Konrad Korabiewski sur Makery, par Elsa Ferreira Konrad Korabiewski on Makery, by Elsa Ferreira
Konrad Korabiewski (b. Łódź, 1978) is an award-winning Danish, Polish, and Icelandic experimental composer and multimedia artist currently residing in eastern Iceland. Known for his ability to transgress genres and media arts, his sound works, film scores, installations, radio and multi-media works are strongly rooted in a specific territory. The musical atmosphere he composes is dark, intense, and gives a particular dimension to the musical space, sometimes even a meditative character, in which distortion expresses deep emotion, arousing and focusing attention within these minimalist sound scenarios. Among the many awards and grants he has received, Konrad Korabiewski was awarded the prestigious Berliner Künstlerprogramm du DAAD, ainsi qu’une bourse de recherche, et a été nominé pour deux prix des arts des médias : le European Sound Art Award (formerly known as Deutsche Klangkunst-Preis), as well as for the Marler Videokunst-Preis in Germany. He holds a Master's degree in electronic music composition from the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, Denmark. He founded and currently directs Skálar | Sound Art | Experimental Music, in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland. He is also an independent curator and research associate at the Department of Film and Digital Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and has been a member of the Danish Society of Composers since 2004.
Projet Krafla de l’artiste Konrad Korabiewski
Concert audiovisuel et installation aux abords de 18 forages et d’une centrale géothermique.
Krafla is a live electroacoustic performance, mainly composed of recordings collected on the grounds of the Krafla geothermal power plant, and in the surroundings of this volcanic crater region in northern Iceland. The concert is accompanied by a video projection of a monochrome film in super 16 digitized, as well as a montage of photos of the surroundings of Krafla.
The Krafla geothermal power plant consists of multiple deep boreholes plunging to geothermal vapors and springs. Above each borehole is a geodesic structure connected to the network of pipelines that carry water and steam to the plant. The appearance of each borehole varies depending on the date and depth of the installation, and is thus a kind of musical instrument with its own character. The evaporation processes and the turbines of the power plant also produce an intense sound density. These industrial infrastructures are inscribed in the meteorological context of this volcanic crater territory, subject to very strong winds and thick fog. Krafla thus explores the relationship between these human and non-human forces.
This project was relayed in the fall of 2018 by the New York Times Magazine in an article entitled "Sonic Voyages Issue"In this book, the author describes his travels around the world, in areas that constitute particular environments and soundscapes, including Iceland, with reference to the field recordings made by Anna Friz and Konrad Korabiewski.
Audio field recordings: Anna Friz & Konrad Korabiewski, for the publication of Sonic Voyages published on 22/09/18 in the NYT Magazine.
Photo presentation : Anna Friz Project, music and realization in 2020/2021: Konrad Korabiewski
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