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Matter of fact consists of 5 audio-visual compositions: Myself, People, Society, Depression, Differences. All lyrics are interview cut-ups.
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Commissioned by Norient and CTM for «Seismographic Sounds» exhibition at the CTM Festival 2016 Berlin, MATTER OF FACT premiered as an interactive installation.
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‘Aftermath is in a way very political. When I started working on it I was approaching it as a subtle, almost ambient track, improvisatory...then came the rhythm, then came the noise and I realised that the need to articulate these musical events was a way to articulate my feelings and thoughts on the endless stream of bad news on a daily basis....violence, injustice, wars, corruption....’. "The idea with the AAA series is to have a poke at purist rules, play with genres, labels, categorisation and what you are 'allowed' or expected to do." Habitat and Aftermath written and produced by Svetlana Maraš ; All tracks mastered by Conor Curran; Design by Hannes Jentsch
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REVOLVING AROUND AND PAIRING UP WITH
Cut-up, electro-acoustic composition 2016 Compilation "Historage" Curated by Distractfold ensemble |
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Premiered at Darmstadt International Music Institute 2016
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Historage is a project by Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt (IMD) and Goethe-Institut
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CHAMBER MUSIC
for accordion with electronics and violoncello, 2020
RECORDING: Premiere by Branko Džinović (accordion, electronics) and Aleksandar Latković (violoncello)
Belgrade Philharmonic Hall, March 2020
Software and controllers: Ableton Live, tablet with TouchOSC app, MIDI pedal
Stereo sound, accordion and violoncello play amplified
Belgrade Philharmonic Hall, March 2020
Software and controllers: Ableton Live, tablet with TouchOSC app, MIDI pedal
Stereo sound, accordion and violoncello play amplified
JEZIK
electro-acoustic, cut-up composition, radiophonic 2016
electro-acoustic, cut-up composition, radiophonic 2016
Premiered by ORF1 Kunstradio-Radiokunst, co-production with Radio Belgrade
* Prix Italia 2017 shortlisted (radio music)
Selected performances: Kunstradio-Radiokunst, Radio Belgrade, RTÉ lyric - NOVA radio show
Jezik was featured as a soundtrack in the film: Speak so I can see you by Marija Stojnić
* Prix Italia 2017 shortlisted (radio music)
Selected performances: Kunstradio-Radiokunst, Radio Belgrade, RTÉ lyric - NOVA radio show
Jezik was featured as a soundtrack in the film: Speak so I can see you by Marija Stojnić
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Језик, pronounced Jezik and meaning “tongue”, but also "language" in Serbian, is a composition made of 11 short pieces, each being centered around the theme of human speech. These are short studies in language articulation, utilized by musical means. In a broad sense, the subject of the work is language as represented by human voice in a post-digital soundscape. Behind the computer screens, in the virtual space dominated by text and images, speaking voice as representation of the body, of the self, becomes modulated by the technology and deconstructed to the level of malfunction (glitch). Just as our attention is being dispersed due to the multitude of simultaneous events, the language (or the ear that perceives it) in the same way reaches the ultimate fragmentariness. This was the reason why in the selection of materials I worked with, I predominantly focused on very short cut-ups of variety of voices, with emphasis on paralinguistic elements from which I carefully moved towards larger units. I found musicality in the smallest cracks of speech and meaning, and I made the language struggle for its existence through many musical obstructions.
From appreciation of spoken words in all their acoustic subtleties, to artificial and enforced musical (rhythmical) structures that are not inherent to speech, I was testing the elasticity of language, stretching the boundaries of its musicality to the point of rupture. For me, within these ruptures, new (musical) meanings arise.
Svetlana Maras
Belgrade, 2016
*All vocal materials are cut-ups from number of radio shows found in the archives of the Radio Belgrade and the recordings were kindly provided by them.
From appreciation of spoken words in all their acoustic subtleties, to artificial and enforced musical (rhythmical) structures that are not inherent to speech, I was testing the elasticity of language, stretching the boundaries of its musicality to the point of rupture. For me, within these ruptures, new (musical) meanings arise.
