Trajectories of tactilit
Sound and space interactions during White Night on September 8, 2012
Downshifting? John Grzinich: Generating integrated cultures of language, food and
art is so inherent to human life that only empires built from violence and systems
of mass repression are powerful enough to create beliefs for mass deception to
overshadow these aspects.
Maksims Šenteļevs (bērnu rīts): What will come after downshifting? A little bit
more insight and a little bit less chaos in life.
Artists' Bios:
bērnu rīts (children’s morning) is a sound makers’ group created by like-minded architects in Riga in 2007. “bērnu rīts” unites prejudice-free people open to collaboration and experiments in the fields of sound, space and communication. BR performances are like rituals with space and movement as the main participants, but the most important method is a careful listening. Instruments and sound recordings are either home-made or found. The structure and content of performances change with the surroundings, context and participants of the event.
Everyone who is able to overcome established ideas and dares to reconsider their essence can take part in performances.
John Grzinich is an artist and cultural coordinator working with various events combining sound, image, sites and collaborative social structures since the early 1990s.