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Krafla – Konrad Korabiewski

In partnership with the EMAP-EMARE network

During the Rencontres Mondes Multiples 2020the artist Konrad Korabiewski presented us his current project: Krafla.
While he should have been in residence for 2 months in Bourges as part of our partnership with the EMAP-EMAREnetwork, it is online that were, for this time, presented the artist and his work.

A cinematic soundscape and highly atmospheric composition, reflecting distinct Icelandic circumstances, and including recordings of an old Morse code message from 1976
Winning piece of the international sound art competition "Europe - A sound panorama" 2011.

Krafla is both a sound and visual work resulting from recordings made at the geometric power plant of Krafla, Iceland. Listening to the calderas (cauldron in Portuguese) and the song of the drillings, Konrad Korabiewski records and draws the muffled noises of this volcanic region up to 4m deep.

A new creation residency is scheduled for the fall of 2021 in Bourges. During 2 months, Konrad Korabiewski will continue its work on the project Krafla by taking advantage of the 16mm editing table given to Antre Peaux by Boris Lehman.

 

 

Audio field recordings: Anna Friz & Konrad Korabiewski, for the publication of Sonic Voyages published on 22/09/18 in the NYT Magazine.

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.

Photo presentation : Anna Friz
Project, music and realization in 2020/2021: Konrad Korabiewski

Presentation of the KRAFLA project (in progress) at the Werkleitz festival, Halle (Germany)

 

 

In November 2020 the media MAKERY meets the artist: an immersion in his creative environment.

Dans les entrailles de la Terre Mère avec Konrad Korabiewski (FR)

In the depths of Mother Earth with Konrad Korabiewski (EN)

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Krafla - Audiovisual concert and installation near 18 boreholes and a geothermal power plant.
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.

 

A new version of the project was presented at the Festival Werkleitzin Halle, Germany on Saturday, June 26, 2021:

"The Krafla power plant includes many deep boreholes to access steam and geothermal sources; the top of each borehole is enclosed in a geodesic structure and connected to a network of pipes that carry steam and water to the various parts of the plant. Each of these boreholes has a very particular character depending on the age and depth of the plant, and thus functions as a kind of industrial musical instrument with its own personality. The evaporation processes and the electric turbines also produce an intense sound density. These industrial infrastructures are set in the context of the weather and terrain of the caldera, subject to intense winds and thick fog. Krafla seeks to explore the relationship between these human and extra-human forces."
The project emerges from The New York Times Magazine's Fall 2018 "Sonic Voyages Issue," which focuses on travel to areas of the world based on sonic attractions or properties. It features soundscapes from 11 sites around the world, including Iceland, with field recordings by Anna Friz and Konrad Korabiewski. "
- Source : Werkleitz.de

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 and a research grant, and has been nominated for two media arts awards: the 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.

 

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