Silje Nes is a sound artist/musician/designer based in Oslo, Norway. She takes interest in particular and physical manifestations of sound. In her work she explores the creation of environments that express a certain autonomy, removed from compositorial processes. She released Ames Room (2007) and Opticks (2010) on FatCat Records, and has self-released music through her own label Noko Ana. She holds degrees in Philosophy, Design and Sound Studies, and her work has been supported by the Norwegian Arts Council, Music Norway, FFUK; Ministry of Foreign Affairs among others.

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SOUND WORK

2018
Mount Static, Eavesdrop festival, MUSIKBRAUEREI, Berlin DE.  Room of Hidden Mountain, HANGAR, Barcelona ES.

2017
Mind, Static. Eavesdrop festival, Ausland, Berlin.
Morphogenesis III. 0. Untold Stories, FIRSTDRAFT, Sydney, AUS.

2016
Morphogenesis II: Matter, electric. Untold Stories, QUIET CUE, Berlin, DE.
Move Nimbly with light Rapid Steps, AUSLAND, Berlin, DE.

2015
Morphogenesis. UdK Sound Studies
Masterausstellung, KüHLHAUS, Berlin.
Shedsound, Experimentelle Klangkunstreihe, SHEDHALLE, Tübingen, DE.
Lyd til tekstilarbeid av Janne Nes: Gjennom gul, GALLERI SOFT, Oslo.

2014
Mirrored/Mirror. Konsert og serie kinetiske skulpturar / lydobjekt. Ekkofestivalen, ØSTRE, Bergen.


2013
Shadows. Stadsspesifikk lydinstallasjon, CENTRE WAAW, Saint-Louis, Senegal
Randexistenz I: Schwierigkeiten beim Schweben. TISCHLEREI, DEUTSCHE OPER, Berlin.

2012
Schaperstraße 24. Eksperimentelt radiostykke, samarbeid med Jessica Ekomane (nominert til Prix Phonurgia Nova)
Mplfng Hst, Stadsspesifikk lydinstallasjon, samarbeid med Jessica Ekomane og Anna Bogner. EINSTEINUFER, Berlin, DE.

