Awesome mathematics!
Awesome mathematics!
Disturbing the harmony since ... ever
Disturbing the harmony since ... ever
Artists of SPIDER Festival 2022
Anasta • Andrea Zavala Folache, Jija Sohn, Julia Reist, Lucy Wilke, Oneka Von Schrader • Anna Franziska Jäger, Nathan Ooms • Anton Ovchinnikov • Bara Kolenc • Carmen • dvidevat • Đakka • Gundega Redere • Insan • Iva Sveshtarova, Willy Prager • Izza • Jernej Škof, Maja Pahor • Katcha • Leja Jurišić • Lotti • Matej Kejžar • Noé Soulier • Nulla • SAIPAN • Samira Elagoz • Saša Lončar • Smirna Kulenović • Softskinson • Vera Tussing • YILA & jesusonecstasy • Zack Sievers
Program Spider 2022
Program Spider 2022
WEDNESDAY, 15 June 2022
Jakopič Auditorium, Tivoli Park
18.00
Spider bar opening
18.00-20.00
NULLA
Nulla is a DJ and a music producer whose meticulous beat selection has made her a known name in the EDM underground of Ljubljana. There, she persistently leaves traces of dark electro beats, obscure techno and somewhat experimental electronic music, while for her set at Spider festival we are to expect a more ambiental set.
© Aleš Zupanc
#dark electro #obscure techno #experimental electronic #but this time ambiental
#dark electro #obscure techno #experimental electronic #but this time ambiental
20.00-20.50
VERA TUSSING:
T-DANCE
© Alessandra Rocchetti
#sensory #sharing #kinetic #transmission #empathy #touch me touch you #touching at distance #mirrorneurons
#sensory #sharing #kinetic #transmission #empathy #touch me touch you #touching at distance #mirrorneurons
21.30-22.35
IVA SVESHTAROVA & WILLY PRAGER:
SHAMEBOX
© Boriana Pandova
#curiosity #isolation #freedom #dissection #noshameinshame #performance #cam4
#curiosity #isolation #freedom #dissection #noshameinshame #performance #cam4
23.00-23.30
GUNDEGA REDERE:
IN HORIZON
© Alvils Rolands Bijons
#shared weight #physics of solidarity #relentless flow #off balance to balance #someone’s there
#shared weight #physics of solidarity #relentless flow #off balance to balance #someone’s there
23.30-
ĐAKKA
Eva Djaković alias ĐAKKA has become a DJ only recently, when she was selected as a new DJ resident at Radio Študent. Soon, she entered the alternative music scene, notably, the dance clubs at AKC Metelkova. She does not believe in sticking to specific genres but rather strives to make her DJ sets dynamic and explosive, inducing fast beats and a touch of tenderness.
© Mihael Metličar
#alternative music scenes #genres are boring #we need dynamics
#alternative music scenes #genres are boring #we need dynamics
THURSDAY, 16 June 2022
Jakopič Auditorium, Tivoli Park
17.00-19.00
RADICAL TALKS 1:
Jakopič Promenade/Tivoli Park
Earthlings and Spacemen
(in English language)
Radical talks occur in a public space. They aim to circle among people. A few invited speakers present their thoughts on the topics, while the audience is invited to actively participate in the discussion.
Curator of the Festival of Radical Talks: Bara Kolenc, PhD.
Guests: PhD. Rachel Aumiller, PhD. Niklas Toivakainen, Miha Turšič, Zack Sievers, PhD. Alfie Bown
18.00-18.30
ČISTHUDAPLEJLISTA
18.30-19.00
SAŠA LONČAR:
CRUMBS
© Anka Simončič
#stories in movement #when do we think #from idea to community #from community to crumbs
#stories in movement #when do we think #from idea to community #from community to crumbs
19.00-19.40
SMIRNA KULENOVIĆ:
OUR FAMILY GARDEN
© Ajla Salkić
#collective ritual #commemoration #women making future #trenches becoming garden
#collective ritual #commemoration #women making future #trenches becoming garden
20.00-20.50
LEJA JURIŠIĆ IN COLLABORATION WITH PETRA VEBER:
CONCERTO
© Matija Lukić
#body instrument #as one #piano #relationship #futurists #dada people #disrupt form
#body instrument #as one #piano #relationship #futurists #dada people #disrupt form
21.30-22.00
JERNEJ ŠKOF AND MAJA PAHOR:
ENCOUNTERS, GAPS, AND TRACES
© Andrej Peunik
#buto #sensitive destruction #constructive searching #thank you LGBT+ community #margine as space
#buto #sensitive destruction #constructive searching #thank you LGBT+ community #margine as space
22.30-23.20
INSAN:
DANCE WITH US, DANCE WITH YOURSELF
#short poetic sasga #genre says to genre: kiss me #transideological #transnational #yugofuture
#short poetic sasga #genre says to genre: kiss me #transideological #transnational #yugofuture
23.30-
ANÁSTA
Anastazija Pirnat alias anásta is a visual artist, DJ, and activist from Slovenj Gradec. The main focus of her work is painting, while since 2021 she has been a member of the Ljubljana queer DJ collective Ustanova. You might’ve seen her spin in the lesbian club Monokel, Channel Zero, Pritličje, and Cukrarna, or have perhaps heard her sets on the DJ Afterparty on Radio Študent. Her music selection is genre-fluid, as she is interested in researching different genres and subgenres of electronic music and the possibilities of combining them.
