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Antifascism: Electronic Music from Worlds on Fire

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Throughout the 20th and 21st century many composers and sound artists address fascism, nazism, colonialism and disastrous wars in means that expands written and spoken words. Such affective expressions carry an ability to simultaneously express emotions and politics of high complexity. This concert presents such four pieces composed for quadrophonic loudspeaker system.

Video documentation of concert during our event  "Antifascism: Electronic Music from Worlds on Fire. Lund Culture Night, September 17, 2022. 
Video documentation of artist talk, September 17, 2022. Participants: Alla Zagaykevych (UA), Hara Alonso (SE/E), Staffan Storm (SE) and Sanne Krogh Groth (SE/DK)

The concert begins in the war zone of current Europe, with the, for the occasion commissioned piece Rana [Wound] by Ukranian composer Alla Zagaykevych. Looking more than fifty years back, the concert then revisits two older pieces both from 1970 within the genre of political electronic music: First the Danish composer Else Marie Pade's sound collage Face it [Se det i øjnene], reflecting the ongoing fascism after World War II. Then, Swedish Åke Hodell's piece Mr. Smith in Rhodesia, which is a direct comment to British 1960s colonialism and apartheid in Zimbabwe.

The program ends with leaky boundaries [what are you | what are we], created by Swedish-Spanish composer Hara Alonso. The work draws inspiration from Hodell and invites the listener to join a club as a meeting place for dancing trans, queer, black and migrant bodies.

19.00 Concert 1

20.00 Moderated talk: Alla Zagaykevych (UA), Hara Alonso (SE/E), Staffan Storm (SE) and Sanne Krogh Groth (SE/DK)

21.00 Concert 2

Program:

Alla Zagaykevych (UA): RANA (Wound) (2022)
First premiere, commissioned by the Sound Environment Centre in collaboration with Konstmusiksystrar and Kulturrådet. 

Else Marie Pade (DK): Se det i øjnene (Face it) (1970)
Produced by Lab Iii Köpenhamn. Danmarks Radios Elektronmusikstudio. 

Åke Hodell (SE): Mr. Smith in Rhodesia (1970)
Produced by Sveriges Radio and EMS, Stockholm.

Hara Alonso (SE/E): leaky boundaries [what are you | what are we ](2022)
First premiere, commissioned by the Sound Environment Centre in collaboration with Konstmusiksystrar and Kulturrådet. 

This concert is organised by The Sound Environment Centre in collaboration with Pufendorf IAS and Inter Arts Centre, funded by Kulturrådet and with friendly support by Konstmusiksystrar.

Artistic Curation: Sanne Krogh Groth, Katja Heldt och Staffan Storm

Production: Ragna Solbergnes

Sound Engineer: Sebastian Hastrup

Art & graphic design: Mirek Trofymuk

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