https://siljenes.com Silje Nes Thu, 17 Oct 2019 21:43:20 +0000 https://siljenes.com en https://siljenes.com/Home Wed, 30 Jan 2019 10:10:52 +0000 Silje Nes https://siljenes.com/Home <img width="4608" height="3456" width_o="4608" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df8d8bcacbb5df611735a70b0c944e4169cdb6cfcc94a0a4dbd7c1ac4b9886f6/SILJE2.jpg" data-mid="34139380" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df8d8bcacbb5df611735a70b0c944e4169cdb6cfcc94a0a4dbd7c1ac4b9886f6/SILJE2.jpg" /> <img width="2329" height="3500" width_o="2329" height_o="3500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/77bf52e72adfae7d6322036269dd2a87796fea2c3a2f8d6c6a1f42b9a913bb7e/Inner_workings_large-0741.jpg" data-mid="222921653" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/77bf52e72adfae7d6322036269dd2a87796fea2c3a2f8d6c6a1f42b9a913bb7e/Inner_workings_large-0741.jpg" /> <img width="4578" height="3376" width_o="4578" height_o="3376" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6afb03996c76bcadc1ae5270234b0709ac570a930e46b97785a927810ac817d5/Mount_static.jpg" data-mid="34120852" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6afb03996c76bcadc1ae5270234b0709ac570a930e46b97785a927810ac817d5/Mount_static.jpg" /> https://siljenes.com/Inner-Workings Thu, 17 Oct 2019 21:43:20 +0000 Silje Nes https://siljenes.com/Inner-Workings <img width="3500" height="2329" width_o="3500" height_o="2329" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bd3c94f91cf4b13b502a7cf21ef299ce90e9e2bfdb9901f0f97582943c3d2681/Inner_workings_large-0757.jpg" data-mid="52892153" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bd3c94f91cf4b13b502a7cf21ef299ce90e9e2bfdb9901f0f97582943c3d2681/Inner_workings_large-0757.jpg" /> <img width="2329" height="3500" width_o="2329" height_o="3500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ccfe3d2926527385512c8bab87ef4df8c9e25dd4ef20f83c5a96932dede80342/Inner_workings_large-0693.jpg" data-mid="52892025" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ccfe3d2926527385512c8bab87ef4df8c9e25dd4ef20f83c5a96932dede80342/Inner_workings_large-0693.jpg" /><img width="3500" height="2329" width_o="3500" height_o="2329" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/90ebcdc152c47899199cf9a2d548450b95977391134110eda2f82f8c94f20b36/Inner_workings_large-0687.jpg" data-mid="52892095" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/90ebcdc152c47899199cf9a2d548450b95977391134110eda2f82f8c94f20b36/Inner_workings_large-0687.jpg" /><img width="3500" height="2329" width_o="3500" height_o="2329" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85dbc54c5cf38e8b9f27ef506f28008a7aba768fa7786fd3de7a4d3989424cc6/Inner_workings_large-0713.jpg" data-mid="52892112" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/85dbc54c5cf38e8b9f27ef506f28008a7aba768fa7786fd3de7a4d3989424cc6/Inner_workings_large-0713.jpg" /> Inner Workings Wood, wire.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Innner Workings is the first stage of an installation that explores the material properties of wood, examining its inherent timbral properties. The wood in Inner Workings is naked, cut to industrial standards. It is a dead and peeled tree, unrecognisable as tree, recognizable as building material human constructions. The installation is half construction, half instrument. Visitors are invited to interact with the installation. BcMA, Berlin, june 2019. Performance by Islaja (FI) and Billy Murray (AUS). https://siljenes.com/Mount-Static Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:07:42 +0000 Silje Nes https://siljenes.com/Mount-Static <img width="4578" height="3376" width_o="4578" height_o="3376" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6afb03996c76bcadc1ae5270234b0709ac570a930e46b97785a927810ac817d5/Mount_static.jpg" data-mid="33917972" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6afb03996c76bcadc1ae5270234b0709ac570a930e46b97785a927810ac817d5/Mount_static.jpg" /> <img width="4576" height="3432" width_o="4576" height_o="3432" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa50ed0027e1bbac8009f275c60e80c684c23fa1f4eaa9b7e6efd5ae9a98e70b/2018_Mount_static-240362.jpg" data-mid="34011092" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aa50ed0027e1bbac8009f275c60e80c684c23fa1f4eaa9b7e6efd5ae9a98e70b/2018_Mount_static-240362.jpg" /> Mount Static Tactile transducers, loudspeakers, maxMSP, wood and fabric / 2018.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Mount Static appears as two boxes. The boxes have tactile transducers mounted to the floors, making the structure of the construction itself into sounding objects. The sound of Mount Static is based on an algorithm that will produce sound based on numbers calculated in real time: Numbers that are either there or not there, numbers that are either the double or the same. This translates in mathematical terms to multiplying with 1 or 0, and multiplying with 2 or 1. This done multiple times, adds layers of relations between numbers, and thus the sound. Mount Static is a study of the nature of numbers. It should touch the body.