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December 23 – 31, 2009
Each year around Christmas, KRETS shows various art projects in the window facing Kristianstadsgatan. This year we have invited district champions Caroline Andersson (Svärta) and Jenny Nordberg (Apokalyps Labotek), to work together on an installation. Welcome to peek into their geometric landscape, through a peephole in the otherwise sour milk-covered window.
More information:
Caroline Andersson (SVÄRTA)
Jenny Nordberg: www.jennynordberg.se + www.apokalypslabotek.seNext exhibition, The Sweded Session by Dutch artist collective The Session, will open on January 9, 2010. Read more under exhibitions.
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Saturday, December 19, 2009
Time: 12-16
Free admissionWith Sound of the Sun, Mats Björk tries to find a way to listen to the sun and at the same time investigate the boundary between instrument and phonogram. For the transformation of sunlight to sound, Mats Björk has built a note generator driven and controlled by solar cells. To render the attributes of a phonogram, these components have been given the shape of a conventional CD package.
The composition is driven by sunlight and by connecting the object to a pair of headphones, you will be able to listen to the piece without access to power or batteries. The note generator’s oscillations are carefully tuned so that when the cover’s lid is open and in clear daylight, it will render the powerful energy of the sun. The pitch is driven by the intensity of the sunlight, which makes the listener experience the notes’ interrelations and their connection to light. Through a more active interaction with the sun, or explorations of other kinds of light, the piece moves on to a more chaotic experimental phase, where the role as a passive listener slowly turns into that of a musician.
Sound of the Sun is released in an edition of 24 copies, which together represent The Sound of the Sun Orchestra. Saturday, December 19, these will be presented as an installation at KRETS. The copies will be for sale at komplott.com starting Monday, December 21.
Mats Björk is a sound artist with an active past in different constellations and styles, who nowadays works solo under the parole ‘free composition’. Sound of the Sun is the third release in Komplott’s Maginot series. The series started with Ronnie Sundin in 2008, through the project Very Friendly. The editions in the series are considered as sidetracks to traditional releases, with a purpose to present music in a way that differs from conventional publication forms.
During a period of the year when we lack of light, Komplott releases two sun-related titles. Aside from Mats Björk’s Sound of the Sun, they just released Ronnie Sundin’s LP Sunspots. This edition was released in 50 copies, all with handmade covers and labels. Sundin and Björk will perform one set each Saturday, December 19.
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Sunday, December 13, 2009
DJs: KSS-Radio
Time: 16-19
Free admissionCelebrate Lucia with Kalligrammofon at KRETS! Take the chance to do your Christmas shopping from the distro and enjoy some wintery refreshments to decent prices. This year’s last Kalligrammofon event at KRETS brings you some nice visitors from Gothenburg.
The pop-experimentalist Viktor Sjöberg has recently toured around the world as a member of Jens Lekman’s band. Now he is back on Swedish ground and has just released a new solo album inspired by classic American soft rock, a beer blog and the Kalligrammofon collaboration KSS-radio.
The jack-of-all-trades Johan Gustavsson returns to KRETS to perform as Tsukimono. Under this moniker, Gustavsson has curiously tested many of the experimental music’s different expressions. He has released numerous records throughout the years, most recently a new 7” on Kalligrammofon. Johan just did a magical performance at the NMFHU-festival in Stockholm, focusing on material from his albums Née and Heart Attack Money. We can expect something similar this time.
More information:
www.kalligrammofon.comThanks to Folkuniversitetet.
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November 14 – 15, 2009
Venue: Kulturhuset, Stockholm
Free admissionKRETS participates in a festival arranged by Ny Musik för Hållbar Utveckling at Kulturhuset in Stockholm. During two days we will be present with a selection of zines, artist books, records and cassettes. Please stop by!
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
Time: 19-22 (with the artist present)
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
Live: Henrik Kihlberg & Pär Thörn
DJ: Kosmisk Väg
Time: 19-22 (concert 20.30)
Free admissionThe cassette label Kosmisk Väg celebrates the release of two new cassette tapes; Henrik Kihlberg’s Mellotronmusik and Leif Elggren/Pär Thörn’s Variations on a theme by Pierre Degeyter (Celebration of a revolution).
