Magnús Freyr Gíslason.
Entrance fee is 2000 kronur.
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Hljómsveitin Stafrænn Hákon kemur fram í Mengi föstudagin 19. júní n.k. Stafrænn Hákon er að leggja lokahönd á sína 9. skífu sem mun bera nafnið "Dula" og kemur út með haustinu. 9 laga skífa skreytt kraftmiklum poppskotnum sveimlögum sem svíkja engan.
Á tónleikunum munu meðlimir framkalla músík af nýrri afurð í bland við eldra efni. Hljómsveitin undirbýr sig óðum fyrir framkomu á ATP Iceland nú í júlí og því tilvalið að slá upp í tónaveislu í Mengi sem mun henta geysivel fyrir tóna Stafræns Hákons.
Stafrænn Hákon hefur unnið með ólíkum tónlistarmönnum í gegnum tíðina eða nánar tiltekið frá því um aldamótin síðustu. Stafrænn Hákon hefur hlotist sá heiður að fá útvarpspilun hjá John Peel heitnum ásamt því að vera ausaður lofi í Wire tónlistarmiðlinum. Efni Stafræns hefur komið út á mismunandi erlendum útgáfum á borð við Secret Eye, Resonant Records, Awkward Silence, Chat Blanc, Nature Bliss/Happy Prince, Kimi Records og Darla. Í gegnum árin hefur tónlistin ávallt verið draumkennd en um leið melódísk og krafmikil. Oft hefur einlægni með slettu af kímnigáfu verið stór þáttur í sköpunarferlinu.
Núverandi meðlimir eru Ólafur Josephsson, Árni Þór Árnason, Lárus Sigurðsson, Róbert Runólfsson og Magnús Freyr Gíslason.
Miðaverð er 2000 krónur.
Gray Area in Mengi
Music Imitates Language. We hear the raw power of expression in Kodály’s Duo for violin and cello - and more.
In his day, Frederic Chopin was described as a good pianist until midnight, but a great one thereafter. Fully embodying the idea of the romantic genius, Chopin would sit down at the piano late at night in the smoke-filled salons of Paris and improvise with otherworldly abandon, much to the delight of his friends. Some of his greatest works were conceived in this way, during the dusky evening sessions he himself referred to as ‘the gray hour’. The next morning he would, without fail, soberly refine his conceptions and discipline them into forms fit for posterity - but his inspiration was a nocturnal creature.
In the spirit of Chopin, we have organised three very special events that do not conform to the traditional recital format, and have been given the name The Gray Area. Our artists will announce each programme on the spot before performing their selected works in an intimate house concert-style setting.
Come to the Gray Area at Mengi during the gray hours of the night and enjoy a full technicolor spectrum of music in a friendly and informal atmosphere. A perfect way to end an evening.
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Gráa svæðið í Mengi
Tónlistin hermir eftir tungumálinu. Við hlýðum á frumkraftinn í dúói Kodály fyrir fiðlu og selló - meðal annars.
Samtímamenn Frederics Chopin sögðu hann góðan p.anista fyrir miðnætti, en frábæran eftir það. Það var í næturhúminu, á „gráa tímanum“, sem hinn fínlegi og nákvæmi Chopin sleppti fram af sér beislinu við hljóðfærið og impróvíseraði stórkostlegar tónsmíðar, vinum sínum til mikillar gleði. Morgnana notaði hann svo til þess að fága og fullvinna það sem honum hafði dottið í hug í hita leiksins - en skáldgáfa hans tilheyrði nóttinni.
Það er með vísan til þessa - og hins óvænta sem á sér stað þegar farið er út fyrir mörk hins viðbúna - sem við nefnum frjálslega stofutónleika í Mengi Gráa svæðið. Dagskráin er óskrifuð og allt getur gerst, stemmningin er afslöppuð og heimilisleg, listamennirnir kynna sjálfir verkin sem þeir spila.
Njótið stuttra stofutónleika fyrir svefninn - lítið við í Mengi á gráa tímanum og hlýðið á tónlist í öllum regnbogans litum.
