ARTISTS 2024
AMALIA YOUNG Violinist and improviser
Amalia is a London-based violinist specialising in classical and experimental music. She has performed with some of the UK’s leading contemporary music ensembles, including Apartment House and Riot Ensemble, and is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, the University of Oxford, and Goldsmiths University of London.
Erik Klinga Drummer, musician and composer
Erik Klinga, b.1991 in Sandviken, is a drummer and composer. Klinga is known from the bands Simian Ghost, Light Vibes and Horse Show and has played in multiple projects as a drummer including acts such as Solen, Dolce and Mi von Ahn.
He has a studio based practice and creates electronic music with an interest in developing work with elements connected to spatiality, melody and harmony in repetition based form structures. Driven by curiosity in finding new sound relations he’s mainly working with synthesized and acoustic sound together with field recordings. A substantial part of his work involves utilizing modular synthesis in Buchla format, on which he composes and performs live. His music moves between ambient and more multilayered and rhythmically driven pieces.
Erik holds a bachelor degree in Electroacoustic Composition at KMH, Stockholm, and is now studying his master in Music Creation at RMC, Copenhagen.
Filip Korosec Percussionist
Filip is a Stockholm based Slovenian percussionist, and is one of the most sought after chamber musicians in his field. His performances have been described as full of lightness of touch, sensitivity, explosiveness, narrative and technical brilliance. He’s been hailed as “one of the most exciting percussionists in Sweden” (Dagens Nyheter), and has received multiple awards for his solo and chamber music playing, most notably winning the prestigious Blåsmusikpriset awarded by Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien.
His repertoire spans from early works to contemporary percussion repertoire with a focus on his own arrangements, but it often includes electronics and elements of jazz as well. He’s a member of the Peaux duo and Kroumata Percussion Center as well as a previous soloist, and co-principal, and current mentor for the World Percussion group.
Jay Austin Keys Pianist
Jay is a pianist currently working in London. He performs music from Bach to the present day with a current focus on experimental and minimalist music, and is frequently in demand as a collaborative pianist. He obtained his MMus degree in performance from Goldsmiths, University of London, studying with Andrew Zolinksy.
LINIO Band
Linio is a curious, moody quartet mixing techno, folk music, chorales and electronics into an evocative musical blend. Born in a suspiciously straight line across Scandinavia, members Olov Lindroth (Klyv-Olle Trio, ADM), Tilde Edlund, Siri Anna Flensburg (XTC in the XIV, Sara Parkman) and Alexander Wallin harvest their geographical alignment and range of expressions to create mistful, modern folk that floats freely in the spacetime continuum.
Louisa Palmi Composer and electronic orchestra conductor
When sound is given movement, new spaces are created. When rooms get sound, movement is created. Louisa Palmi is a composer, musician and sound artist specializing in electroacoustic music presented in multi-channel format. Her creative work seamlessly fuses electronics with 3D sound technology to create immersive soundscapes. She explores how to transform the sense of space by manipulating and placing sounds. Her compositions embrace a spectrum of contrasts, from subtle textures to loud resonances, from intricate details to sweeping movements. In a short time, Louisa Palmi's work has gained recognition and her work has been shown in various venues across Europe. In 2023, she was honored with the prestigious title of "Young Artist" at the Arctic Arts Festival.
Scilla Rajalin Choreographer and dancer
Scilla Rajalin (they/them) is a London-based choreographer, dancer and multidisciplinary-artist working across fields of movement, physical theatre, film and creative writing - creating dynamic, often humorous work around notions of nonsense, un-reliable realities and systematic cycles of routines and patterns. Born in Stockholm, Sweden, Scilla has a creative portfolio that reaches between the US, UK, Italy and Scandinavia, working with Staibdance Dance Company, Margareta Åsberg, Eva Recacha, Linda Pistol, BULLYACHE, Lewis Walker and Liza Tegel.
They graduated from London Contemporary Dance School with a First Class BA Hons in contemporary dance before continuing to freelance as a choreographer, dancer, movement director and rehearsal director between London and Stockholm. They recently launched the project-based company RAJ, collaborating with local sound artists and visual artists, delving into sexuality, opposition and non-linear perceptions of time. Rajalin is particularly interested in the documentative aspects of performance and the playful contradictions of dramaturgical problem solving.
https://www.scillarajalin.com/
Una Collective Performance collective
una, founded in 2024 by Samuel D Loveless (he/him) and Jessica-Rose Hill (she/her), is a dynamic collective of neurodivergent creatives.
This group transcends traditional boundaries in arts education, advocacy, and creation, exploring themes such as companionship, empowerment, independence, and ‘beauty’. una crafts community-centered events that invite audiences to engage in deep listening, personal contemplation, and communal connection, all while enjoying captivating sounds. The performances also offer flexibility for participants to engage at their comfort level under una's guidance.
Since its inception, una has received commissions and performed across the UK and Europe, with notable residencies including CAMP FR in the French Pyrenees.
