Thursday 20 February

20:00 @ Errant Sound @ Miss Read
Gerichtstrasse 45/Backyard, 13347 Berlin-Wedding

Technologies of Consciousness: Numinous Machines
++ Supporting Acts:
Alessandra Eramo: Solo for Voice and Electronics
Nico Daleman: Noise Re(in)Duction

a collaboration between fluctuating images, manifest:io Festival, and Liebig12

Technologies of Consciousness: Numinous Machines_Performance and Artist Talk

The Technologies of Consciousness collective (Montreal) will give an insight into their performance NUMINOUS MACHINES, followed by a talk. Numinous Machines is an audiovisual performance that explores the enigmatic threshold experienced during near-death. Utilizing macroscopy, modified turntables, and biodisks, the synthesis of sound and images becomes a captivating journey through a graphical notation governed by the innate law of decomposition. Exploring the connection between touch, sound reproduction, and materiality, the performance delves into the physicality of sound, bridging the tactile art of “turntablism” and techniques that transcribe sound into tangible forms.

Motivated by the porous and undefined intersections between art, media, and science, TECHNOLOGIES OF CONSCIOUSNESS seek to define our biological consciousness through our shared potential to feel a deep and meaningful communion with the sphere of Nature. Driven by the spirit of DIY, their projects embrace a radical and popular perspective of non-expertise. Recently, Stephanie Castonguay and Sonya Stefan completed the short film SENTIENT BEINGS, featured in competition at RVCQ and the International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA). They have also been artists in long-term residence at the Biosphere of Montreal, in partnership with C.A.M. and REPAIRE. Their research is infused with a critical approach, addressing circular economy, democratization of knowledge, and evolving materiality.

www.technologies-of-consciousness.com
www.stephaniecastonguay.com
www.sonyastefan.com

Technologies of Consciousness is supported by AVATAR, MUTEK; Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and the Canada Council for the Arts