The Suitable World: Seeking One Perfect Thing
A History, A Performance, A Quest.
American artists Joshua-Michéle Ross and Yvette Molina show work from The Suitable World at Mengi.
The Suitable World documents a 28-day journey across Iceland wearing a single three-piece suit. It is about seeking a balance between beauty and utility in the things we carry with us and the social dynamics that occur when wearing a suit in places it clearly does not belong. It is also a meditation on trying to preserve the things we love against the relentless wearing effect of time. The show will include photography and video.
Meet the artists on day 24 of the project (still wearing “the suit”). They hope to still be in presentable condition!
Gray Area in Mengi
Adagio in the Memory of Beethoven. We observe a magical, moonlit meeting of Shostakovich and Beethoven.
In his day, Frederic Chopin was described as a good pianist until midnight, but a great one thereafter. Fully embodying the idea of the romantic genius, Chopin would sit down at the piano late at night in the smoke-filled salons of Paris and improvise with otherworldly abandon, much to the delight of his friends. Some of his greatest works were conceived in this way, during the dusky evening sessions he himself referred to as ‘the gray hour’. The next morning he would, without fail, soberly refine his conceptions and discipline them into forms fit for posterity - but his inspiration was a nocturnal creature.
In the spirit of Chopin, we have organised three very special events that do not conform to the traditional recital format, and have been given the name The Gray Area. Our artists will announce each programme on the spot before performing their selected works in an intimate house concert-style setting.
Come to the Gray Area at Mengi during the gray hours of the night and enjoy a full technicolor spectrum of music in a friendly and informal atmosphere. A perfect way to end an evening.
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Gráa svæðið í Mengi
Adagio í minningu Beethovens. Við fylgjumst með fundi Beethovens og Shostakovich í glampandi tunglskini.
Samtímamenn Frederics Chopin sögðu hann góðan p.anista fyrir miðnætti, en frábæran eftir það. Það var í næturhúminu, á „gráa tímanum“, sem hinn fínlegi og nákvæmi Chopin sleppti fram af sér beislinu við hljóðfærið og impróvíseraði stórkostlegar tónsmíðar, vinum sínum til mikillar gleði. Morgnana notaði hann svo til þess að fága og fullvinna það sem honum hafði dottið í hug í hita leiksins - en skáldgáfa hans tilheyrði nóttinni.
Það er með vísan til þessa - og hins óvænta sem á sér stað þegar farið er út fyrir mörk hins viðbúna - sem við nefnum frjálslega stofutónleika í Mengi Gráa svæðið. Dagskráin er óskrifuð og allt getur gerst, stemmningin er afslöppuð og heimilisleg, listamennirnir kynna sjálfir verkin sem þeir spila.
Njótið stuttra stofutónleika fyrir svefninn - lítið við í Mengi á gráa tímanum og hlýðið á tónlist í öllum regnbogans litum.
Kinsomiðja presents Cherry Kino, a sister lab dedicated to experimental 16mm and super8 filmmaking from England. A screening of super colourful hand-processed films made on Super 8 and 16mm film by analogue film artist Cherry Kino! Come and watch a salty love letter to the sea, a film made entirely with 'nail art' materials, an eco-film of the Finnish forest, a solarized celebration of an island populated by crabs and seagulls, a look at maritime aggression, a carnival film, a sexy park, and a fairground attraction extravaganza!
The screening also features three collaborations, 'Sight by Sonar' made with Christian Hardy where images of love, death and regeneration combine in an intimate homage to a dead bat, 'Bad Blood', a poetry film made with the Brutalist poet Adelle Stripe, and 'Nail Art' made with the musician Kathy Alberici.
