Improv night with broken word, solo soprano voice, a body in movement, non-verbal response to drone noise, and electronic synth.
Foreground stare
Middleground drops
Background lack of curtains
Foreground containers
Middleground trees and blocks
Background pink
Reflective surfaces
And blockage
A narrow line of shallow
And devastating air
Gates and blinds
Pins and straws
Teaser for i_as_in_us at MNAC Bucharest on 9.2.2017.
Sound system kindly provided by tranzit.ro/București.
Photos by Petre Fall.
Biographies
Cian McConn
Cian McConn is an artist, born 1980 in Ireland. He graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2012. He lives and works in London. He makes artwork alone and with others.
Vivienne Griffin
Vivienne Griffin is an artist interested in transdisciplinary practices engaged with music and noise. She is currently completing her PhD Addicted to Noise at the Royal College of Art in London and is represented by Bureau in New York. Vivienne studied at Hunter City University New York after receiving a Fulbright Scholarship in 2006. She recently performed at Survival Kit 8, 2016, a live performance festival in Latvia. Recent exhibitions include Artists Voices at the Centre d’édition contemporaine, Genève, 2016, at P!, New York and Frieze New York.
Kaspars Groševs
Born in 1983, Kaspars Groševs is an artist and curator based in Riga. Some of his recent solo shows are Dancing Water (with Ieva Kraule) at Futura, Prague (2016); Didn’t have wi-fi, so I started to paint at C.C. von Strizky’s villa, Riga (2016); Qu’est-ce que ça peut faire tout ça (with Ieva Kraule) at Shanaynay, Paris (2015); OAOA (Jūras griesti) (with Ola Vasiljeva) at theater house Jūras Vārti, Ventspils (2014). His work has been shown at group at XII Baltic Triennial at Contemporary Art Centre in Vilnius, Art in General in New York, CareOf in Milano, Garage Contemporary Art Museum in Moscow and kim? Contemporary Art Centre in Riga. Kaspars Groševs is sometimes performing with his music and writing for Latvian culture press. Co-founder and curator of 427 gallery in Riga.
Katrina Damigos
Katrina trained as a violinist and singer (Purcell School, Royal Northern College of Music) before becoming dedicated to Music education and Ethnomusicology. Graduating with a masters from SOAS in 2014, she developed a special interest in conservatoire environments and the broader professional music circuit in London. She is also a passionate violin and singing teacher and is looking forward to sharing her combination of performance, research and teaching experience in Islington and Westminster schools.