2011
Flø. Abstrakt video og lyd- prosjekt, med Blank Blank Film. GO WITH THE FLØ FESTIVAL, Flø.

2010
Falsk Skog. Stadsspesifikk lydinstallasjon, Transformator, LANDMARK / BERGEN KUNSTHALL, Bergen.

2008
Homeless Dictators. Lydinstallasjon i samarbeidsprosjekt, HELSINKI BIENNALE






EDUCATION

2012–2015
MA Sound Studies, Universität der Künste, Berlin

2004–2007
BA Visual communication, Bergen Academy of Art and Design

2005
Spacial communication design, École Boulle, Paris


2000–2009
BA Philosophy, University of Bergen 







RESIDENCIES

2013
Centre Waaw, Saint-Louis, Senegal

2012
943 Gallery, Kunming, China




LIVE PERFORMANCES



2017
Longplay Cinema, Melbourne, AUS
The Howler, Melbourne, AUS
Verge Gallery, Sydney, AUS
107 Projects, Sydney, AUS

2016
Opening Ceremony, Festspillene i Bergen, Bergen, NO

2015
Mole Music, Osaka, JP
Ausland, Berlin, DE
West Germany, Berlin, DE

2014
Ekko Festival @ Østre, Bergen, NO
Brugata, Oslo, NO

2013
Festival Boreales, with Pascal Pinon. Caen, France
Blank Blank presents @ Ehemaliges Stummfilmkino Delphi, Berlin.

2012
943 Gallery, Kunming, China
Studio8, Berlin, DE

2011
Garage, Bergen, NO
Veka, Sogndal, NO
By:larm, Oslo, NO
Blæst, Trondheim, NO
Luigi's, Sacramento CA
Noise Pop Festival, Swedish American Hall, San Francisco CA
The Abbey Lounge, Santa Cruz CA
Lot 1 Cafe, Los Angeles CA
Soda Bar, San Diego CA
Trunk Space, Phoenix AZ
Solar Culture, Tucson AZ
Hi Dive, Denver CO
Replay Lounge, Lawrence, KS
The Conservatory, Oklahoma City OK
Festival Nrmal, San Pedro Garza, MX
Padre’s, Marfa TX
SXSW Panache Pre Party, Scoot Inn Austin TX
Spider House Austin TX
SXSW Showcase, St David's Bethell Hall Austin TX
Cake Shop, New York NY
Glasslands Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Galleri Volt, Berlin, DE
Go with the Flø, Flø, Norway
Sound of Bronkow, Dresden
Eastern Promise, Glasgow, UK
Yellowstage, Frankfurt, DE
Kraftfeld, Winterthur, CH
Festival Novosonic, Dijon, FR
Le Petit Bain, Paris, FR
Cultuurcentrum, Mechelen, BE
Cultuurcentrum, Hasselt, BE
Cultuurcentrum De Spil, Roeselare, BE
Patronaat, Haarlem, NL
Merleyn, Nijmegen, NL
Mezz Cafe, Breda, NL
Astra Stube, Hamburg, DE
No Festival, Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE

2010
Volksbühne, Berlin DE
St. Giles In The Fields, London, UK
The Freebutt, Brighton, UK
92Y Tribeca, New York NY
Littlefield, Brooklyn NY
Space Gallery, Portland ME
Suoni Il Popolo Festival, Casa Del Popolo, Montreal Quebec
NXNE Festival, Whippersnapper, Toronto Ontario
Magic Stick, Detroit MI
Gates Of Heaven, Madison WI
Cedar Saloon, Minneapolis MN
The Aquarium, Fargo ND
Sled Island Festival, Calgary Alberta
Doug Fir Lounge, Portland OR
High Dive, Seattle WA
Northern, Olympia WA
Hemlock Tavern, San Francisco CA
Spaceland, Los Angeles CA
Solar Culture, Tucson AZ
Reeperbahnfestival, Hamburg, DE
Kazimier, Liverpool, UK
Ruby Lounge, Manchester, UK
Stereo, Glasgow, UK
Whelans, Dublin, IRE
10 Feet Tall, Cardiff, UK
Brighton Ballroom, Brighton, UK
Corsica Studios, London, UK
Kulturfabrik, Esch-Sur-Alzette, LU
Ekko, Utrecht, NL
Conne Island, Leipzig, DE
HAU2, Berlin, DE
Unsound Festival, Krakow, PL
Rhiz, Vienna, AT
Feierwerk, Muenchen, DE
Spazio211, Torino, IT
Init, Roma, IT
Sidecar, Barcelona, ES
Gazteszena, Zarautz, ES
Festival Rockomotives, Vendome, FR
Cafe De La Danse, Paris, FR
Cafe Video, Gent, BEL
HBC, Berlin, DE
Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, BEL




2008
Ausland, Berlin, DE
La Fleche d’Or, Paris FR
Luminaire, London UK
The Sanctuary, Brighton UK
The Cube Cinema, Bristol UK
Belleville, Oslo NO
TrashPop, Charlies Bar, Kristiansand
Tou Scene, Stavanger
Hulen, Bergen
Kunstsentrum Belgie, Hasselt BE
KindaMuzik, Maldegem BE
De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam NL
Bogen 2, Köln DE
SXSW Showcase, The Velveeta Room, Austin TX
SXSW Other Music Party, French Legation Museum, Austin TX
Mohawk, Austin TX
Good Records, Dallas TX
Lola’s, Fort Worth TX
The Conservatory, Oklahoma City OK
Ballroom, Marfa TX
Mink, Houston TX
The Bottletree, Birmingham AL
Lenny’s, Atlanta GA
Harvest Record, Asheville NC
Bull City, Durham NC
Twisted Branch, Charlottesville VA
DC 9, Washington DC
Union Pool, Brooklyn NY
Cafe Nine, New Haven CT
Terrace Club, Princeton NJ
Mercury, New York NY
Middle East, Cambridge MA
Blender Theater, New York NY
The Great Escape, Fatcat Festival, Theatre Royal, Brighton, UK
The Great Escape, Duke of York, Brighton, UK
Upstairs at Whelans, Dublin, Ireland
Saddler´s Wells, London, UK
Hove Festival, NO
Kongsberg jazzfestival, EnergiMølla, Kongsberg
Analog Festival, Dublin, Ireland
Øya Festival, Oslo, NO
Offset Festival, London UK

2007
Transformator, Landmark, Bergen, NO
Open Circuit, Kunstencentrum Belgie, Hasselt, BEL

2006
Trollofon, Bergen, NO
Numusic, Stavanger NO