Malmö Microbes Mayhem

 

The team working with “Microbes in The Desert of The Real – The Simple and The Complex” will show their work at Hallwylska museet in Stockholm in November 2025. Carima Neusser who is a member of the team is in residency at Dansstationen in Malmö November 19-24, 2024 to prepare for the presentation in Stockholm.

Microbes offer an interesting way into complexity. Their small size and the fact that they are everywhere connects them to other complex systems and their influence cannot be understated. Without microbes there would be no life on this planet, and small changes can have profound consequences for other interconnected complex systems.

French poet Paul Valéry wrote: “If it’s simple, it’s always false. If it’s not, it’s unusable.” It is important to be able to simplify ideas without losing the complexities underpinning them, but how do we do that?

The world is full of unknown unknowns and to help us sort all of this out and extend our knowledge increasingly complex computer programs are being used.  But there is a problem with this. As computer models or simulations become increasingly complex they also become harder to understand. This is referred to as Bonini’s paradox.

“Microbes in The Desert of The Real – The Simple and The Complex” is supported by Nordic Culture Fund (through Morgondagens konstpublik) and Kulturbryggan.

Zygote Workshop in Stockholm

- Zygote is preparing new proto-events that will be shown at Weld in Stockholm in spring 2025.

Zygote is project where performance artists, dancers, musicians and researchers in foetal development are working together. Zygote is a mobile laboratory that moves between different Swedish urban and natural locations. The work is a collective investigation, where the audience is actively involved in shaping the results.

The process does not result in a final performance, instead the working group conducts a series of ongoing investigations together with different audience groups. We call these proto-performances. This makes the work an ongoing and investigative process.

The Zygote team with members from Ireland and Åland will be in residence at Höjden in Stockholm November 9-16, 2024.

Zygote is supported by Kulturbryggan.

Do Trees Dream of Oasises

 

Curatorial MUtiny is organising an 8 day workshop in Tunis, Sousse and Gabes in Tunisia September 30 – October 7. During the workshop the team will investigate if the outcomes of the project “Do Trees Dream of CO2” can be applied to palm trees. Palm trees are technically not trees, but plants, so it will be interesting to see what can be done:

“In our working process we focus primarily on trees’ and their inner signalling. We use the PepiPIAF technology to measure changes in their inner. This non-invasive technology is attached to a branch of a tree. It measures the changes in pressure and temperature inside the actual tree, based on how sap moves. It shows how a tree adapts itself to changes of temperature, season, and daily rhythm. From these measurements we can derive information about how the tree grows and to a certain degree how it adapts to outside changes. You can find more info about the PepiPIAF here. (In French only.) We also record the sounds that the tree makes as it grows using specially designed microphones. These sounds are then modulated by the data from the tree and by human digital musical tools.”

During the workshop the Franco-Swedish team will work will artists Soufia Bensaid and Hela Lamine. Amonst other things, they will visit and work with Association De Sauvegarde De L’Oasis De Chenini Gabes – ASOC and make a public presentation at Institut Supérieur des Beaux Arts de Sousse on October 7.

Do Trees Dream of CO2 is supported by Kulturbryggan.

Performance at Teatermaskinen

Curatorial Mutiny has organised a a dance workshop that focused on Nordic romantic art at Teatermaskinen in Riddarhyttan. On September 28 at 8pm, They will present the outcome of their work at Teatermaskinen. Participants come from Sweden, Norway and Finland.

They work has been led by Ricardo Rubio, who  is a Mexican choreographer, poet, and performance artist.

Entrance is free. Please visit the Teatermaskinen website for directions. The event is supported by OPSTART at Nordic Culture fund.

Zygote at Palladium

 

- Curatorial Mutiny and Vision Forum announces another Zygote proto-event. This time, we will be at at Palladium in Malmö August 9, 2024

Zygote is project where performance artists, dancers, musicians and researchers in foetal development are working together. Zygote is a mobile laboratory that moves between different Swedish urban and natural locations. The work is a collective investigation, where the audience is actively involved in shaping the results.

The process does not result in a final performance, instead the working group conducts a series of ongoing investigations together with different audience groups. We call these proto-performances. This makes the work an ongoing and investigative process.

The audience is invited to “find their way back to” the foetal stage while their bodies are immersed in water. They are led through these experimental water exercises by a choreographer. Together with her they develop new ways of experiencing their own bodies. They do so by investigating movements that the foetus performs during its development in the womb.

Zygote is supported by Kulturbryggan.

In residence in Malmö

Zygote will be in residency at Dansstationen in Malmö August 1-10, 2024. Zygote is project where performance artists, dancers, musicians and researchers in foetal development are working together. Zygote is a mobile laboratory that moves between different Swedish urban and natural locations. The work is a collective investigation, where the audience is actively involved in shaping the results.

The audience is invited to “find their way back to” the foetal stage while their bodies are immersed in water. They are led through these experimental water exercises by a choreographer. Together with her they develop new ways of experiencing their own bodies. They do so by investigating movements that the foetus performs during its development in the womb.

This time the Zygote team will present a new form of showing the the work. They will present at traditional staged version of their experiences in water.

Zygote is supported by Kulturbryggan.

UV: Fully Booked Performances

 

Performance program 20h, July 19, 2024.

 

Nour Justinia Hotel, Sousse, Tunisia.
Organiser: Elbirou Art Gallery with AllArtNow and Vision Forum
Curators: Abir Boukhari & Karim Sghaier

In conjunction with the UV biennial Vision Forum will present an evening of performances with Swedish and Tunisian artists working together. The project takes place in a centrally located hotel which is in the process of being renovated. The performances will take place outdoors in the hotel’s open yard.

 

Artists in the project:

Wissem El-Abed (Tunisia), Severin Guelpa (Switzerland), Eleonore Josso (France), Amine Melki (Tunisia), Fredj Moussa (Tunisia/France), Asma Laajimi (Tunisia), Mouna Jemal Siala (Tunisia), Diogo Pereira (Portugal), Mohamed Ben Soltane (Tunisia), Ahlem Chihaoui (Tunisia), Nisrine Boukhari (Syria/Austria), Omar Bey (Tunisia), Mustapha Sedjal (Algeria/France), Selim Ben Cheikh (Tunisia), Shelley Vanderbyl (Canada), Khaled Abedrabbou (Tunisia), Mats Hjelm (Sweden), Najah Zarbout (Tunisia), Carima Neusser (Sweden), Sara A. Tremblay (Canada), Edgar Endress (Chile), Muhammad Ali (Syria/Sweden), Karama Sayadi (Tunisia), Per Huttner (Sweden).