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Saturday, October 3, 2009
Time: 18-21
Free admissionCrystal Beacon is a web-based platform for sound, music and video art that is run by Jennifer Rainsford, Lena Bergendahl and Rut Karin Zettergren. The site was created to experiment with the presentation of time-based art pieces to be specifically shown on the Internet in different web-based solutions.
The fourth issue of Crystal Beacon is dedicated to Full Pull; Kontra ’09 and the theme The end of the world. All pieces can be found online and will be also be played at the release at KRETS. Participating artists: Richard Daun, Henrik Kihlberg and Henning Lundqvist.
More information:
www.crystalbeacon.se
www.full-pull.orgAfter the event at KRETS, Full Pull; Kontra’09 will continue at INKONST.
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Saturday, September 26, 2009
Time: 18-00KRETS will be open during Malmö Gallery Night. The gallery will be open as usual (12-15) as well as in the evening (18-00). Current exhibition is Yeti Crystal Rainbow by Megan Whitmarsh (US). Read more under exhibitions. This evening we also invite you to bingo with Kacz and a live orchestra. Welcome!
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September 18 – 20, 2009
Time: 14-22 (Friday), 12-20 (Saturday) & 12-20 (Sunday)KRETS participates in this year’s alternative art fair ALT_CPH at Fabrikken for Kunst og Design (Sundholmsvej 46) in Copenhagen.
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Saturday, September 12, 2009
Time: 19-22 (with the artist present)
DJ: revK
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Time: 19.00 (concert 20.00)
Free admissionPISTOL DISCO
Just like Nikola Tesla, Pistol Disco works with pure electricity. Drums and electricity. A dark sphere with an endless mass that floats in space between two solar systems. A black hole that swallows entire galaxies, and even other black holes – and crushes them. Pistol Disco sounds like eternity plus drums.
PWR
The defect link between Forcefield and Young Jeezy. The cave-like bass drum from the first combined with the epical sublime eter tones from the latter. Or vice versa. However, PWR is a cosmic nature power beyond time, space, words, recording techniques and other vain human concepts.Thanks to Folkuniversitetet.
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Sunday, August 30, 2009
DJ: Iris to Hypnos (DK)Time: 17-21
Free admissionFIELDHEAD
www.fieldheadmusic.comP JØRGENSEN
www.clangtint.netIRIS TO HYPNOS
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August 22 – 29, 2009
Opening reception Saturday, August 22 (18-21) with a production/presentation of new work by Katarina Nitsch & Beatrice Ehrström. Further opening hours: 16-18 (all days).“Ersta Konsthall was established in 2006, in a little nook. I declared myself director of the 3,75 square meters and started to produce exhibitions with Swedish and international artists. The small gallery grew with time, not size-wise, but in intensity. In 2007 I started to collaborate with two curators, Sofia Curman and Paola Zamora. Together, we initiated a sound archive. We decided to let anyone participate and received around 200 contributions. The sound archive has since then toured around to different institutions in Sweden and abroad. In each new place, the archive has been activated and expanded. Ersta Konsthall has moved out of the little nook and materialized itself in different contexts. I work alone with the project again, mainly exploring different exhibition formats and distribution forms.” – Linus Elmes, director of Ersta Konsthall
August 22 will shine a new light on Ersta Konsthall’s sound archive. The exhibition/presentation at KRETS will not only be its first public presentation in Malmö. It will also be donated to radiowy.se, who from this point will be the archive’s trustee. radiowy.se has previously published three sound pieces from the archive, selected by director Linus Elmes, but this time they will present the whole archive, containing hundreds of sound pieces, which will be on display for one week.
radiowy.se is a platform for production and distribution, mainly of radio plays and text-based sound art. The interest for communication, language and text is a focus for radiowy.se, who wants to act as a meeting point for literature, art and drama – moving freely between these fields and at the same time create a context where they can merge.
By acting as a channel for distribution and presentation, radiowy.se wants to enable and highlight artistic production and experimentations in an aesthetic field, which for a long time has lacked distribution forms in Sweden.
