Stories of Flights, Ferries and Fish - Archive, 2018-2020
The Nordic landscape comprises open oceans and archipelagos and features many isolated islands and other areas. In this geophysical terrain a complex transportation network exists for humans, as does for fish.
Stories of Flights, Ferries, and Fish was an artistic endeavour conveying stories of commuting people (and fish), and exploring the Nordic landscape, its island complexes and archipelagos, its climate, and the various geophysical phenomena that forge it. The project pivots on audio-logs, spoken word, sound-art, electroacoustic compositions, field-recordings, interviews, photography and film.
Realised in 2018-2020 through a series of events in Denmark, Sweden and The Faroe Islands, the project was conceived, initiated, and directed by Marinos Koutsomichalis, Jakob Riis, and Jørgen Teller with support from the Nordic Council, the Nordic Culture Fund, and a series of local organisations. It also involves a series of local, and nonlocal, artists that have been invited to contribute their own stories of flights ferries, and fish.
Stories of Flights, Ferries and Fish was concluded in august 2020, with the release of a 20-track album featuring over two hours of music by Lise-Lotte Norelius, Marinos Koutsomichalis, Jørgen Teller, and Jakob Riis.:
Two evenings with immersive listening experiences in the spacious facilities at in-discourse studios, located in the former railway workshop at “Lokstallarna” in Malmö. Presenting new and former works by swedish, danish and greek composers, performed in an acousmonium, a large scale multichannel sound system of 30+ loudspeakers, installed for this event at in-discourse which was chosen for it’s exceptional acoustics and unique atmosphere.
Acousmatic Stories presents two branches: “Radio Plays” and “Stories of Flights, Ferries, and Fish”.
Saturday, October 12th
SØS Gunver Ryberg – “Fragments”
Kent Olofsson – “Skellefteå / Malmö” and “Karlskrona / Malmö”
in-discourse, Södra Bulltoftavägen 51G, Malmö – doors 19:30, on stage 20:30 – entrance 80 sek – map
Saturday, October 19th
Marinos Koutsomichalis – “sāk vitt ok vītt of verǫld hverja”
Lise-Lotte Norelius – “The Hatchery“
Jørgen Teller – “Codhead, Lighthouse and Baby Grand”
Jakob Riis – “Life beyond starboard and fish”
Niels Bjerg – “Hvidt Sand, Vand og Asfalt”
in-discourse, Södra Bulltoftavägen 51G, Malmö – doors 19:30, on stage 20:30 – entrance 80 sek – map
Acousmatic Stories: Radio Plays are presenting works created for large multichannel loudspeaker orchestra, approaching the listeners by taking over the physical space with sounds around and above the listeners, while preserving the potentials of the radio play to move, interact and overlap between completely different environments, places, times and people.
Stories of Flights, Ferries, and Fish is an artistic endeavour conveying stories of commuting people (and fish), and exploring the Nordic landscape, its island complexes and archipelagos, its climate, and the various geophysical phenomena that forge it. The project pivots on audio-logs, spoken word, sound-art, electroacoustic compositions, field-recordings, interviews, photography, and all sorts of other artefacts to be presented to audiences alongside tastings of local fish.
Supported by: Malmö stad, Nordisk Kulturfond, Nordic Culture Point, Past Machine HB, in-discourse and Inter Arts Center
Stories of Flights, Ferries and Fish @ Dokk12019/4/10
Wedensday, April 10th, 16:30 - 18:00
Dokk1
Hack Kampmanns Plads 2
8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
An afternoon the interdisciplinary art project "Stories of Flights, Ferries and Fish" that seeks out and tells stories from the outskirts of the Nordic countries. Sound art, images, poetry and performance by Marino's Koutsomichalis, Jørgen Teller and Jakob Riis.
Marinos Koutsomichalis: "so white and wide or worldly each":
a hybrid performance pivoting on a multi-level exploration of the
Icelandic landscape and the artist's own personal (un) creations of, and creative responses to, it. Film, self-build sound and video-box which prints recipes.
Jørgen Teller: AU BOUT YOU DOKK1
A story about moving to the edge with the plane, the ferry and the fish to find and create new Nordic stories. Here is included a Cretan Lyra, sound, visuals and poetry from visits to Iceland, Lofoten and Danish islands and harbours 2018.
Jakob Riis: Starboard and Fish
Or how to set the navigation lights right? A sound performance where JR investigates the migrational implications of mankind and fish.
An afternoon diving into the nordic oceans of music, performance and fish-snacks. This is another wild off-shot from from the interdisciplinary, travelling art project "Stories of Flights Ferries and Fish" that seeks out and tells stories from the outskirts of the Nordic countries. Sound art, images, poetry, text/sound and performance.
Supported by Nordisk Kulturfond og Kulturkontakt Norden
Stories of Flights, Ferries and Fish. Faroe Islands2018/11/28
The Nordic House in the Faroe Islands, Forhøllin Wedensday, November 28, 17:00
Nátturðabitin
Stories of Flights, Ferries and Fish. Enjoy a cultural experience together with a light supper.
Of and by sound artists Marinos Koutsomichalis, Jakob Riis and Jørgen Teller.
The artists will perform three unique sound-based works, garnished with images, photos poems and items, which they have gathered on their travels in the Nordic countries.
Program:
"sāk vitt ok vītt of verǫld hverja", by Marinos Koutsomichalis a hybrid performance pivoting on a multi-level exploration of the Icelandic landscape and the artist’s own personal (un)makings of, and creative responses to, it
"Au Bout du Monde", by Jørgen Teller Poetry, sound, Cretan Lyra and octopus. Kraken is everywhere!
"Starboard and Fish", by Jakob Riis Ola Paulson tells and reflects on his experiences with fish, while his 1 year old son Björn plays on the floor. The fishing boats are on their way out and the ferries are sailing.
Special snacks, created for the occasion, will be served.
Saturday, november 24th 19:30 - 24:00
Dansekapellet, Bispebjerg Torv 1
First perfomances of works by Jakob Riis and Marinos Koutsomichalis for the Stories of Flights, Ferries and Fish project are presented at this years Sparkling Sound Festival. A visionary meeting between new electronic music, dance & reading / enactment, overtone singing and light design presented by Alteration and Dansehallerne
Full program below...
GERALD THOMAS & LISA GIOBBI (BR / US)
S.O.L.O. (DK) - reading, dance and inter-acting
The big surprise of the festival is the performance with director Gerald
Thomas in a reading / spoken word with the dancer Lisa Giobbi as well as shorter
performances of scenes that involve the audience and relate to sound. He has previously showed his
works in Kanonhallen and in collaboration with Dr Dante, as well as on major opera stages throughout the world.
SIMPLE SOUNDS / Skye Løvvander and Anders Nordin
Overtones duo in bathroom & lighting design by ARTHUR van der ZAAG (DK / NL)
Simple Sounds and Arthur van der Zaag present a new collaboration about a meditative semi-acoustic concert in a unique lighting set up especially for the bathroom in the basement of Dansekapellet.
JESPER RANUM
Synth veteran Jesper Ranum performs new works commissioned by the festival.
NUSTORIES / Marinos Koutsomichalis and Jakob Riis
New works from the Stories of Flight, Ferries and Fish project where Marinos Koutsomichalis, Jakob Riis and Jørgen Teller are the main players. The first two
composers present new works from their travels in 2018. http://www.nustories.nu
ALYSSA ROGERS (US)
Poetry readings
About SPARKLING SOUND FESTIVAL
SPARKLING SOUND FESTIVAL was held in 2013-15 with a Greek-Danish focus
(in 2013 in Copenhagen NV & K, 2014 in Athens & in Aarhus and 2015 in Aalborg. The focus of the festival has always been electronic music and sound art and from 2016 new thinking directions and choreography were included in the program. In 2016 2 very successful days in the Dome of Vision with new works, Swedish guests and 3 dancers. In 2017 the festival was held in the Concert Church, where the audience received a sublime meeting of Danish and foreign sound artists and performers.
H15 - Thuesday, April 9th, 15:00 - 17:00
The Nordic House in the Faroe Islands, Forhøllin