Wilson Tanner Smith Cellist, improviser and music-theatre artist
Wilson Tanner Smith (USA/FI, he/they) is a cellist, composer, improviser, and music-theatre artist currently based in Hamburg, with roots in the improvised music and performance communities of Chicago. His work at the edges between music and theatre often explores the performance of person-ness, mirroring the alienating, absurd, silly or senseless signals we receive from the world around us in order to cultivate an awareness of the relationships we have with the people, systems, and structures we live with.
As a cellist/improviser he frequently collaborates across music, theatre, and dance projects, and has performed at venues such as the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, Estonia Kontserdisaal, the Ragdale Foundation (Chicago), Narva Art Center/Kreenholm Factory, Le Périscope (Lyon), and the Mullbau (Lucerne). He is also a member of the improvising quartet Mad Myth Science, whose debut album was released August 2023 to acclaim from The Wire, the Quietus, Chicago Reader, and Stereogum.
ARTISTS LAB SESSIONS 2024
Hjorted LAB Sessions was a new initiative we launched where artists could submit experimental and/or unfinished work to be presented alongside the main programme in the festival. The selected artists was chosen from an open call of over 75 applicants and their work will also be presented in Asbestos Art Space in Helsinki in the spring of 2024
Axel Filip Drummer, composer and improviser
Axel Filip is a drummer, composer, arranger and improviser from Argentina based in Berlin.
His artistic goal is to continuously work with sound in a way that allows him to express in the most transparent and sincere way, reflecting versatility as a performer within jazz and creative music by collaborating on very diverse musical projects, ranging from duo to big band settings.
As a composer he explores the relationship between jazz, improvisation, poetry and folklore-music, creating sound landscapes that evoke complex yet visceral emotions.
https://www.axelfilip.com
Gnistra Performance artist
Gnistra is a solo performance-art project working with multimedia investigations of energetic themes, to bring into focus alternative possibilities of .....
The approach is that of the clown-scientist, utilizing the imaginable (idea), through the experimental (art-forms), to contact the Unknown (....).
A central element to the performances is the exploration of the multidimensional harmony of the three cosmic realms, Micro, Meso and Macro, and fractally, what the purposeful harmonization of these, feeds back into the work. What happens when the inner biology, the inter-personal field of communication, and the celestial world, is invited to play?
Mariia Solodiankina Filmmaker and visual artist
Mariia Solodiankina is a Finland-based filmmaker and visual artist exploring ecofeminism and sustainability through short fictional and documentary films.
Her work dives into permaculture, somatic body practices, community-driven soil projects and socio-environmental issues. Mariia explores edible and medicinal plants in the northern hemisphere, integrating these elements into her narratives. She employs photography and soundscapes to enrich the atmosphere of her pieces, creating immersive experiences.
Her projects aim to highlight the intricate connections between humans and the environment, advocating for sustainable practices and the empowerment of people within these narratives.
Quantum Foam Composer and electroacoustic musician
Quantum Foam//QNTMFM is Edy Fung’s project that explores noise and information transmission from de-anthropocentric perspectives, through machine interpretations of material and spatial memories via first-hand found sounds, field recordings and electromagnetic interference.
Seraina Grupp Transdisciplinary artist
Seraina Grupp (1998*, CH) is a trans-disciplinary artist with a social practice in art and food, pinpointing matters of current struggles and crisis through the lens of food and the understanding of food as a world de-constructing material.
Her projects aim to queer our thinking and reimagine our relationships, valuing details and small narratives within complex realities. She practices togetherness and caregiving methods, working mostly in collaborations.
In her current project, TRANSFER, she proposes a co-habitat in a decaying food garden to foster co-living in the urban landscape, aiming to break the silence and evoke action in the collapsing Danish food system.
PROGRAMME 2024
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29.08 19.00-20.00
Concert with Amalia Young (UK), Filip Korosec (SL) and Jay Keys (UK)
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29.08 20.30-21.00
Dance performance with the choreographer Scilla Rajalin (world premiere)
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Opening of LAB and a party
Open stage, improvisations and a party to celebrate the opening of Hjorted LAB
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30.08 14.00-15.30
Food installation with the artists Mariia Solodiankina and Seraina Grupp
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30.08 19.30-20.15
Concert with Amalia Young, Filip Korosec and Jay Keys
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30.08 20.30-21.30
Live electronic music with Erik Klinga
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31.08 14.00-15.00
A selection of performances and improvisations by the artist and musician Wilson Tanner Smith (US)
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31.08 18.00-19.00
An immersive 3D sound experience with electronic music in an ambisonics format.
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31.08 20.00-20.30
Live electronic music with Quantum Foam
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31.08 21.00-22.00
Performance art and community event with Una Collective (UK)
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31.08 22.30-00.00
Experimental art and community event with Annea Lockwood’s piece Piano Garden
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01.09. 10.30-12.00
Performance art and audience interactive event with Gnistra
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01.09. 14.00-15.00
Solo drum-set performance with Axel Filip (AR)
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01.09 18.00-18.30
Showcase of musical stories with participants in the composition workshop
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01.09 19.30-20.30
Wistful, moody techno folkmusic with the band Linio
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