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www.radiowy.se
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August 19 – 21, 2009
Time: 14-20 (Wednesday-Friday) + extended opening hours during events (see below)
Free admissionThe story begins in the text message above. Now we have an open call for your text messages that could be possible continuations. What are the “relevant things” that upset the sender? What happened before? What will happen now?
Use what you have in your cell phone as a starting point, to latch on to this specific embroidered text message and send your contribution to +46(0)706-17 82 83. Based on your suggestions, the editorial sewing circle will make a continuation of this yet to be finished story.Life and death, sorrow and joy, all lays in our pockets and hands. Fragments of our daily life stories are gathered in cell phones. Many inboxes contain everything from hello, goodbye, to bank balances, train tickets and crucial notifications such as someone’s birth or decease. We are part of dialogues – and even monologues – through the text messages we send and receive. Together with by-passers, postgraduates Kristina Lindström and Åsa Ståhl will embroider a sequel of text messages. The text fragments will additionally be displayed on KRETS’ big window.
Wednesday, August 1 (18.00):
Film screening.Thursday, August 20 (18.00):
Margareta Melin will make a comparison, in theory and practice, between a dialogic and a polyphonic patchwork story.Friday, August 21 (18.00):
Scholars Johanna Rosenqvist and Margareta Melin will, together with Kristina and Åsa, make an artistic and academic reflection and comparison between the sewing circle and the editorial working method – based on the story that has been taking shape during their three days at KRETS.More information:
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August 5 – 9, 2009
Time: 18-21 (Wednesday), 12-18 (Thursday-Saturday) & 11-16 (Sunday)
Free admissionOpening reception Wednesday, August 5 (18-21), with a live performance by text- and sound duo Eldh/Haglund
Wednesday, August 5, the duo Eldh/Haglund will present a performance that mixes techno and intricate sound experiments with avant-poetry and politically flavored agitatoria. All well combined. Eldh/Haglund performed at Textival’s after party in March and it is with joy that they bring the duo to Malmö.
Ljudbok 2.0 is a selection of recorded written words that you do not want to miss. This spring and summer, Textival’s Ljudbok 2.0 has been on display at various venues. This is its first time in Malmö. Welcome by, bring a friend and get comfortable in the couch, the chair or on the floor – and embrace text material written by talented authors, in readings that will make your ears happy. Textival is an annual literature festival based in Gothenburg that always looks for new perspectives and collaborations. Stop by KRETS to get more information.Ljudbok 2.0 presents texts by:
Ida Börjel
Last year Ida Börjel published her third poetry collection, Konsumentköpslagen, following Sond and Skåneradio. In Konsumentköpslagen, the Consumer and the Sales Person meet in a poetic juridical dialogue. The audio book presents a text- and sound composition in collaboration with the artist Mathias Kristersson.Jenny Tunedal
Literature critic and poet who, among other things, has worked as an editor for Lyrikvännen. Last year her critically acclaimed poetry collection Kapitel Ett was released, in which she uses the forms of poems, novels, letters, diaries and non-fictions. Jenny Tunedal is also included in the anthology Serie Handflata 1–5.The magazine Ful (Tidskriften Ful )
This queer-feminist culture magazine has taken the step. As the first established media, they transform gender-bound words such as she (hon) and he (han) to the gender neutral HEN (Swedish). Last year they also launched Ful-radio. In the audio book we get to visit a queer dance class in Berlin.Joakim Andersson & Annika Boholm
Joakim Andersson has contributed to the online periodical magazine Ett lysande namn. Annika Boholm is a poet, choreographer and writer. Together they read from the anthology Serie Handflata 1–5.Petra Revenue
Debuts as director this fall, with the movie Karaokekungen. You can also spot her in short story- and novel form, but mostly as a driving force behind many of Teater Trixter’s productions. Here she gives us a reading in collaboration with the composer Björn Knutsson.Tova Gerge & Athena Farrokhzad
Tova Gerge is a dramatist, writer and theater historian. In Stockholm Fria Tidning and Aftonbladet’s culture section, she delivers sharp comments about e.g. feminism and postmodern clusters. Here she reads from the anthology Serie Handflata 1–5 together with Athena Farrokhzad – poet, translator, writer and opinion former.Sara Hallström
