Stavanger-born vocalist, performer and sound artist Stine Janvin's work revolves around the physicality of sound and the voice in particular. In the below text, Janvin gives literal voice to her creative practice with a performative text that invites the reader to physically participate in the action of making sound rather than simply reading about it.
Stavanger-born vocalist, performer and sound artist Stine Janvin works with the extensive flexibility of her voice, and the ways in which it can be disconnected from its natural, human connotations. Created for variable spaces from theatres, to clubs and galleries, and more recently websites and digital platforms, the backbone of Janvin’s projects focus on the physical aspects of sound, vocal instrumentation and potential dualities of the natural versus artificial, tangible/digital, and minimal/dramatic. Her most recent works are SOLD (a dog and pony show) and renowned Fake Synthetic Music, from which she earned a Honorary Mention of the Prix Ars Electronica 2019. Janvin is a fellow at Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD in 2020.
Throughout 2020, CAS has pursued a thematic research focus centered around sound, sound art, and experimental music. In the below text, Peter Meanwell and Maria Rusinovskaya create a container for discussions about sound (and silence) in the creative practices of the four artists, Maia Urstad, Elina Waage, Mikalsen Signe Lidén, and Jana Winderen — all living and working in Norway.
How does freedom sound? In the below text, 2019 CAS Resident in Art Writing Yang Yeung offers a reflection on how artists listen in the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.
Maiken Winum skriver i denne teksten om de flytende grensene mellom lyd, musikk, performance og den visuelle kunsten. Hun spør hva som skjer når et lydverk skaper sterke assosiasjoner og emosjoner i oss og skriver at «Vi har alle våre sett med assosiasjoner, minner og kunnskap om våre omgivelser som utspringer fra lyden omkring oss.» Men hun peker også på at lydkunst kan skape nye klanger og resonanser i oss, spesielt når man «legger fortolkning til side til fordel for sansning.»