Notes about my Powerless Flight installation and Audioswarm performance at Sequences XI artist-run biennial in Reykjavik.
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The 5th edition of Sonandes Biennale of Sound Art was held from October 4-22, 2022 in La Paz Bolivia. Represented was a variety of projects, workshops and performances from South American, North American and European contexts.
Active Crossover is an installation and exchange project by UK sound artist Simon Whetham. I will be performing at the opening and giving a workshop with Maksims Shentelevs. See the information below for details. Following that we perform in Hull for Seeds and Bridges, the concert series organized by Jez […]
Mutopia is a process oriented workshop environment that explores collaboration, collective creativity and open forms of authorship. This is done through social and environmental research, exercises, games and the use of mixed artistic media such as sound, collage, text, performance etc...
special sound performance event at the Goija tea room in Riga featuring: Jez riley French [UK] – jezrileyfrench.blogspot.com John Grzinich [US/EST] Simon Whetham [UK] – simonwhetham.co.uk Maksims Ć Ā enteĆĀ¼evs [LV] Ć¢ā¬ā bernurits.com Kaspars KalniĆ ā Ć Ā” [LV] – bernurits.com Sound Meccano [LV] – myspace.com/soundmeccano Evgeniy Droomoff [LV]
2 performances and a sound workshop with murmer HELL OF THINGS john grzinich/murmer – opening concert: 19:00, saturday, 7th february revenant : bytom – sound workshop: friday and saturday, 13-14th of february opening performance murmer/john grzinich live at Kronika gallery (excerpt recorded by pm): download link rynek 26, bytom, poland […]
I went to Madrid to perform at Sonikas, an experimental music festival. While there I was interviewed by Mikel R Nieto.
Sound as Space, Sound as Language was an in-depth sound workshop involving listening exercises, improvisation, game play , scoring, field recording and site-specific activity.
a workshop and performance event Participants: John Grzinich, Siim Angerpikk, Toomas Thetloff, Evelyn MĆ¼Ć¼rsepp, Anna Hints, Merili Sulg, Liina Lepik, Sveta Bogomolova, Mari JƵgiste, Maarja-Liisa Plats Workshop Dates: Sun-Wed 13.1.08 – 17.1.08 17.1 public performance – Eesti Rahva Museeum (Estonian National Museum) In asking the question, “What is the sound […]
MoKS ja Y- galerii esitlevad: Y kohtumine teisipƤeval 27.novembril kell 18.00 Y-galeriis Tartus. Kolmanda Y kohtumise sisustab John Grzinich. Sellel Ƶhtul toob John lagedale oma kƵige vƤrskema loomingu ja kaasab kokkutulnud kodanikud filmiaktsiooni. John kƵneleb enda praeguse aja tƶƶdest ja esitleb esimest osa oma uuest filmist ‘mimema’Ā. See 22- minutiline […]
(above photo by Gintas K) On Sunday November 11th at the ICA in London a showcase of artists from SIRR records took place for the annual Atlantic Waves festival. What may have been great line-up for fans of the genre, was actually a sincere challenge for the artists. 12 artists […]
I’ll be heading off to London soon to take part in the annual Atlantic Waves festival. The program includes a SIRR records night on Sunday the 11th at the ICA. As a bonus, an unreleased track of mine will be published on a double CD thats included with the November […]
sound+video presentation presented at Stazione Topolo 2003 | PostsovkoZ 3/Territories, Estonia Equal and Distant Lines is one aspect of the larger Time [::] Frames project. Time [::] Frames investigates, analyzes and reflects on the process of living and working in a mobile context using the broad context of the current […]
live sound performance series: Finland Nov-Dec 2005 with collaborative pieces by: john grzinich, seth nehil, hitoshi kojo developed during a residency at the Loviisa Artists-in-residence program 30.11.05 – Turku, Titanik Galleria 01.12.05 – Tampere, Galleria Rajatila 02.12.05 – Helsinki, Forum Box Three scored pieces which combine amplified and acoustic sounds, […]