The poetry collections Vi måste ha protein and Rötter smälter are already classics in our hearts. In Gothenburg, Sara Hallström is known for her presence on the literature scene as well as a teacher for writing courses. She can also be spotted in the synth-/poetry constellation Tvi!Tvi!Tvi! In Textival’s audio book she reads from the anthology Serie Handflata 1–5.Oldbrind Pseudonymf
Here we get to hear the first chapter of the audio version of the novel Folke Leter Efter Gud, recorded in collaboration with Habeat, a Stockholm-based rapper and producer.Henrik Bromander
A cartoonist and writer who has made himself known for his strong ability to tell a good story. Bromander early got a reputation for his zines, initially entitled Mediokra serier. He recently released the book Allt jag rör vid försvinner, in which a selection cartoonists and illustrators have been invited to illustrate his short stories.Eldh/Haglund
Isak Eldh is an artist who works mainly with sound. He has e.g. captured the sound of vibrating tape and examined the natural sounds of vegetables in 8tunnel2. Magnus Haglund is a journalist and cultural writer – also with an interest for sound and its possibilities. These subjects have a central role in his writings in daily press, magazines and books. Together they teach at Gerlsborsskolan and Valand.More information:
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Saturday, July 25, 2009
Time: 19-22 (readings start at exact 19.30)
Free admissionRasmus Graff made his debut with patchwork (2008). Co-founder of the publication press 28/6 (28/6 2008 – 28/6 2009), active in the editorial staff for the publication studios Arena and Audiatur Bokhandel. Currently based in Copenhagen. Graff often works conceptually and with post-productive methods. In the recent issue of OEI he remixed Edith Södergran.
Peder Alexis Olsson is a poet based in Malmö. In October 2008, he made his debut with the poetry collection Tändstickor on OEI editör. The book functions as a linkage/machine for alternating current/building plans/image projection montages. In Svenska Dagbladet, he was accused for being a pseudonym and in a book review in Göteborgs-Posten, to have “his brain twisted inside-out”. He has contributed to magazines such as Kritiker, OEI, papi, Pequod and Subaltern. He also participated in SMS-lyrik at Lunds konsthall, in the exhibition The Invisible Landscapes (2006), and with the work Mehr Licht on Signal’s performance evening Shadow Play (2008). He is also part of the text- and sound-disturbance group Tre advokater. He currently works on a poetry script about sound, America and Morton Feldman, from which he will read this evening.
Pär Thörn is a writer who also works with electronic music, performances and sometimes conceptual art. Earlier this year he released his sixth book, Tidsstudiemannen, and in the beginning of 2010 he will release yet another (on Natur & Kultur). At KRETS he will read from a manuscript that is still under construction. Idiocy, causality and colorit soy is a promise.
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
Time: 20.00
Free admissionKRETS & Do the Math give you another chance to watch movies never before shown in Sweden. This time we focus on the mythical American south and show Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp (2006) by Matt and Erica Hinton and Dancing Outlaw (1991) by Jacob Young.
Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp
It took seven years to finish the documentary Awake, My Soul, a movie that gives an unique insight in a rare form of a cappella music, called “Sacred Harp”. A traditional American form of choir song that builds upon an alternative set of notes called “Shape Notes”. The directors Matt and Erica Hinton brings us deep into Southern’s most rural parts and visit the churches and followers that keep this tradition alive.Dancing Outlaw
Jesco White likes to describe himself as one of the last big “mountain dancers” – a style somewhere between stepping and classic “clog dancing”. Jesco was taught the dance by his father, Donald Ray White, who was one of the most famous and respected folk dancers in West Virigina’s Boone County. When Donald was tragically murdered, Jesco literally filled his (clog-) shoes. But Jesco is a complex character and on the verge of schizophrenia. Aside from his dancing, he makes his living as an Elvis impersonator and has a reputation of being a real troublemaker with an eye for alcohol and drugs. -
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Time: 19.30
Free admissionAn evening at KRETS with a bird theme. The evening will bring you three concerts in the sprit of feathered creatures – with Jasper TX, Ronnie Sundin and Anders Dahl – plus an exhibition with related images. The exhibition includes illustrations from Wolfgang Müller’s book and record Séance Vocibus Avium, a project which tries to re-create the sounds of eleven extinct bird species, released by Fang Bomb in 2008 – as well as an alter by Thomas Ekelund, artist and musician (Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words, Dead Violets, Teeth) from Gothenburg.