© Simona Jerala
#paints and spins music #genre-fluid #multitudes of electronic music
#paints and spins music #genre-fluid #multitudes of electronic music
FRIDAY, 17 JUNE 2022
The Old Power Plant
18.00-19.00
KATCHA
When she’s not deep in creative projects with NOTT and Ghetto Witches, in persistent fights for a fair representation of musicians in the field of electronic music, or producing the next queer night at the lesbian club Monokel, Katcha can be found in the DJ booth. There, the paths lead her from contemporary electronic genres to those that radiate diverse South American and African historical music flows and to 00s favorites. Katcha is a member of the Ustanova collective.
© personal archive
#Katcha is back for the summer #eclectic DJ set ready go
#Katcha is back for the summer #eclectic DJ set ready go
19.00-20.00
ANNA FRANZISKA JÄGER & NATHAN OOMS:
BARTLEBABE
© Carly Rae Heathcote
#efficiency #efficiency=harmony=alarm #human #algorithm #control #Melville #theatre
#efficiency #efficiency=harmony=alarm #human #algorithm #control #Melville #theatre
21.00-1.00
SAMIRA ELAGOZ:
SEEK BROMANCE
© Samira Elagoz
#translives #masculinities #rebels #lovers #creators #comeout #patriarchy is stupid #cinematic performance
#translives #masculinities #rebels #lovers #creators #comeout #patriarchy is stupid #cinematic performance
FRIDAY, 17 JUNE 2022
Jakopič Auditorium, Tivoli Park
17.00-19.00
RADICAL TALKS 2:
Jakopič Promenade/Tivoli Park
Sharing the Lack
(in Slovenian language)
Radical talks occur in a public space. They aim to circle among people. A few invited speakers present their thoughts on the topics, while the audience is invited to actively participate in the discussion.
Curator of the Festival of Radical Talks: Bara Kolenc, PhD.
Guests: Mag. Ajda Pistotnik, Mag. Dino Manzoni, PhD. Magdalena Germek, PhD. Gal Kirn (TBA), Mag. Saša Hajzler
18.00-20.00
CARMEN
Karmen Ponikvar alias Carmen is a producer and researcher in the field of ambiental and dance music. Her selection of old-school house music is interlaced with experimental electronics, and the listener finds themselves in diverse worlds of inspiration and critical thought. Carmen collaborates with the vocalist Eva Mulej under the artistic title Lip Rouge. In June this year, we are to expect their EP (Ambient Soup Recordings).
© Tjaša Nardin
#ambiental #but also EDM #experimental #inspiration #also, Lip Rouge
#ambiental #but also EDM #experimental #inspiration #also, Lip Rouge
20.00-21.30
KATCHA
When she’s not deep in creative projects with NOTT and Ghetto Witches, in persistent fights for a fair representation of musicians in the field of electronic music, or producing the next queer night at the lesbian club Monokel, Katcha can be found in the DJ booth. There, the paths lead her from contemporary electronic genres to those that radiate diverse South American and African historical music flows and to 00s favorites. Katcha is a member of the Ustanova collective.
© personal archive
#Katcha is back for the summer #eclectic DJ set ready go
#Katcha is back for the summer #eclectic DJ set ready go
ANTON OVCHINNIKOV:
MONOCHROME
© Tamara Negrova
#from stupor to bodily mobility #from black and white to horizon of halftones #surviving war
#from stupor to bodily mobility #from black and white to horizon of halftones #surviving war
21.45-23.15
YILA & jesusonecstasy
This is the first collaboration between YILA and jesusonecstasy. While YILA (Alastair McNeill) has been working mostly within sound art and electronica, having shared the stage with David Toop’s ‘Unknown Devices’ and Roisin Murphy, jesusonecstasy goes after dark spaces with an electro-industrial feel. Now, their drum machines and modular systems will meet on Spider for a set of live improvised music.