Cherry Kino creates her films on Super 8 and 16mm, which are both processed and edited by hand. She explores a variety of processes, including cross-processing, solarizing, contact printing, rayograms, toning, inking, bleaching, burying, and good old shooting too! Her aim as an analogue filmmaker is to express personalized visions and emotions in a sensual way that can be physically felt and known by the cinema audience. Her films reveal an attraction to material and sensual experiences, discovering how emotions materialize without words and how the physical presence of the image is revealed in our bodies.
http://kinosmidja.org
http://www.cherrykino.com
https://vimeo.com/cherrykino
Entrance fee is 2000 kronur
Cherry Kino, screening:
Salt (16mm) - 07:48
Peach (16mm) - 11:34
Iron Work (16mm) - 03:39
Nail Art (16mm, with a digital soundtrack) - 02:53
Attraction (Super 8 & 16mm, shown on digital) - 11:16
Crab Island (Super 8, shown on digital) - 05:37
A Ramble in Serralves Park (Super 8, shown on digital) - 04:42
Sight by Sonar (Super 8, shown on digital) - 06:08
The Garden of Polymitas (Super 8, shown on digital) - 09:30
Bad Blood (Super 8, shown on digital) - 04:23
Alana and the Carnival (Super 8, shown on digital) - 03:45
Maritime (end of the line) (Super 8, shown on digital) - 03:06
Silva Shade (Super 8, shown on digital) - 04:17
Berlin Blue (Super 8, shown on digital) - 02:48
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Kinosmiðja kynnir systursmiðju sína, Cherry Kino frá Englandi!
Þann 23. júní verður haldin litrík kvikmyndasýning í Mengi þar sem sýndar verða handgerðar súper 8 og 16 mm kvikmyndir eftir listamanninn Cherry Kino. Margs konar tækni er beitt við gerð myndanna, til að mynda er ein þeirra alfarið gerð úr efnum sem notuð eru til naglaskreytinga og í annarri er notuð tækni þar sem ljósi er hleypt inn á filmuna á ákveðinn hátt (solarized). Komið og sjáið saltmergjað ástarbréf til hafsins; umhverfismynd úr finnskum skógi; hyllingu til eyjar sem hýsir krabba og máva; sögur af karnivali, af kynþokka í almenningsgarði og af ýkjuverki skemmtigarðarins.
Einnig verða sýndar myndir sem Cherry Kino hefur unnið í samstarfi við aðra listamenn. Myndina „Sight by Sonar“ vann hún með Christian Hardy þar sem myndbirtingar ástar, dauða og endurnýjunar mynda einlægan óð til látinnar leðurblöku. „Bad Blood“ er myndgert ljóð sem hún vann með ljóðskáldinu Adelle Stripe og „Nail Art“ vann hún með tónlistarmanninum Kathy Alberici.
Listamaðurinn Cherry Kino vinnur við að búa til handgerðar kvikmyndir með super 8 og 16mm kvikmyndafilmu. Til þess að ná fram þeim áhrifum sem sögur hennar og hugmyndir kalla eftir notar hún hliðræna tækni og beitir ýmsum brögðum við myndvinnsluna. Markmið hennar er að skapa hughrif hjá áhorfendum sem birtir áhuga hennar og ástriðu á efninu sjálfu þ.e kvikmyndafilmunni; hvernig efnið fangar litróf tilfinninganna og hvernig myndin fangar líkamann.
Cherry Kino, dagskrá:
Salt (16mm) - 07:48
Peach (16mm) - 11:34
Iron Work (16mm) - 03:39
Nail Art (16mm, with a digital soundtrack) - 02:53
Attraction (Super 8 & 16mm, shown on digital) - 11:16
Crab Island (Super 8, shown on digital) - 05:37
A Ramble in Serralves Park (Super 8, shown on digital) - 04:42
Sight by Sonar (Super 8, shown on digital) - 06:08
The Garden of Polymitas (Super 8, shown on digital) - 09:30
Bad Blood (Super 8, shown on digital) - 04:23
Alana and the Carnival (Super 8, shown on digital) - 03:45
Maritime (end of the line) (Super 8, shown on digital) - 03:06
Silva Shade (Super 8, shown on digital) - 04:17
Berlin Blue (Super 8, shown on digital) - 02:48
**Opening Event on June 24th with Sirkus photos and Sirkus performers! Photos on exhibit until July 15th**
Last summer, American photographer Jeaneen Lund flew from New York to Iceland and spent 5 weeks documenting the journey of Iceland’s first and only traveling circus, Sirkus Íslands, as they zig-zagged through 5 towns around the country. She set out to capture this unique fusion of culture, performance, landscape, and visual excitement through photos and videos.