About the artists:
Jasper TX is Dag Rosenqvist, one of the most prominent and interesting artists within the dreamy and guitar-based drone scene, with a unique hint of pop. Jasper TX recently released his fifth acclaimed album, Singing Stones, on Fang Bomb.
Ronnie Sundin is a Malmö-based musician, illustrator and artist. His carrier started in the early 90s, in the aftermath of industrial music – back then as noise musician under the moniker Bad Kharma, often in collaboration with Lasse Marhaug. Soon his focus shifted towards more quite domains and in 2002 the fanzine Fat Bankroll appointed him “Sweden’s most quiet man”. Now, after several low-keyed years, he has found his way back to noise music, which is proved by the album Seven Year Silence, released by Fang Bomb. Earlier this year, the first issue of Sundin’s Very Friendly – a cartoon magazine filled with stories about his own musical history as well as the history of electronic music in general – was released by Komplott.Anders Dahl shares his name with one of Linnés more prominent students, lives on a farm in Skårve, runs the label Bombax Bombax and was given the Manifest Award in 2008 for his record Doorbells (in the category art music/experimental). The jury’s motivation was: “With music that gets its oxygen from the nature, from the organic, from the tiny stories, from the analog world, small movements are created that develop into a powerful and rich musical weave. Here, the spontaneous meets the carefully articulated, and here tradition meets innovation”.
More information:
www.fangbomb.comThanks to Folkuniversitetet.
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Saturday, July 11, 2009
Time: 20.00
Admission: 20 SEKRING SNUTEN!
Kalmar-born Patrik Lindgren (Hormones in Abundance, Kissing Mirrors, etc.) impressed Kalligrammofon with his project Ring Snuten! several years ago. “Naked, undemanding. Simple songs. Nothing strange” is Patrik’s motto. A couple of years ago, Kalligrammofon and Structures Sonores introduced Patrik to musicians from bands like Testbild!, Auton and Piotr, for a recording session. The previous electronically oriented arrangements thereby had to give space to a more organic and jazzy sound. This evening’s concert will be performed in this new style, when Patrik gets on stage with Petter Samuelsson.
POSITIV
Positiv scans the present times with witty, naivistic texts. The music is an affected mixture of folk pop and lo-fi, touching upon influences ranging from Philemon Arthur & the Dung to Ariel Pink.
Thanks to Folkuniversitetet.
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Time: 20.00
Free admissionDo the Math continues to show fantastic film, independent of genre or year, which for several reasons might have fallen into oblivion. This time Love Liza (2002) by Todd Luiso, a movie with a hypnotic soundtrack by Jim O’Rourke.
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Saturday, June 27, 2009
Live: Disco Langsam, Manlig Kärlek & Mole Says Hi
Time: 18-22
Free admissionSaturday, June 27, Hockey Rawk celebrate their third anniversary by releasing cassettes by Disco Langsam, Word/Wood Salad and Manlig Kärlek. All three bands, plus Mole Says Hi, will perform live. Hockey Rawk is a record label/art collective run by Peter Larsson and Lars Nilsson. They release cassette tapes, CD-Rs and art books. Artistically they move comfortably between collage aesthetics and drawing. Musically they release everything from low-key pop to ear-crushing noise. The performing bands will reflect the range of genres that Hockey Rawk is associated with. During the evening they will also present a small exhibition with work from the label’s catalogue.
