CIME/ICEM 2023 – Electroacoustic Music Days 2023

concerts: A1 A2 / B1 B2 B3 / C1 C2 C3 / D1 D2 D3 / E1 E2

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Concert D2

Dimitris Karageorgos, Anna Pangalou Submersible Bodies (2023) 10.00
Tim Ward Route One (2021) 11.03
Panayiotis Kokoras Useless Box (2023) 12.00
Andreas Mniestris, Simona Sarchi Naturae / Continua (2023) 9.00
Apostolos Loufopoulos, Myrto Korkokiou Machine Gun (2023) 11.00

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Submersible Bodies (2023)
Dimitris Karageorgos, Anna Pangalou
voice, electronics & 6 channel fixed media
duration: 10.00

As part of their future collaboration at the Venice Architecture Biennale, the artists Dimitris Karageorgos and Anna Pangalou present a small form of the project that will be developed with long-hour performances on November 16-26, 2023. Sounds of the electronic composition of Karageorgos that he had as a starting point recordings of friction on glass with wet fingers and field recordings from the surrounding area of water dams, converse with Pangalou’s voice, water and the sound of broken glass, exploring the diffusion of accumulated volumes of water and subsidence.

Dimitris Karageorgos. He studied in Athens music theory with St. Vasiliadis, Am. Amarantidis and piano with N. Nikolaevna as well as electroacoustic music with Charis Xanthoudakis and Dimitris Kamarotos. He took classes in composition with Iannis Xenakis and Theodoros Antoniou. He worked at the Center for Contemporary Music Research (K.SY.M.E.) of I. Xenakis, and at the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT). He has taken part in the Thessaloniki Biennale 1986 and Barcelona Biennale 1987 (with Dimitris Papaioannou, Edafos Dance Theater ) now he is the President of the Hellenic Association of Electroacoustic Music Composers (HELMCA) and a member of the Hellenic Society of Acoustic Ecology (EEAO).

Anna Pangalou is a multidisciplinary artist / voice performative artist of dark dramatic timbre, exploring the boundaries of classical vocal practices with new forms emerging from experimental sound practices and the creation of sound installation works. She specialises in avant-garde and experimental contemporary music with presentations in art and experimental festivals [documenta 14 (Alvin Lucier, “So you”, 2017) | Open Day, Στέγη Ιδρύματος Ωνάση, 2012-2020 | Tectonics Festival Athens 2022 | Co-Insidence Festival meets Lagerhaus Austria 2023 ]. Her forays into soundscapes and acoustic ecology, with a focus on breath, water and its various forms, have been presented as projects-compositions at sound installations

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Route One (2021)
Tim Ward
video: 2 channels
duration: 11.03

Route One follows a typical commuter journey around the Athens suburbs. A short car trip leads to a longer spell in the metro system before the traveller emerges to listen to the voices on a crowded neighbourhood pavement. The piece was initially intended to be a much more direct account of such a journey but working on the material under the unusual conditions of the C19 lockdown led to quite a different outcome. The noise and movement of city life and travel were suddenly muted; free movement in public space, the time to linger and explore, easy access to the city – all of these came to a halt. The original intention of a direct account of the journey became an exploration of the internal signals within the audio and video recordings.

Tim Ward specializes in sound art and contemporary music, with a particular focus on the use of field recordings and free improvisation. With his particular interest in live electronics used on stage alongside conventional musical instruments, Tim Ward has worked on projects with a wide range of different musicians. Lately he has been active as a member of MedeaElectronique, with whom he worked on their extensive installation and performance events. Tim Ward holds BA, MA and PhD studies in musical composition. He has also spent a considerable amount of time in designing and running educational workshops for cultural institutions.

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Useless Box (2023)
Panayiotis Kokoras
video: 2 channels
duration: 12.00

The piece starts with the resonant knocking of a wooden box resounded within a room. At first, it sounds like an empty and useless box, but as it revealed its contents, it transforms into a fantastical world. Into a place where the strange, the enigmatic, the amusing, and the terrifying all blend together, creating a story that is replete with vivid mental images and associations. Through a combination of spectromorphological and transcontextual manipulations, the sounds emanating from the box take on a life of their own, becoming imbued with symbols, meanings, shapes, and forms. Each sound, from the eerie whistles to the booming thuds, has a distinct purpose and contributes to the piece in its own unique way.

