The Brain of Europe
Fri, 11. Mar 2016
Polyester Records
387 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, Melbourne
387 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, Melbourne
6pm-7pm
FREE
FREE
Berlin-based duo ‘The Brain of Europe’ is an experimental collaboration between Merja Kokkonen (FIN) of Islaja and Jasmine Guffond (AUS). Beginning with Islaja’s Finnish interpretation of Saint Teresa’s 16th Century texts and Jasmine’s interest in creating sonic habitats for yoga classes, ‘The Brain of Europe’ is gradually developing into a sonically unique, hypnotic, potentially transcendental, structurally leaning, partially improvised, ambient music.
Artists
Islaja
First ever Australian performance by Merja Kokkonen AKA Islaja, the brilliant Finish experimental musician with numerous releases on Fonal Record, Ecstatic Peace, Root Strata and Monika Enterprise.
Jasmine Guffond
"The relative invisibility of digital surveillance and the proliferation of consumer modes of online surveillance has both intensified and rendered ambivalent our relationships to being surveyed. Sound provides a means for listening back to some of the imperceivable surveillance infrastructures that monitor our habitual online browsing."