More information:
www.hockeyrawk.bandcamp.comThanks to Folkuniversitetet.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Time: 20.00
Free admissionLipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling (2004) by Ruth Leitman. With names like The Fabulous Moolah, The Great Mae Young and Gladys “Kill ‘Em” Gillem, a group of American women questioned the narrow female ideal of the 40s and 50s. They did so with their fists and were both celebrated and hooted at. Hear uncovered stories about the first American female wrestlers and their fights both inside and outside of the ring. A fight that shaped the future for forthcoming generations of female athletes. Despite what you think about wrestling, these women’s bittersweet memories and stories are as entertaining as fascinating. Ruth Leitman gives us an intimate and respectful portrait of these groundbreaking amazons, in long interviews mixed with archival photographs and video clips.
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
Time: 20.00
Free admission
The sisters Tanya and Nadine Byrne make peculiar industrial pop music, with a rare ability to appear simultaneously broken, worrying and playful.More information:
www.kalligrammofon.com
Thanks to Folkuniversitetet.
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Friday, June 12, 2009
Time: 19-22
Free admissionArt magazine Paletten celebrate the release of a new issue with a party at KRETS! The evening will bring you two exciting meetings. Art- and literature critic Dan Jönsson, who believes that art itself is greater than the art world, will stop by to talk about e.g. the effect of globalizations on art criticism. The artist Magdalena Dziurlikowska, who explores the individual’s obsession with small things and human’s strive to make their voices heard, will show her film Attention whore. Both guests participate in the recent issue. Also: music and cookies.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Time: 20.00
Free admissionLa Antena (2007) by Esteban Sapir:
“The city without voice” is ruled with an iron fist by media mogul Mr TV, who is in total control of all spoken word and images, and who forces everyone to eat his own brand of TV-food. Mr TV is a monopolist, a personalization of totalitarism. He and his underlings secretly work on a hypnosis machine, which will enable them to reach their ultimate goal; to overtake control over the citizens’ senses through broadcasting. To achieve this goal, he has kidnapped the charismatic singer La Voz, the only citizen who still has her voice left. But a former employee at the channel witnesses the kidnapping, and together with his daughter he decides to put an end to Mr TV’s vicious plans. La Antena is a modern and stylistic silent movie pastiche with fairytale elements, always on the border of the naïve. Its lust for experimentation sparkles as it moves further away from traditional forms of movie making. There are clear hints to German expressionists such as Fritz Lang and Friedrich Murnau, mixed with a large dose of modern fantasy and movies from e.g. Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Car. Visually, La Antena is a never-ending feast for the eye and mind, but it is its unrestrained and innovative play with typography that makes it stand out from others. And quite a lot! -
Monday, June 1, 2009
Time: 19.00
Free admissionradiowy.se – a web-based platform for radio plays and text-based sound art – has invited Claes Neuefeind and Daniel Beskos from the German publication studio Mairisch Verlag, to hold a presentation and discussion about German independent radio play and radio theater. The radio play in Germany has a long and interesting history, that started as early as under the Weimar Republic, saw a veritable revolution in the 60s, and that now, aside from sections for radio plays on almost all public radio channels, also hold a lively scene for independent radio play producers.
Hamburger-based Mairisch Verlag has, except from their role as one of the most interesting contemporary publishers of young German writers, also published numerous radio plays, among them the two anthologies pressplay and pressplay2, both with Claes Neuefeind as editor. At KRETS, Neuefeind and Beskos will present, play examples from and discuss the anthologies as well as other Mairisch publications – and German independent radio plays in general.
The presentation will be held in English.
More information:
www.mairisch.de
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
Time: 15-16
Free admissionBring: Yourself, a gold coin, a friend and, last but not least, your bingo marker!
Second time up! Now it’s time to experience some excitement in life by playing bingo. Last time, no one was left untouched and the local paper dedicated two full pages to our bingo event. This time we got even more varied prizes and we will run from one row to a full sheet. Live music and other surprises will accompany the bingo. For those worrying about the bingo devil, you will be in good company and can feel free to speak out! We start at 15.00, so be in time so you can buy yourself a bingo sheet or two! Welcome!
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Monday, May 23, 2009
Time: 16.00
Admission: 20 SEKOra Cogan is based in Vancouver and started to write songs and perform at the age of 12. Since then, she has made ballads and blues with her unique voice. The songs are strong, seductive and dreamy. Live, Cogan performs in a duo, with extra guitar, accordion and drones. She has been somewhat of a favorite within the independent music scene and toured around the world.
