Concert - Performance - Architechture - Picnic
Three summer evenings at three distinctive sites along abandoned railway tracks in Skåne, where good food and drink meet resonant encounters with art – picnics, music, performance, vistas, and architecture in interplay.
Newly created music and performance unfold in dialogue with each place, shaped by the atmosphere of the surroundings.
Bring a blanket or chair, and a picnic basket. Dress for the weather
Sonic Picnic is a project inspired by stark, aesthetic buildings and landscapes – where experimental musicians, electronic composers, and contemporary dancers come together in sculptural experiences of sound, movement, and architecture.
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Programme:
June 13th. 18:00 – 20:00 (doors 17:30) – Lokstallerna, Malmö
A picnic, concert and performance experience set among the abandoned railway tracks near the Lokstallarna in Kirseberg. The rails and wild greenery form a unique scenography in this industrial area, framed by the Ringline and the monumental structures of the former railway workshop.
Joker Nies, analogue electronics – German electro-sapiens exploring sound through modified instruments and custom circuits – active as a musician, sound designer, and improviser on the international experimental scene.
Tove Bagge, viola – Improviser, composer, and music educator based in Malmö. Active in experimental music, early music, free improvisation, and folk music.
Silas Bieri, electronics – Malmö-based sound designer and composer with a background in electronic music, stage art, and audio engineering. He runs the in-discourse studio and works internationally in art and the creative industries.
Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir (IS/SWE) – Violinist and composer exploring the more-than-human world through sound. In a "riveting" and "poetic" music, bringing improvisation and a new intelligent performance platform to this event.
Find your way, link to map - https://tinyurl.com/sonic-picnic-lokstallarna
In case of rain the event will move indoors.
July 18th. 18:00 – 20:00 (doors 17:30) – Sockerbruket, Köpingebro
A site-specific evening of sound, movement, and picnic inside the monumental remains of Köpingebro's former sugar factory. Once the largest in Sweden, this industrial giant now sets the stage for an evening with experimental music, performance, and picnic among echoes of machinery and wild-growing nature.
Vincent Bahar – Swedish-Iranian artist and composer materialising sound coming from experimental, classical and Iranian culture, in a performance with the Sufi frame drum daf.
Jørgen Teller – premier performmance of the work – dépêche toi ! – an edge of noise meets drones and action!
+ perfomer TBA
Find your way, link to map – https://tinyurl.com/sonic-picnic-sockerbruket
July 25th. 18:00 – 20:00 (doors 17:30) – Brattenborg utsiktsplats, Båstad
Brattenborg lookout point is located in the Lyadalen Nature Reserve – a rift valley formed by geological shifts over a billion years ago. The landscape has been shaped by ice ages and erosion, and the Lyabäcken stream has carved ravines and small waterfalls into the valley floor.
The area is also rich in cultural history. The pasturelands surrounding Brattenborg have been used for grazing over generations, and traces of this use remain visible today. Just below the lookout point, the former railway over the Hallandsåsen ridge once passed – now transformed into a walking and cycling path known as the Bjäre Rail Trail.
We aim to highlight the unique character of this place – where geology, nature, and human history intersect – through sound art and performance in dialogue with the landscape and its own soundscape.
Elin Hedin - danceperformance
Emma Ribbing - choreography
Stefan Klaverdal - electronics
Jakob Riis - a live electronic set, presenting a quadrophonic montage, evoking an imagined collective memory of the surroundings.
This event takes place in a nature reserve – please show respect for local flora, fauna, and other visitors. Sound levels and movement are adapted to the sensitivity of the site.
Find your way, link to map - https://tinyurl.com/sonic-picnic-brattenborg-uts
Sonic Picnic are produced by No Music and in-discourse in collaboration with Ravinen and Ystad kommun, with financial support from Kulturrådet, Region Skåne and Malmö stad.