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Mount Static could appear as a mountain. It would be a simplistic nature, a failing mountain. Deviation from the perfect numbers are born in the materials – in metal, in wood, in the human body.&nbsp; Photo by Ilan Katin. https://siljenes.com/Room-of-Hidden-Mountain Mon, 28 Jan 2019 12:27:53 +0000 Silje Nes https://siljenes.com/Room-of-Hidden-Mountain <img width="4608" height="3456" width_o="4608" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/20b872037ede4e70992a8ca3abe35cc6a375159ffd4219de56e896135ad61660/2018_Hangar_Barcelona_Hidden_Mountain_bla-6220074.jpg" data-mid="33987447" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/20b872037ede4e70992a8ca3abe35cc6a375159ffd4219de56e896135ad61660/2018_Hangar_Barcelona_Hidden_Mountain_bla-6220074.jpg" /> <img width="4608" height="3456" width_o="4608" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26e95a392abee87909722937d2e304cfed06e7554899f14483770af32bc7a912/2018_Hangar_Barcelona_Hidden_Mountain_bla-6220073.jpg" data-mid="34014544" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/26e95a392abee87909722937d2e304cfed06e7554899f14483770af32bc7a912/2018_Hangar_Barcelona_Hidden_Mountain_bla-6220073.jpg" /> Room of Hidden Mountain Silk paper, thread, stone, MaxMSP patch, voiceHangar, Barcelona,&nbsp;2018 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Performance based on the computer generated sound of Room of Hidden Mountain. Sound is generated from random operations in real time based on a set of rules: It is numbers that will be either the double or the same, or either there or not there. https://siljenes.com/Morphogenesis-1 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:57:14 +0000 Silje Nes https://siljenes.com/Morphogenesis-1 <img width="4608" height="3456" width_o="4608" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df8d8bcacbb5df611735a70b0c944e4169cdb6cfcc94a0a4dbd7c1ac4b9886f6/SILJE2.jpg" data-mid="34138893" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df8d8bcacbb5df611735a70b0c944e4169cdb6cfcc94a0a4dbd7c1ac4b9886f6/SILJE2.jpg" /><img width="5000" height="3750" width_o="5000" height_o="3750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/15065cccdff47a860e794b9014bab78ac71a725f58bea3b62717a9ef607fca55/15-Shedhalle_morpho4_o.jpg" data-mid="34009490" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/15065cccdff47a860e794b9014bab78ac71a725f58bea3b62717a9ef607fca55/15-Shedhalle_morpho4_o.jpg" /> <img width="2362" height="1772" width_o="2362" height_o="1772" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/19d2c1e4771743f8ad8c617d8b824547305f1e43780caee51e952e0c3e59d020/SILJE1_2362.jpg" data-mid="34009634" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/19d2c1e4771743f8ad8c617d8b824547305f1e43780caee51e952e0c3e59d020/SILJE1_2362.jpg" /><img width="1340" height="1004" width_o="1340" height_o="1004" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/17ab5dfe74fd687ef7348bb70d01a9a488b72ecabc952188a9fe6e1f198d627b/2016_Morphogenesis_matter_electric_quiet_cue.jpg" data-mid="33919011" border="0" data-scale="99" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/17ab5dfe74fd687ef7348bb70d01a9a488b72ecabc952188a9fe6e1f198d627b/2016_Morphogenesis_matter_electric_quiet_cue.jpg" /> <img width="2304" height="1728" width_o="2304" height_o="1728" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e679bb0ea9da600e94c385668329283d3b1bdba01c732939c1c4c298525c452/2017_Firstdraft_Untold_stories_-6110010.jpg" data-mid="34009405" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8e679bb0ea9da600e94c385668329283d3b1bdba01c732939c1c4c298525c452/2017_Firstdraft_Untold_stories_-6110010.jpg" /> Morphogenesis Copper wire, 4 channe audio, 4 speaker elements, 2 piezo microphones, Max/MSP patchMorphogenesis begins with the creation of a copper structure – a monotonous process of addition to an expanding net of metal. The material is a spiral of cells, layers of rows grow outward, each new cell depending on the previous one for the next to be created. It is crocheted from 5 kilos of copper wire. The wire originates from Bundeswehr stockpiles, where it was used for cable harnesses in airplanes. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Once it has reached its full size, it starts working by itself, forming cycles, now in the form of sound waves. Its language is sub-sonic sound, imperceivable to the human ear. Stripped of its audible attributes, in Morphogenesis the sound waves are reduced to their mechanical movement, discernable only to the human eye. The speakers also carry the sound signals picked up by transducers attached to the copper body. Morphogenesis self-monitors its own behavior, seeking order by adjusting its movement accordingly.