Sirkus Íslands is a home grown, family style Sirkus with 26 talented performers. They do everything themselves - set up the tent, prepare the food, sell the candy floss & popcorn, then put all of their energy into their 3 shows and dazzle the audience. Last year they sold over 22,000 tickets to locals and foreigners, and unlike many other circuses, no animals are used in their shows.
The 3 Sirkus shows are:
Heima er best - Family show with acrobats, clowns, balancing acts, cyr wheel and much more!
S.I.R.K.U.S. - Children’s show, aimed towards preschool age, but also entertaining for adults.
Skinnsemi - 18+ Adult cabaret variety show with fun, tongue-in-cheek humor and circus themed acts. Definitely for the open minded audience, ready for a fun time!
In addition to the images Jeaneen captured of the performers building the tent, quiet moments backstage, on-stage performances and life on the road, she hiked with them to stunning remote locations where she created environmental portraits of them.
Icelandair will publish a 4 page photo essay with Jeaneen's Sirkus photos in their July/Summer 2015 issue.
On June 24th, a selection of images will be exhibited at Mengi in Reykjavik. The opening will also involve Sirkus flair, with performers! The exhibition will run until July 15th at Mengi - Odinsgata 2, Reykjavik.
The Sirkus Íslands summer tour can be found at: www.sirkus.is
You can see more of Jeaneen Lund’s photos/videos at: www.jeaneenlund.com
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Opnunar viðburður með myndum og skemmtiatriðum frá Sirkus Íslands! Myndasýningin verður í gangi þar til 15. júlí.
Síðasta sumar flaug ameríski ljósmyndarinn Jeaneen Lund frá New York til Íslands og varði 5 vikum í að skjalfesta ferðalag Sirkus Íslands um 5 bæjarfélög víðs vegar um landið, en sirkusinn er fyrsti og eini ferðasirkusinn sem landsmenn hafa átt. Hún lagði upp með að fanga þessa einstöku blöndu menningar, framkomu, landslags og spennandi augnakonfekts í gegnum ljósmyndir og myndbönd.
Sirkus Íslands er heimatilbúinn, fjölskylduvænn Sirkus með 26 hæfileikaríkum skemmtikröftum. Þau sjá um alla hluti sjálf - setja upp tjaldið, útbúa matinn, selja sælgætið og poppið, en setja að auki alla sína orku í sínar 3 sýningar og heilla áhorfendur upp úr skónum. Í fyrra seldu þau rúmlega 22.000 miða til bæði heimamanna og ferðamanna en ólíkt mörgum öðrum sirkúsum eru engin dýr með í för.
Sirkus sýningarnar þrjár eru:
Heima er best - Fjölskylduskemmtun með fimleikaatriðum, trúðum, jafnvægisæfingum, cyr hjóli og ýmsu fleira!
S.I.R.K.U.S. - Barnasýning sem miðast við barnaskóla aldur en er einnig góð skemmtun fyrir fullorðna.
Skinnsemi - Fullorðins kabarett fyrir 18 ára og eldri með skemmtilegum tvíræðum húmor og ýmsum sirkus atriðum. Sérstaklega miðað að áhorfendum með opinn hug sem eru til í að skemmta sér!
Auk myndanna sem Jeaneen tók af skemmtikröftunum við störf sín að setja upp tjaldið, slaka á baksviðs, koma fram á sviði og lífinu á ferðalagi yfir höfuð fór hún einnig með hópnum á vel valdar náttúruslóðir til að taka myndir sérstaklega.
Icelandair mun birta 4 blaðsíðna myndasögu með myndum Jeaneen af Sirkusinum í sumarútgáfu sinni núna í júlí.
Sumar dagskrá Sirkus Íslands má finna á vefsíðu þeirra www.sirkus.is.
Fleiri myndir/myndbönd eftir Jeaneen Lund má sjá á vefsíðu hennar www.jeaneenlund.com.