© Lea Bradašević © Peter Giodani
#improvised music #sound art #electro-industrial
#improvised music #sound art #electro-industrial
23.30-
DVIDEVAT
It was in 2019 when Jera Topolovec began her exploration of electronic music. She was instantly attracted to analogue and electronic instruments which led to her music production which runs through detroit oldschool upbeat, acoustic breaks and new techno. Her work has been previously released by Kamizdat Recordings, while in 2022 she’s released and EP, Idle Infection, at Honest Work Recordings. She works with United We Stream platform and KNAUF collective.
© Marcel Obal
#harmony of galactic elements #somewhat analogue #and mostly electronic
#harmony of galactic elements #somewhat analogue #and mostly electronic
SATURDAY, 18 JUNE 2022
Jakopič Auditorium, Tivoli Park
18.00-20.00
IZZA
A resident of Ljubljana, Iza started to develop her DJ careeer some four years ago when she attended several DJ workshops at Klub K4. She spins house music and is a member of SOLVD crew.
© Tinkara Skol
#Ljubljana new forces #house music
#Ljubljana new forces #house music
20.00-20.50
NOÉ SOULIER:
PASSAGES
© Noé Soulier-Cndc-Angers
#discourse in movement #perception #shared vocabulary #immediate motricity
#discourse in movement #perception #shared vocabulary #immediate motricity
21.30-22.30
PROJECT INITIATED BY JIJA SOHN IN COLLABORATION WITH ANDREA ZAVALA FOLACHE, JULIA REIST & LUCY WILKE:
LANDS OF CONCERT
© Lands of Concert - video still, performance Batard Festival 2021 - Camera operators : Ely Chevillot, Camille Sultan & Carol Van Hemelrijck -Film Coordinator: Ely Chevillot
#revisit reality #borders no borders #distance intimacy #care for all #language in movement
#revisit reality #borders no borders #distance intimacy #care for all #language in movement
23.00-0.00
MATEJ KEJŽAR:
MULTIPLICITY OF MOVEMENTS 9
© Ivor Lapić
#division as one #movement in plural #patterns #multiplicity #intertextuality
#division as one #movement in plural #patterns #multiplicity #intertextuality
0.00-
SAIPAN
A self-proclaimed top DJ. A musical empath who can sometimes tell what people are dancing to simply by observing their facial expressions, screams, and how they wiggle and they jiggle. Likes to cite a famous person: “Genres are so last CD”. Two non-private events and one 10-hour birthday set, with mostly girls yadda yadda, so underground, right? Not afraid of the classics, yet not a complete music snob.
© SAIPAN
#do the brand new dance #bass #dirtyelectro #140beats #breakbeats #woo!
#do the brand new dance #bass #dirtyelectro #140beats #breakbeats #woo!
SUNDAY, 19 JUNE 2022
11.00-17.00
Club of River Captains
Spider Brunch
Spider Brunch
11.00-17.00
ZACK SIEVERS:
HAPTIC SPIDER: NON-HUMAN EYE
© Zack Sievers
#haptic cinematography #infrared #ultraviolet #multiple eyes #i spy with my little spider
#haptic cinematography #infrared #ultraviolet #multiple eyes #i spy with my little spider
12.00-15.00
LOTTIE
Lottie is a music enthusiast who navigates the many subgenres of the electronic music sphere. Her DJ career started when she was only a teenager. She is driven by the forceful flows of her desire to discover alternative music. She sees to construct a relaxed atmosphere with her music selection, be it ambiental or dance beats.
© Luka Stančič
#electronic music genres #seeking alternative #take it easy
#electronic music genres #seeking alternative #take it easy
15.00-17.00
SOFTSKINSON
Softskinson alias Fejzo, one of Ljubljana’s long time favourite DJs, can be found spinning some italo dream house jams at a chill party, a minute later opening for SHXCXCHCSH with some dark banging techno stompers, showing his eclectic music affinities with a mixture of funky disco, old-school rave slappers, and acid house rarities, or producing beats and drumming for the band YGT. He’s shared the stage with artists like Leon Vynehall, Glenn Astro, Frits Wentink, and many, many others. And now, he’s returning to Spider.
© Matija Lukić
#light italo dream house #dark techno #fejzo very eclectic
#light italo dream house #dark techno #fejzo very eclectic
Awesome Mathematics: Against Harmony Scales
Awesome Mathematics: Against Harmony Scales
The thick cloud of information, the subjects mediating between right and wrong, in and out, good and bad: it’s become difficult to think art. The big data machines and crypto miners are nothing but big black boxes with absolutely no real function, yet they consume daily the amount of energy comparable to that of a giant city. Risk management, contracts. In the arts: it seems that even what appeared to be odd, queer, or underground is all part of this very hegemonic structure. Any attempt to challenge the existing forms of power and dominancy will be in vain if not appropriated by the harmony scale.