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Morphogenesis can and will be many things at once. It is a single structure consisting of one string organized into a single whole. It is a multiplicity of centres formed from the small independent cells of the structure, intermittantly emphasized by the constantly changing movement of matter. Morphogenesis (2015)Kühlhaus, BerlinShedhalle, Tübingen Morphogenesis II. Matter, electric (2016)Quiet Cue, Berlin Morphogenesis III. 0 (2017)Firstdraft, Sydney &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; https://siljenes.com/Shadows Wed, 03 Feb 2016 10:34:02 +0000 Silje Nes https://siljenes.com/Shadows <img width="5000" height="3750" width_o="5000" height_o="3750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d40acc36fb2e216c624dad2e7e043cb90a85e9e5a215967577c9b1ce7800e766/siljenes_waaw3_o.jpg" data-mid="33911434" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d40acc36fb2e216c624dad2e7e043cb90a85e9e5a215967577c9b1ce7800e766/siljenes_waaw3_o.jpg" /> <img width="4608" height="3456" width_o="4608" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3b2da9021d209e2d0cefab13afa0be23a972d3103d241621d0140cddf6193303/siljenes_waaw6.jpg" data-mid="34028578" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3b2da9021d209e2d0cefab13afa0be23a972d3103d241621d0140cddf6193303/siljenes_waaw6.jpg" /><img width="5000" height="3750" width_o="5000" height_o="3750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/711619d7c81650a795b360a6f68e3adc9c0c43f0c43214364b244154e24dc5b6/siljenes_waaw_o.jpg" data-mid="33911433" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/711619d7c81650a795b360a6f68e3adc9c0c43f0c43214364b244154e24dc5b6/siljenes_waaw_o.jpg" /> Shadows 4 speakers, voice, MaxMSP Saint-Louis, Senegal, 2013 A rooftop sound installation at Centre Waaw in Saint-Louis, Senegal, 24h. Vocal recordings, manipulated &amp; changing randomly over time. Centre Waaw, February 2013. https://siljenes.com/Mirrored-Mirror Wed, 03 Feb 2016 10:16:55 +0000 Silje Nes https://siljenes.com/Mirrored-Mirror <img width="3476" height="2172" width_o="3476" height_o="2172" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3d417b2649c525035bad358166b8eecc04786c8fb854d2f73d9e7c0248e2104e/Skjermbilde-2015-09-12-kl.-18.11.04.jpg" data-mid="33911413" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3d417b2649c525035bad358166b8eecc04786c8fb854d2f73d9e7c0248e2104e/Skjermbilde-2015-09-12-kl.-18.11.04.jpg" /> <img width="3466" height="2166" width_o="3466" height_o="2166" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1269c02731d5f5f56c1ee2c3d1ed962e257f005232d3d2dd559d73b7c4a7f06/Skjermbilde-2015-09-12-kl.-18.11.56.jpg" data-mid="33911423" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e1269c02731d5f5f56c1ee2c3d1ed962e257f005232d3d2dd559d73b7c4a7f06/Skjermbilde-2015-09-12-kl.-18.11.56.jpg" /> <img width="3456" height="2160" width_o="3456" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/54ed6ef4d20cd6c10c0d0d6584d4a6b839f3fedb2e89777bcb15b2ec094cae16/Skjermbilde-2015-09-12-kl.-18.16.43.jpg" data-mid="33911424" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/54ed6ef4d20cd6c10c0d0d6584d4a6b839f3fedb2e89777bcb15b2ec094cae16/Skjermbilde-2015-09-12-kl.-18.16.43.jpg" /> <img width="3456" height="2160" width_o="3456" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b636d9726121f5d251f350010e450b33230bab967e35f703c2cdefb284a3b694/Skjermbilde-2015-09-12-kl.-19.33.55.jpg" data-mid="33911414" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b636d9726121f5d251f350010e450b33230bab967e35f703c2cdefb284a3b694/Skjermbilde-2015-09-12-kl.-19.33.55.jpg" /> Mirrored / Mirror 4-channel audio + mechanical moving objectsBamboo, plexi glass, copper sheets, speaker elements, transdusersLive performances Light by Blank Blank Film Mirrored / Mirror is a series of incarnations, in the form of releases in various media, and performances. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The core of the project has been to work with spacial aspects of music and sound. A serious of kinetic objects have taken shape and been part of musical performances, as well as acting their part in recording of sound material. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Mirrored / mirror is a 7" release, a film collaboration with Blank Blank, and a live performance project. The live performance was based on the idea of taking the concert down from the stage and take over the room. We constructed 4 simple objects, made from bamboo, plexi glass, copper pipes and copper sheets. They would create sound in the space, controlled through the laptop and the space manifesting itself through the sub sonic movements of speaker elements, as well as transdusers attached to the plexi glass and a copper sheet. Performed at:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Ehemaliges Stumfilmkino Delphi, Berlin, DE&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Festival Boreales, Caen, FR&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Ekko festval, Bergen, NO <img width="1280" height="960" width_o="1280" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9c4fd7b150e00668c2c34d95e3668f3040c6fdaf810a82d519d348b22006c8d5/Kiefholz_bambus2.jpg" data-mid="222951426" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9c4fd7b150e00668c2c34d95e3668f3040c6fdaf810a82d519d348b22006c8d5/Kiefholz_bambus2.jpg" /> Self-release of Mirrored/Mirror 7" vinyl record on Noko Ana (2013):&nbsp; <img width="1500" height="1007" width_o="1500" height_o="1007" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e8ab93b97ea4b1604868a2d8fd9554e522f63436f804f6da40d8dc9bdd24b69/Mirrored_.jpg" data-mid="222951427" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0e8ab93b97ea4b1604868a2d8fd9554e522f63436f804f6da40d8dc9bdd24b69/Mirrored_.jpg" /> https://siljenes.com/Schwierigkeiten-beim-Schweben Wed, 03 Feb 2016 10:46:57 +0000 Silje Nes https://siljenes.com/Schwierigkeiten-beim-Schweben <img width="3840" height="2105" width_o="3840" height_o="2105" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a604cb76d16467259a3bc53e1a6dc15ed6e76596c76f0a8a29f34685dd16cef7/2013_Schwierigkeiten.png" data-mid="33911435" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a604cb76d16467259a3bc53e1a6dc15ed6e76596c76f0a8a29f34685dd16cef7/2013_Schwierigkeiten.png" /> Schwierigkeiten beim Schweben 8 channel sound, foam rubber, video projection Part of the exhibition "Hors Scenes" Tischlerei, Deutsche Oper, May 2013 https://siljenes.com/Move-nimbly-with-light-rapid-steps Thu, 21 Jan 2016 17:01:34 +0000 Silje Nes https://siljenes.com/Move-nimbly-with-light-rapid-steps <img width="3648" height="5472" width_o="3648" height_o="5472" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf93f45eb3977b5b8115ae8b6278f05aefae3a4feb996c339c00dce2dd162e0b/IMG_0911.jpg" data-mid="33911404" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cf93f45eb3977b5b8115ae8b6278f05aefae3a4feb996c339c00dce2dd162e0b/IMG_0911.jpg" /> <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a4d73aba0a5e1a4fba3d870338304b96097b20c0ba5c0dde04ea3ac37fb9fbe9/IMG_0924_o.jpg" data-mid="33911405" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a4d73aba0a5e1a4fba3d870338304b96097b20c0ba5c0dde04ea3ac37fb9fbe9/IMG_0924_o.jpg" /> Move nimbly with light rapid steps Branches, loudspeakers, microphones, cables 2016 "Move nimbly with light rapid steps" is a 4 hour reactive sound installation. A territory of permanent feedback, a state of perpetual tension and saturation. The installation took place at Ausland, Berlin on Sunday 24. January between 18 and 22h. A collaboration with Jessica Ekomane and Mélodie Fenez, as part of the Zona Dynamic Filter Series. Video by Gil Delindro. https://siljenes.com/Schaperstrase-24 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 22:36:33 +0000 Silje Nes https://siljenes.com/Schaperstrase-24 SCHAPERSTRAßE 24&nbsp;A four hands piece with Jessica EkomaneAudio, 6'41"2012 This piece has been selected for the Phonurgia Award 2012 and presented at Ars Electronica 2012 (Linz) and Haus der Berliner Festpiele (Berlin)The project starts with the idea: to hear a building as an organism. Its breathing, its rhythm and the different elements that makes it alive. Not only do we hear the body of the present time – but we also listen to the memory of this organic entity, invoked by archive documents from different eras.Shaperstraße 24 appears as a cryptic name referring to the position of the site where our sonic experiment took place: The Berliner Festspielhaus. This place is a theatre venue in the heart of western Berlin, dating back from 1951, that has housed legendary performances by Miles Davis, Pina Bausch and the likes during its half a century of existence.The story of our piece refuses to make use of a classic narrative structure; neither does it follow any pre-established chronological path. We tried to paint the portrait of a building, to create a living picture, with the use of abstract sounds. Samples credits (archives from the Berliner Festpielhaus):Die Ermittlungby Peter Weiß, Directed by Erwin Piscator, 1965Barry Guy New Orchestra, 2009Umstellt, Michael Wildenheim, 23rd May 1992Daniele Levi, artist talk, 3rd May 1991Timon von Athen, artist talk, 4th May 1991Theatertreffen für Jugendliche 2012 and Spielclub Drei Stuttgart, 1st June 2012