AURA II. | Concerts series on the occasion of the Steina: Playback exhibition

What happens when two musicians who have developed performance practices with intelligent systems meet? What new forms of communication and expressivity emerge when systems capable of functioning as co-creators, instruments, and even compositions interact? How does this transform the musician’s role? These questions drive the experimentation between clarinetist Robert Ek and violinist Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir, who open the doors to their work in the second concert of the AURA series—at a time when the performance practice of so-called intelligent instruments is still in its early stages.

Robert Ek works on developing augmented clarinets within the GEMM cluster at Piteå School of Music—Luleå University of Technology. Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir has explored a performance practice with intelligent performance platforms and their data curation at the Intelligent Instruments Lab. Her activity includes work with the Living Looper, designed by Victor Shepardson at the lab. She has recently expanded to incorporate Hans Jóhannsson's “rafklón” in her playing, which premiered at the opening of the Steina: Playback exhibition.

Admission with museum ticket. Free for Annual pass- and Culture Card holders, free for visitors under 18.

Photo: Lidia Wos