Svetlana Maras
Belgrade, 2016
*All vocal materials are cut-ups from number of radio shows found in the archives of the Radio Belgrade and the recordings were kindly provided by them.
POETICA MICRO MIX
micro cut-ups of sound poetry, vocal compositions and vocal improvisations, 2011
micro cut-ups of sound poetry, vocal compositions and vocal improvisations, 2011
TRACKLIST
Cappa (Five man singing) - Jaap Blonk, Koichi Makagami, Paul Dutton, Phil Minton, David Mos
Quiet neighbors moaning (Five man singing) - Jaap Blonk, Koichi Makagami, Paul Dutton, Phil Minton, David Moss
= - Amanda Stewart
Body - Ania Walwicz
Public announcement - Chris Cheek
Emmu - Ide Hintze
Object / subject - Lily Greenham
Underground - Lily Greenham
Advert - Phil Minton
Qzah II - Schipper Elke
Oslo 1 (Improvisers) - Maja Ratkje & Jaap Blonk
Sequenza for voice - Luciano Berio
Nouvelles Aventures - Gyorgy Ligeti
Kassandra (Orestia) - Iannis Xenakis
O superman - Laurie Anderson
Dolmen music - Overture - Meredith Monk
It's been a honeymoon (City life) - Steve Reich
Tell it like it is - Christopher Knowles
Vocalise - Trevor Wishart
Atomic alphabet - Chris Burden
Interview with Cathy Berberian (Ode to gravity)
Stripsody - Cathy Berberian
Quiet neighbors moaning (Five man singing) - Jaap Blonk, Koichi Makagami, Paul Dutton, Phil Minton, David Moss
= - Amanda Stewart
Body - Ania Walwicz
Public announcement - Chris Cheek
Emmu - Ide Hintze
Object / subject - Lily Greenham
Underground - Lily Greenham
Advert - Phil Minton
Qzah II - Schipper Elke
Oslo 1 (Improvisers) - Maja Ratkje & Jaap Blonk
Sequenza for voice - Luciano Berio
Nouvelles Aventures - Gyorgy Ligeti
Kassandra (Orestia) - Iannis Xenakis
O superman - Laurie Anderson
Dolmen music - Overture - Meredith Monk
It's been a honeymoon (City life) - Steve Reich
Tell it like it is - Christopher Knowles
Vocalise - Trevor Wishart
Atomic alphabet - Chris Burden
Interview with Cathy Berberian (Ode to gravity)
Stripsody - Cathy Berberian
ABOUT
The piece was made by using the technique of micro cut-ups - combining the existing recordings of exclusively vocal music (vocal improvisation, sound poetry and contemporary music), their smallest bits and fragments, composer made original piece of complex texture and constructed new melodic and harmonic patterns using the existing recordings. Borrowing the idiom of Dj mix, this piece needs to be followed by the list of compositions that were used in the piece. These original works can be recognized, but they are not to be followed chronologically.
