This is a newsletter with a lapidary (etymological context of this word: lapis, lapid- ‘stone’, Latin) character: concise and succint, featuring two upcoming events in the next few weeks. First up is Tomoko Hojo‘s post-residency presentation, who will share the ongoing development of Whispered Screaming, a practice exploring suppressed vocal expression as a form of micro-resistance. Our monthly Second Sundays listening session is taken care of by Michaela Turcerová, whom we were able to catch on her tour along the KRAAK festival, among others.
Post-residency presentation 27 February – 18h – @Q-O2 Tomoko Hojo This performance is a moment of sharing, focussing on the ongoing development of Whispered Screaming, a practice that has been in progress since 2022. Initially conceived as a solo performance piece, it involves screaming under throat pressure, resulting in a whisper-like voice. This method disrupts the usual release of bodily energy through the mouth, creating physical struggle and a sense of “pain”—a reflection of the conflict between the urge to scream and the inability to do so. Based on personal experiences during the Asian Hate Movement in NYC, the piece serves as a form of micro-resistance against the increasing outbursts of rage, violence, and hate spreading across the world. The silenced pain, often hidden even from those who experience it, becomes tangible through this practice, transforming into performance. During Tomoko Hojo’s residency, the focus lies on exploring the ‘whispered/silenced state’ that emerges only through real physical struggle. The act of utterance is blocked despite the attempt, yet quiet breath and inaudible screams escape through the face and body. This work examines the process of voicing, sounding, and screaming, and how the body and emotions transform in relation to that struggle. Here, silence is no longer passive; it becomes a powerful visual presence and an imaginative noise, even in the absence of sound. [more info]
Second Sundays #58 9 March – 17h (doors 16h30) – @Q-O2 – free Michaela Turcerová
Michaela Turcerová is a musician and composer from Banská Bystrica in Slovakia based in Copenhagen, playing alto/soprano saxophone and bass clarinet in the realm of partly open scores, (un)conventional notations, conceptual ideas, minimalism and physical space . She leads the doudouči ensemble and ensemble š[removed], works on her solo project IN FLUX, and plays in multiple groups, including ALAWARI, Wolfskin Ensemble, and mocean. Second Sundays is a monthly series initiated by Q-O2. Each session a new guest is invited to share an insight into their own listening, playing and speaking about a selection of sound and music that is important to their thinking or practice. The sessions try to put value on listening to recorded music in a social setting as a space for discussion. Each session is paired with a cocktail-of-the-month, as decided by the invited guest. [more info]
Festival 1 – 4 May Oscillation ::: The Weather
Featuring: Áine O’Dwyer, Amber Meulenijzer, Catherine Lamb & Rebecca Lane & Bryan Eubanks (Sacred Realism), d’incise, David Toop, Gabi Schaffner, Jana Winderen, Jonathan Frigeri, Marja Ahti, Marta Zapparoli, meLê yamomo, Nele Möller, Pat Thomas, Soumaya Phéline, Silvia Tarozzi & Deborah Walker, Tzu Ni, Vanessa Rossetto, Yara Mekawei, and more to be announced. Festival passes are already on sale. The 2025 festival Oscillation ::: The Weather departs from practices around field recording – listening to one’s environment through microphones, memory, or language. The festival will link field recording to the weather as phenomenon, as metaphor, and as concept, able to cause poetic and beautiful effects but also to manifest radically destructive events. 4 days (1-4 May) of concerts, (in-situ) performances, a conference, round table conversations, walks, a series of workshops, a field trip and an uninterrupted radio stream. All of this is hosted by Le Brass, BiS (Bodies in Space), atelier 210, La Cheminée and more places to be announced. The complete line-up and breakdown per day will go online soon, as will the ticket sales for seperate days. Festival passes are already available here. [more info]
Listen Mona Brico – Second Sundays #56 A fond memory of our first listening session this year. [more info]