Magdalena Ågren, former member of Surplus People, performs solo under the moniker MAG. She works with live samplings, using megaphone, trombone, guitar, sounds and noise. Twisted pop tunes are built from scratch to form a dystopian lo-fi cacophony.
Thanks to Folkuniversitetet.
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Saturday, May 9, 2009
Time: 18-21 (with the artist present)
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Sunday, April 26, 2009
Time: 15.00
Free admissionSunday, April 26 (15.00), Bo Cavefors, Pär Thörn and Ola Ståhl will hold a discussion about the new RAF book, raf: stadsgerilla. What was the political situation like in the separated Germany during the 60s and 70s? What premises did the current power politics set for a radical opposition movement like RAF? What was the public opinion about Meinhof, Baader and the other RAF members? What differs the first generation of RAF members from the later “generations”? Would the methods and drives behind the RAF activities be conceivable in today’s Europe, with its growing gaps between social classes and with its extending poverty?
Cavefors, Thörn and Ståhl will also discuss the publisher’s initial release of raf:texter in Swedish and German. What consequences did this have for the publisher? How were the texts received by the press, the politicians and by left-wing groups? Why did Cavefors release these books?
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Saturday, April 4, 2009
Time: 17-20 (with the artist present)
Live: Leif Elggren & Pär Thörn
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Friday, March 27, 2009
Time: 20-22
Free admissionAfter three weeks of intense workshops in Malmö, Istanbul and Mersin, students and teachers within the exchange program City and Artwill present work in progress that will be further developed for an exhibition in Istanbul, while it is the European Capital of Culture in 2009.
School of art and communication (K3) at Malmö University is the Swedish partner in the project, which aims to create communication platforms between art universities in Europe and Turkey – for networking and to foster sustainable co-operations, exchange of information, sharing knowledge and good practices.
At KRETS there will be an open discussion and a temporary exhibition showing the results from the workshops. Everyone is welcome to join!
More information:
www.mah.se/k3
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Friday, March 20, 2009
Time: 19.00
Free admissionGuest editors: Kning Disk (Dan Fröberg and Mattias Nilsson).
More information:
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Saturday, March 14, 2009
Live: Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words & Martin Herterich
Time: 20.00
Free admissionIn March, Tsukimono releases his second album on Kalligrammofon. Johan Gustavsson (member of Scraps of Tape, Conduo Orchestra and V. Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble) has, under his moniker Tsukimono, explored the borders between experimental music and pop on several albums and EPs. Regardless if it has been with drone, noise or laptop collages, the music has always been warm and soulful.
Stockholm-based musician Martin Herterich makes his debut on Kalligrammofon with highly personal recordings on a limited CD-R. Herterich’s music often circulates around classic ambient. It is beautiful, repetitive and minimalistic. To celebrate these two releases we invite you to a party!
More information:
www.kalligrammofon.com
www.deadwords.org
www.soundcloud.com/martinherterichThanks to Folkuniversitetet.
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
DJ: Kosmisk Väg
Time: 19-21 (concert 20.00)
Free admissionSkeppet is a duo from Malmö that consists of Andreas Malm and Henrik Wallin, both also members of the band Fria Konstellationen. The concert at KRETS will be their second ever in front of an audience, and is set up in order to celebrate their debut on the newly started cassette label Kosmisk Väg.
More information:
www.soundcloud.com/kosmiskvagThanks to Folkuniversitetet.
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Saturday, March 7, 2009
Time: 14-15
Free admission
Bring: a gold coin (10 SEK) to buy a bingo sheet!
Take the chance to live out your darkest fantasy – play BINGO! Black market bingo is an absolute entertainment with weird sounds, field recordings, bingo announcer and last but not least – really exclusive prizes. The bingo announcer is Daniel Kacz, known from underground bingo scenes. It is considered a bonus if you bring your own bingo marker. Smoking area is outdoors. All keys on the bingo clavier will be pitched! -
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Time: 13-16 (with the artist present)
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Sunday, February 15, 2009
Time: 12-15Last chance to see the exhibition! In honor of this day, there will also be a release of the record Mystery & Desire by Night Piano, who debuted by performing at the opening. An exhibition publication by Hanna Terese Nilsson will also be available.