Clinamen Tides – is a scored performance piece which combines amplified and acoustic sounds, recordings and objects, structure and improvisation. Multiple small speakers disperse the sound throughout the room and among the audience, with an emphasis on listening and movement. The artists will play recorded sounds, found materials and homemade […]
From June 11th to June 18th, 2000 I made a short Balkan tour, performing in three cities. My performances included a collage of live and pre-recorded sounds. A simple installation of resonating wires provided a bed of rich drones on which live acoustic sounds and pre-recorded material was layered. The […]
From September 7-11, 2002 a group of international sound and video artists gathered in an abandoned factory in Opava, a working class town near the eastern border of the Czech Republic. The aim was to allow the artists to freely develop projects or installations on the top two floors of […]
(above) Myself and Seth Nehil live mix at the Subtonic in Manhattan 11.13.03 From November of 2003, a live event hosted by the 322 Union art space (now Union Docs) in Williamsburg BrooklynĆĀ equal and distant lines II – video/sound piece by jgzinichĆĀ convergence sound mix by jgrzinich/seth nehil above photos by […]
INTERSECT 4 was held on Saturday August 25th 2001 at Ceremony Hall, 4100 Red River in Austin, Texas. INTERSECT 4 was a mixed media, performance event with experimental music and video works by: philip gayle charalambides Ctrl Alt Dlt frequency curtain (john grzinich, rick reed, josh ronsen) The tradition of […]
On Saturday April 7th 2001, the third incarnation of Intersect was held at Ceremony Hall, 4100 Red River in Austin, Texas. INTERSECT 3 was a mixed media, performance event with experimental music and video works by: jgrzinich rick reed brekekekexkoaxkoax jeff filla thom grzinich The tradition of INTERSECT has been […]
I just got back from a week long trip to Russia to give two performances, one at the Experimental Sound Gallery in St. Petersburg and one at the DOM Cultural Center in Moscow (venues pictured above). All was organized by Dmitry of the fine label and distribution service Monochrome Vision […]
On Tuesday there was a live concert event in Tallinn organized by Kiwa in cooperation with Galerii 008. What makes this “gallery” unique is that it is actually an architectural lighting showroom, making the whole listening environment rather stylish. I performed in a trio configuration with Murmer and Fantomas. Others on […]
Last weekend I took part in the annual Observatori Festival in Valencia, Spain. The excellent program of experimental music, “About: Blank” was curated by Ruben Garcia. As I arrived rather late on Friday evening I missed most of the opening program. The Saturday evening program included Dave Phillips from Switzerland […]
2 solo performances in December 2006: Belgrade: Cinema REX on December 14 (thursday) at 20:00h Zagreb: Studentski Centar on December 16 (saturday) at 20:00h Two performances where I presented the piece “Sound Locations, Transpositions” which combines processed sound, field recordings, video clips and movement in the space. Both performances were […]
Pushing the Medium was an event concept I created to bridge a concentrated collaborative residency and public presentations in nearby towns. The first edition took place at MOKS and Tartu in October 2004. Pushing the Medium 2 took place in Nodar, Portugal in September 2006. There are far too many […]
(Lisbon) Mid-October 2006, I’m traveling now, performing and working on projects. I just spent two weeks in Portugal enjoying some friendly chaos. There was a one week sound/art symposium Pushing the Medium #2 organized by Binaural Media. It was held in the small village of Nodar where an international group of artists […]
MoKS presents: PostsovkhoZ 6 program of sound art, experimental music and video Saturday August 5, 2006 – Performances from 19:00 Saturday+Sunday, August 5-6 2006 – Installations open from 13:00 – 19:00 with: Phill Niblock and Katherine Liberovskaya (US/CA) extended performance with sounds and images Kukkiva Poliisi (FI) experimental music and performance […]