Selected performances: Kunstradio-Radiokunst, Radio Belgrade 3, 20th International Review of Composers (Serbia), University of California San Diego (Listening Room concert series), Acousmatic for the people, Inter Arts Center, Malmo
RADIO CONCERT NO.1
Live performance for EMS Synthi 100 and computer, 2018
Live performance for EMS Synthi 100 and computer, 2018
Composed and performed for the re-opening of Radio Belgrade's Electronic studio
Premiered on Radio-television Serbia, March 2018
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Premiered on Radio-television Serbia, March 2018
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DIRTY THOUGHTS
for ensemble and live electronics, 2015
*Recommended work at the 63rd International Rostrum of Composers, Poland 2016
for ensemble and live electronics, 2015
*Recommended work at the 63rd International Rostrum of Composers, Poland 2016
Commissioned by the Swiss Music Days Festival
Performed by Ensemble Phoenix Basel and Ensemble Studio 6
Score available on demand
Performed by Ensemble Phoenix Basel and Ensemble Studio 6
Score available on demand
IT'S ABOUT SPY STATIONS
for voice, electric guitar, computer keyboard, bass clarinet, objects and live electronics, 2009
for voice, electric guitar, computer keyboard, bass clarinet, objects and live electronics, 2009
Recording: Ensemble Studio 6 and Svetlana Maraš at Gallery U10, Belgrade, December 2012
Premiered by the Loos ensemble and Svetlana Maraš at Vilnius European Capital of Culture, September 2009, Lithuania
Premiered by the Loos ensemble and Svetlana Maraš at Vilnius European Capital of Culture, September 2009, Lithuania
DESIRE
Cut-up composition 2015
Cut-up composition 2015
Commissioned by NORIENT for the «Seismographic Sounds – Visions of a New World» exhibition
Composed by Svetlana Maras with sounds/music/words by: Umlilo, Kate Wax, Mykki Blanco, Rona Geffen, La Gale, Marcel Dettmann, Yemi Alade, Mashrou Leila, Hans-Eckardt Wenzel...
Composed by Svetlana Maras with sounds/music/words by: Umlilo, Kate Wax, Mykki Blanco, Rona Geffen, La Gale, Marcel Dettmann, Yemi Alade, Mashrou Leila, Hans-Eckardt Wenzel...
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The Norient exhibition «Seismographic Sounds – Visions of a New World» shows and discusses contemporary video clips, tracks and Sound Art from around the globe. Following the six topics Money, Loneliness, War, Belonging, Exotica and Desire, the visitor explores the exhibition as an audio-visual composition.
"Musicians and Sound Artists all over the world make themselves heard through Soundcloud, YouTube and Twitter. Their tracks, video clips and audio collages challenge known forms and ideals and propose Visions of a New World. They offer surprising, smart and provocative perspectives that are simultaneously reduced, salient and profound. Norient highlights these contemporary artistic positions and argues about their potential and limits with journalists, bloggers, artists and scholars from different places and cultures of knowledge. The exhibition further introduces people behind the scenes in experimental audio podcasts. The exhibition counters pessimistic views that globalisation and digitalisation has led to cultural uniformity and the destruction of the world’s musical heritage."
"Musicians and Sound Artists all over the world make themselves heard through Soundcloud, YouTube and Twitter. Their tracks, video clips and audio collages challenge known forms and ideals and propose Visions of a New World. They offer surprising, smart and provocative perspectives that are simultaneously reduced, salient and profound. Norient highlights these contemporary artistic positions and argues about their potential and limits with journalists, bloggers, artists and scholars from different places and cultures of knowledge. The exhibition further introduces people behind the scenes in experimental audio podcasts. The exhibition counters pessimistic views that globalisation and digitalisation has led to cultural uniformity and the destruction of the world’s musical heritage."
CANZONE DISTORTE
Radiophonic, music theatre 2013
*Vitomir Bogić prize for the best young radiphonic composers, Radio Belgrade 2013
Radiophonic, music theatre 2013
*Vitomir Bogić prize for the best young radiphonic composers, Radio Belgrade 2013
Composed by: Anja Djordjevic & Svetlana Maraš
Gift for the Art’s birthday celebration that has been organized by the EBU Ars Acoustica Group
Selected performances: Radio Belgrade via Kunstradio, Ring Ring festival - Belgrade, Sajeta - Tolmin, Slovenia, Improstor series - Novi Sad, Serbia, A38, Budapest, Szentandre, Hungary
More info at: canzonedistorte.tumblr.com
Gift for the Art’s birthday celebration that has been organized by the EBU Ars Acoustica Group
Selected performances: Radio Belgrade via Kunstradio, Ring Ring festival - Belgrade, Sajeta - Tolmin, Slovenia, Improstor series - Novi Sad, Serbia, A38, Budapest, Szentandre, Hungary
More info at: canzonedistorte.tumblr.com
VIDEO
PHOTO
EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC
SELECTED PERFORMANCES: Ars Electronica, HEK Basel, Ear We Are Biel, Blurred edges Hamburg, Ausland Berlin, A38 Budapest, Ring-ring Belgrade, Espace Multimedia Gantner, Izlog Suvremenog zvuka Zagreb, Onassis Cultural Centre Athens, Museum of Transitory Art Ljubljana, Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade, Zurich Art University - Institute for Computer Music and Technology, HfMT Hamburg, Simultan festival Timisoara, Klanghaus Untergreith, Quiet cue series Berlin, Audio Art festival Pula, Alte Schmiede Vienna, Interpenetration Graz, Koncertkirken Copenhagen, FrimSyd series Malmo, Pohoda - Visegrad stage Trencin...