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Friday, February 6, 2009
Time: 18-20 (workshop) + 22.00 (concert)Sumi Ink Club (workshop) :
Sumi Ink Club, who participated in the KRETS exhibition 4:4, visit from Los Angeles to invite you to one of their famous drawing sessions. A big sheet of paper and ink and pencils to everyone. “Grab a brush + pour some ink in a cup!”
Lucky Dragons (concert) :
Lucky Dragons is a music project signed Luke Fischbeck and Sarah Rara from Sumi Ink Club. The recent record Dream Island Laughing Language is the bands 18th record and contains genre-crossing music collages full of scratchy, folky and hypnotic beats and melodies. Their spectacular live shows are something beyond the usual – visual as well as aural. With interaction-designed instruments they involve the audience, who through physical contact can control the direction of the concert. We promise you a memorable evening!
Nb! KRETS is a small venue, so be in time in order to get in. The workshop is free but the concert admission is 40 SEK.
Thanks to Folkuniversitetet.
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Thursday, February 5, 2009
Time: 19.30-21 (reading 20.00)
Free admissionRelease party for Pär Thörn’s sixth book, Tidsstudiemannen. Reading by the author and books for sale.
Pär Thörn was born in 1977. Tidsstudiemannen is the sixth book since the debut in 2002, and his first novel. Thörn’s previous book Din vän datamaskinen was acclaimed “An opus from one of the most important writers of contemporary Swedish literature” by Dagens Nyheter’s Jons Thente.
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Saturday, January 17, 2009
Time: 19-21 (with the artist present)
Live: Night Piano
DJ: Ida Lehtonen (FIN)
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January 9 – 11, 2009
Time: 19-23 (Friday), 13-17 (Saturday) & 14-17 (Sunday)
Free admissionThree days in January, KRETS arranges a festival with focus on documentary- and art film. We will present Swedish as well as international films, together with guest-appearances by Curare Art Movement and the artist Erik Bünger, who will show and discuss their work.
By focusing on and overlapping these seemingly opposite disciplines, we want to explore and open up for a discussion about the fields in between fact and fiction and reality and art, as well as our notions of these dichotomies.
The festival is free of charge and supported by the Culture Department of Malmö and Folkuniversitetet. See program below.
Thanks to Sandra Juto, who designed the festival poster.
Program
Friday, January 9 (19-23)
The festival will start with some short films and mingle. From 19.00, the walls at KRETS will be filled with moving images by Sofia Hultin, Signe Aarestrup, Thomas Dahl, Gabriel Watson, Frank Aschberg, Olof Broström and Gustav Hillbom.Saturday, January 10 (13-17)
On the Saturday, KRETS will present three film blocks, starting with a collaboration with the organization Curare Art Movement, who will show various art film classics. This will be followed by a presentation by the artist Erik Bünger, who will show a selection of his work. Last but not least, we will screen two animated short films by Peter Larsson, who showed his work at KRETS in connection to the exhibition project 4:4 in 2007.13.00-14.00: Curare Art Movement
14.30-16.30: Erik Bünger x 3
A Lecture on Schizophonia (2008), Gospels (2006) and God Moves on the Water (2008)16.30-17.00: Short films by Peter Larsson
Mannen som inte kom nån vart (2005) and Människorna och valen (2008)Sunday, January 11 (14-17)
Last day of the festival we will screen the documentary Some Kinda Vocation (2007) by Cheryl Dunn, followed by David Liljemark’s Horst and a selection of video work by Martin Heuser, Andreas Kurtsson and Theresa von Hofsten.
14.00-15.30: Some Kinda Vocation (2007) by Cheryl Dunn
16.00-17.00: Horst (2006) by David Liljemark and a section of short films by Andreas Kurtsson, Theresa von Hofsten and Martin Heuser
More information about Curare Art Movement:
www.curareart.com