In the context of art, the digital presents a cut, a determination. However, it may also mean a cut from the choreography preset, a cut from what is supposed to mean harmony, both from outside and within. Think of the Renaissance, when some of the highest clergy started to break with traditional religious beliefs. Nonetheless and to the bitter end, Renaissance also laid the foundation for yet another scale of harmony: capitalism. On the verge of the Digital, our times seem to have turned retrogradely to the ideas of greedy masters of natural resources and the absurd justifications for their wrong-doings. What about art and art-making? If retrograding should be the turn direction, should an artist then also turn back to Dada to challenge the thick phallus-non-senses suspended up in the clouds? Would Digital Dada represent the historically known direction that points at degenerate art?
Enter: Awesome Mathematics
Enter: Awesome Mathematics
Awesome Mathematics is a study of the patterns and sets consisting of parts separate from the others; a study of detected, distinct, and individual parts. In this sense, it is not about calculus or risk management, or immediate contracts. It is about noticing the pattern, re-frame-ing the information, and asking specific questions: instead of working through prescribed steps to solve exercises, each problem requires exploration and experimentation. Awesome mathematics is discontinuous and it troubles any harmonious calculus with interruptions of individually distinct and unconnected elements. Like voices reaching the red area on the amplitude scale.
Harmony is about the order, timing, fitting together, and pleasing arrangements of parts and minds. This gives it the character of something human. But there are other frequencies, those that the human beings cannot detect, as well as the ones that are outside the harmony-scale. Ranging from simple to complex arrangements, harmony seems to be all about an immediate contract the main article of which is an imperative to please. But who are the spectators and the listeners, the judges? What if the scale consists of frequencies that are outside the horizon of the human ear? This would make the scale discontinuous. It seems that harmony is a black box that excludes the voices that echo the natural resources. From the time of settlers, it seems that harmony is a hegemonic white male supremacist domain. Along with the overabundance of importance placed upon the content, the risk management, and type-like arrangements of fitting in, the immediate contract enhancing particular timing will always be reductive and will place limitations or certain rules upon a responder. Harmony will always dull and flatten the oscillating frequency of sounds from the “natural resources’ side of a box”. Just like harmony, both art and science represent the name of their investors, such as states and/or private investors.
Harmony in terms of periodicity
Harmony in terms of periodicity
Perhaps: consider removing the walls of the black box and address harmony as a section, as a type-like period. This will not abandon the limits of harmony but stress its particular start and a particular end. Harmony is in no way a remedy. There are discrete individuals which are harmed, exploited, and abandoned from the harmony scale in the name of risk management. These individuals are part of our complex and continuous sound scales.
Consider the type-like period of harmony further. White supremacist male harmony is a type. But what about the others? What about the group of individuals sounding in red and not wanting to be touched by dominating patriarchic structures? What if there is more than only one scale and what if the scales of sounds are resonating all at the same time? In our time, there is no answer. To start the flight over the abyss of potential outcomes, we must abandon the overabundance of importance placed upon the content or meaning of harmony. Awesome mathematics experiments with scales and in that way, it experiments with vocabulary for the distance between them, different timings and pitches for how they appear and how they do whatever they do. Such experimentations make harmony look at its mirror image and realize that its appearance is arbitrary.
Dance
Dance
There is a world about dance, the world about the form of dance and physical experiences, the world where words fall short to stress what dance does. Dance is an important form representing specific and even discrete socio-political structures. It is also why choreographic symbols and signs are so useful tools to navigate the audience through an abstract form of expression. Choreography regulates where words fall short. But then again, is dance about harmony? What happens if Awesome Mathematics is applied and we remove the harmonious black box walls? What happens if we remove ballet from its specific environment and look at it on mute in the environment of the park? What it does do to us if a piano concert is played with legs, for instance? What happens if instead of Bartleby there is Bartlebabe and if instead of conceptual arguing we dwell in the world of changing the gender? What if one has more than one favourite album? What, if anything, does it do to the world if we emphasise choreography as organising specific time and space in terms of periodicity? What does it do when we turn back to harmony only to question the limitations of its scales?
Welcome to Spider’s Awesome Mathematics!
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Old Power Plant
Slomškova ulica 18
Club of River Captains
Opekarska 1 (under Prule bridge)
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