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EXPERIMENTAL CLUB SET
ŠEHY RASHMA
ŠEHY RASHMA
ŠEHY RASHMA project was initiated in 2018. With this live performance of electronic music, Svetlana Maraš makes adventurous moves through the fields of club culture, interactive computerized performance and experimental sound. The project premiered at the resident-club Drugstore in Belgrade, before the performance of Robert Lippok. With Lippok, Svetlana shared the stage again, later that year at Berlin’s club Arkaoda, Palais Wittgenstein series supported by Musicboard Berlin. Šehy Rashma project was also presented at the festivals Exit (Novi Sad) and Rhizom (Zurich). Very notable performance, Svetlana has made with this project at the Boiler room in March 2019, reaching very high visibility and gaining a lot of attention for her unusual setup and unconventional musical performance.
FILM AND THEATRE
SELECTED PERFORMANCES: Bitef theatre Belgrade; HERE, New York; University Settlement, New York;
Aubagne International Film Festival; Belgrade Drama Theatre
Aubagne International Film Festival; Belgrade Drama Theatre
AUDIO-VISUAL INSTALLATIONS
FOUNDRY OF POEMS / LIVNICA PESAMA
by Deana Petrović
Immersive multichannel audio-visual installation
6-channel video, 4 channel sound
Premiered in 2017 in Belgrade
Video footage - from the archives of Radio-Television of Serbia, Department of historiography Trezor, Archive "Večernje novosti", Museum of Yugoslavia
www.foundryofpoems.com
Large-scale multimedia installation, made of video projections and multichannel sound. It takes abandoned industrial space and turns it into immersive sensory experience, inviting the audience to re-inhabit this hybrid space by moving freely through the installation. The main actors of the videos are workers-poets. Their poetry deals with the deep existentialist questions of working-class life and the position of the worker as individual in the production chain. To create a hybrid space, we are using a system for spatial (mapped) video projection and 4-channel sound system.
by Deana Petrović
Immersive multichannel audio-visual installation
6-channel video, 4 channel sound
Premiered in 2017 in Belgrade
Video footage - from the archives of Radio-Television of Serbia, Department of historiography Trezor, Archive "Večernje novosti", Museum of Yugoslavia
www.foundryofpoems.com
Large-scale multimedia installation, made of video projections and multichannel sound. It takes abandoned industrial space and turns it into immersive sensory experience, inviting the audience to re-inhabit this hybrid space by moving freely through the installation. The main actors of the videos are workers-poets. Their poetry deals with the deep existentialist questions of working-class life and the position of the worker as individual in the production chain. To create a hybrid space, we are using a system for spatial (mapped) video projection and 4-channel sound system.
Large-scale multimedia installation, made of video projections and multichannel sound. It takes abandoned industrial space and turns it into immersive sensory experience, inviting the audience to re-inhabit this hybrid space by moving freely through the installation. The main actors of the videos are workers-poets. Their poetry deals with the deep existentialist questions of working-class life and the position of the worker as individual in the production chain. To create a hybrid space, we are using a system for spatial (mapped) video projection and 4-channel sound system.
RADIO JINGLES
Radio-Television Serbia, Radio Belgrade III program
EXHIBITIONS
Life cycles of Milutin Milankovic
Center for Promotion of Science
Gallery of Science and Technology - Serbian Academy of Sciences and Art
May 2019
ANIMATION