Panayiotis Kokoras is a full Professor of music composition and also the Director of CEMI (Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia) at the University of North Texas. His contributions have garnered him commissions and fellowships from esteemed institutions and festivals worldwide. These include the Guggenheim Foundation (USA), Fromm Music Foundation (Harvard), IRCAM (France), MATA (New York), Gaudeamus (Netherlands), ZKM (Germany), and IMEB (France). With over 1000 global performances, Kokoras’s compositions have received 90 awards from international competitions. He is a founding member of the HELMCA and played pivotal roles, including president, from 2004 to 2012. Presently, he serves as the Secretary of the International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music.

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Naturae / Continua (2023)
Andreas Mniestris, Simona Sarchi
video: 8 channels
διάρκει: 9.00

Νaturae / Continua is the working title of a tripartite audiovisual work in progress.S.Sarchi composed the video and A.Mniestris the soundtrack. Here we present the 2nd part of it. (It is loοsely related to a text translated by T. H. Huxley and published as “”Nature: Aphorisms by Goethe” in the first edition of Nature magazine ( Volume 1 Issue 1, 4/11/1869): “Nature! We are surrounded and embraced by her: powerless to separate ourselves from her, and powerless to penetrate beyond her. […] She is ever shaping new forms: what is, has never yet been; what has been, comes not again. Everything is new, and yet nought but the old. […] We constantly act upon her, and yet have no power over her […]“

Andreas Mniestris lives in Corfu where he teaches electronic music at the Ionian University. He is a founding member of HELMCA.

Simona Sarchi. Born in Milan, grew up in Iran, Rome and Milan and lives in Greece. She studied graphic design, illustration and photography at the Istituto Europeo di Design. She has worked as a photographer realizing several ethnographical reportages in Middle East, North Africa and several other countries. She works as a graphic designer.

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Machine Gun (Revisited) (2023)
Apostolos Loufopoulos, Myrto Korkokiou
Alto flute and 2 channel fixed media
duration: 11.00

This awarded composition (Musica Nova 1st Prize and numerous performances worldwide) is revisited in a new mix. Inspired by the musical style of rock, this work embodies a variety of rhythmic and harmonic musical elements and also a number of contrasting dynamics. Repetitive sound attacks from the flute and electronic part, together with long lasting harmonic drones, are some of these elements, which create the sound content using the language of electroacoustic music. The electronic sounds mostly derive from transformations of the sound of alto flute, together with transformed vocal and instrumental sounds, and also sounds from nature. The alto flute live part engages a variety of articulated techniques, creating synchronism and dialogue with the rhythm carried by the electronic part.

Apostolos Loufopoulos, Associate Professor at the Audio&Visual Arts of the Ionian University, studied at the Ionian University and City University, London (PhD). He composes for media and autonomous electroacoustic music works. He has 19 international awards including Αrs Electronica (Austria), Bourges, Noroit, SCRIME (France) Metamorphoses, Space of Sound (Belgium), Franco Evangelisti, Musica Nova , I. Xenakis, D. Dragatakis (Greece). His published work includes discography by INA-GRM, Musiques & Recherches, Ionian University, CyberArts, Touch Records and scores by Zerboni (Milan) and Just Flutes (London). His research includes a number of studies and publications.. He is a founding member of HELMCA and the Greek Society for Acoustic Ecology.

Myrto Korkokiou is a flutist, composer and teacher. She has a BA in Music (Ionian University), a Mmus in  Performance (LCMM –London) and a PhD in Performance (Ionian University). She has performed in renown festivals and venues (Athens Music Hall Music, Philippos Nakas Hall, Aboutt, Beton7, Onassis Cultural Centre, Salford Sonic Fusion Manchester, BFS convention Manchester, NFA convention New Orleans, ICMC/SMS, NFC Washington, D.C). She performs, improvises and composes for flute and the electroacoustic medium. Collaboration with Apostolos Loufopoulos includes awards (Musica Nova, Dragatakis, Franco Evangelisti and Bourges). Scores published by Forton Music in London. She has taught at the Technological Institute of the Ionian Islands and teaches at the Ionian University.

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