THE ISLAND SOUNDSCAPE
Conceptualized by the students of Live Art and Performance Studies for the LAPSODY festival program. Recorded and edited by Fjolla Hoxha, Minerva Juolahti, Tea Andreoletti.
Curatorial statement:
How does an island sound like? What waves circulate in, on, above, and below it? What can we understand about the histories of environments through their sounds?
We wanted to bring the sounds of the Kuninkaansaari island where LAPSODY took place to the spaces which they rarely reach, to initiate potential connections of care and cohabitation. What could the island soundscape share with us? The islands, the sea, the land, the other-than-human beings, the human inhabitants – an entanglement of living sounds.
“The Island Soundscape” made a journey together with Fjolla Hoxha, Tea Andreoletti and Minerva Juolahti in metro stations between the stations Kalasamata and Helsingin yliopisto in Helsinki on September 15th, 2020 as part of LAPSODY: Paramatter festival held during September 15th–19th, 2020.
released on October 5, 2020
recording / editing / performing: Fjolla Hoxha, Minerva Juolahti, Tea Andreoletti
conceptualisation: LAPS / Dash Che, Fjolla Hoxha, Minerva Juolahti, Suvi Tuominen, Tea Andreoletti
THE SLUDGE PUDDLE RAINBOW
When facing the Covid-19 pandemic people are put under mass surveillance but asked to concentrate on inner exploration. Is there really a silver lining in the situation?
Text Author: Fjolla Hoxha
Voice: Alistair Logan
Sound design: Samy Kramer
Director: David Kozma
Editor: Jenni Hurmerinta
THE PLACE WHERE THERE ARE NO FLIES
The sound piece is inspired by my grandfather’s all nighter radio, Marina Gržinič and the NSK group from Slovenia. It depicts AM waves captured on a battery radio in the open filed in front of Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland.