Audio Credit: Björn Torske - Clean Air - from the album "Byen" on Smalltown Supersound
[SELECTED PROJECTS]
[ NICK CAVE | FORMAT FESTIVAL 2022 ]
Artist Nick Cave's iconic 'Soundsuits' performed alongside six headlining acts, including Phoenix, Nile Rodger's & Chic, War on Drugs, Flaming Lips and Sean Kuti. Additionally, Cave collaborated with Chicago-based composer Jlin and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff's marching band for a series of unique in-field 'invasions'.
[ CITY HALL BY OLIVIER GROSSETÊTE ]
For Phish's Mondegreen Festival, French artist Grossetête created a monument built solely of cardboard and tape. The participative project began with a week long workshop prepping 1,850 boxes, an on-site build with attendees, followed by a community-led demolition, with 100% materials recycled. The monument stood 80 feet tall, weighed 2 tons, and brought together over 1000 volunteers.
[ ASIM WAQIF | LIMINAL GAPS ]
Waqif's 'Chaal' was a site-specific bamboo structure built over three weeks inside NMACC's Art House in Mumbai with over 35 craftsmen. The piece celebrated Indian artistry and lured viewers through a sonic symphony of nature, triggered by participants’ movements and interactions.
[ VIRTUALLY THERE | MANA CONTEMPORARY ]
Inspired by Oskar Schlemmer's 'Triadic Ballet' (1922), this performance brought together punk ballerina Karole Armitage for choreography, renowned furniture designers the Campana Brothers for costume design, Whitney Biennial artists Heather Rowe & Kate Gilmore for stage design and underground French composer Charles Derenne.