OK: this cruel seasonal shift has clearly manifested itself. Fortunately, to counter accompanying mood swings, we have the necessary opportunities to welcome you to our high and dry headquarters the coming weeks, and some beautiful Oscillation 2023 memories.
First up is Second Sundays #44 with Gerard Herman – rumor has it that his songs are sometimes hummed in the Q-O2 office – who will present a listening session around “ethnic recordings. The ones that give me the [removed]#8221; Followed by a post-residency performance by Constanza Castagnet using voice and computer, open studio days with Christophe Albertijn and a workshop on Hardware hacking and experimental electronicswithMagno Caliman.
Release Oscillation ::: o tempo
Q-O2 / umland editions is pleased to present 4 split releases of live recordings from our festival Oscillation ::: o tempo that took place in April this [removed];Relive the moment or hear what you missed – beautiful and profound memories, they are:
Issue 1: Ameel Brecht / Olga Kokcharova Issue 2: Maria Komarova / Limpe Fuchs & Valérie Vivancos Issue 3: John McCowen / Nur/Se performs Éliane Radigue Issue 4: Clara de Asís & Rebecca Lane / Charlemagne Palestine
Second Sundays #44 12 November – 17h (doors 16h30) – free – @ Q-O2 Gerard Herman
For its forty fourth edition, Second Sundays invites artist Gerard Herman, for a session of “ethnic recordings. The ones that give me the goosebumps.” Gerard Herman, lives and works. Has a lot of free time and needs a lot of free space for it. He’s currently here and there, besides that, in the past, and what not, etc.
Constanza will present a live performance using voice and computer, based on a series of tango songs from her great grandfather. They were manipulated and transformed with the idea of going beneath the surface and capturing sonic nuances resisting the conventional notation and style of tango. The distortion and manipulation of materials plays an important role in revealing the distance between traditional composition and a non conventional approach to an expansive idea of music. The piece will evolve through improvisation with computer, pre-recorded sounds, some live electronics, and experimental singing. Taking sounds from the past into the present, the original melodies gently distort and degrades, accommodating to a kind of balance between production and loss.
Open studio days 29 November, 6, 13 & 20 December – 10h-13h – @ Q-O2 Christophe Albertijn – HUIS
This residency will focus on organising the material from the last 3 years since the start of the HUIS label, which consists of not only the recordings which have been released digitally, but also video images, photography, texts, unreleased recordings and more. With the aim of making a publication, these materials will be revisited and expanded in an open studio where these materials will be shown and elucidated on regular moments during the residency, creating a dialogue between the public, contributors and [removed];
Studio visits are also possible on other moments on appointment: please email Christophe at huisklank[AT]gmail[DOT]com.
Workshop 2 December – 11h-17h – @ Q-O2 – €15/20 Hardware hacking and experimental electronics with Magno Caliman
In this workshop we will experiment with the electronic circuits as materials for experimental artistic practices. Making use of simple alligator clips and batteries, we’ll modify and hack scrap speakers and motors, turning them into synthesizers, percussion instruments, and kinetic sculptures. In the process we’ll learn, in practice, basic electronic concepts such as electrical conductivity and electromagnetism, and how they relate to audio and sound generation.
From a discussion on notions such as the Brazillian “gambiarra” and programmed obsolescence, we’ll also modify commercial electronic devices exploring the practice of circuit bending, altering the circuits of devices that in other circumstances would be obsolete and/or discarded.
Workshop in English – no prior knowledge is needed for participation. Information on materials will be sent by email to the participants after registration. Registration via email at
Fee 20€ / 15€ (reduced)
Workshop in the framework of tekhnē, supported by Creative [removed];