Sat September 11

From 09:00

Fresco/Summer

Fresco/Sommer are realizing one of their "Found Sounds" installations in the glass and porcelain section of the Brockenstube Gais, in which they work with found sound material. The Brockenstube will thus become a kind of off-space for the festival in the village. The Brockenstube (Schopf #13) is open on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Fresco / Summer CH

Brockenstube Gais

Open until 16:00 Admission free Masks compulsory

11:00

From one mop of hair to the next

Guided tour with Patrick Kessler, the artistic director of the festival. Background information on the installations and the artists.

Meeting point: At the Piccolo Arsenale festival center

Duration: 60 min. 10.

11:00

Philipp Längs Merkstatt (CH)

There is nothing that the Biel-based artist, theater musician, sound inventor and experienced music mediator Philipp Läng cannot make sound. With his self-invented instruments and sound machines, he has created a unique universe of sound. In his participatory family workshop, young and old sound explorers are invited to explore this universe with their eyes and ears: Guided by Philipp Läng and stone sculptor Esther Schmelcher, participants learn how their own tape recordings and sounds become images and how the images become new sounds. The workshop concludes with a joint concert. For children and adults. The number of participants is limited.

Schopf #10

Duration: 2 hours Children 10.- / adults 20.- Participation adults only with Covid certificate

→ More about Philipp Längs Merkstatt

13:00

Artist Talk

Benoît Renaudin (CH)

The Geneva sound artist and media designer Benoît Renaudin will present his installation on site and answer questions from visitors. Moderation: Frank Heer, journalist and author.

Benoît Renaudin CH

Schopf #10

Duration: 30 min. French/English Admission free

→ Website Benoît Renaudin

14:00

Marcus Maeder (CH): Klangmoor Soundwalk

What does the moor sound like, above ground, underground and in the water? What is the ecological significance of the sounds we hear in the environment? On a tour of the Gais moor landscape, artist and eco-acoustician Marcus Maeder listens to the soundscape with the participants.

Marcus Maeder CH

Festivalzentrum Piccolo Arsenale , Meeting point

Duration: 60 min. 10.

15:00

Artist Talk

Rie Nakajima (JP)

The sound artist presents her installation on site and answers visitors' questions. Moderation: Marcel Elsener, cultural editor of the St. Galler Tagblatt.

Rie Nakajima JP

Schopf #5

Duration: 30 min. English Admission free

16:00

Artist Talk

Philipp Rhensius / Norient (D/CH)

The author, musician and sound artist Philipp Rhensius is curator at Norient Space, the audiovisual gallery and internationally renowned platform for music and sound. Rhensius will be producing podcasts about the installations and events throughout the festival, which will then be available on the website as in-depth documentation. At the Artist Talk, he will talk about his work and answer visitors' questions. Moderation: Theresa Beyer, journalist and curator

Norient / Philipp Rhensius CH/D

Festivalzentrum Piccolo Arsenale

Duration: 30 min. Admission free

17:00

Artist Talk

Ursula Palla (CH)

The video artist presents her installation on site and answers questions from visitors. Moderation: Ursula Badrutt, art historian and Head of Cultural Promotion Canton St. Gallen.

Schopf #7

Duration: 30 min. Admission free

From 17:30

Anvil & stirrup

Today, a team from the Amboss & Steigbügel association in St. Gallen is standing at the bar counter in the restaurant tent. The association is organizing a pilot concert series with contemporary and experimental jazz in autumn/winter 2021. As the association does not yet have its own space, the concerts will take place at various venues in St. Gallen.

→ More about Anvil & Stirrup

18:00

Benoît Renaudin (CH): Boucle

The title says it all. The basic material of the Lausanne artist's sound exploration "Boucle" (loop) are loops. With the help of various synthesizers, loop pedals, electronics and prepared audio cassettes, he is able to create loops of different lengths. The basic material is analog and synthetic music, which opens up into infinite sound spaces when Renaudin processes it.

Benoît Renaudin CH

Festivalzentrum Piccolo Arsenale

Duration: 30 min. 10 - Admission only with Covid certificate

→ Website Benoît Renaudin

19:00

Marcus Maeder (CH): Nephoscope

The Zurich-based artist and researcher interacts musically with his installation "Nephoscope": He integrates the sinusoidal sounds that can be heard in the installation and are controlled by the color tones and brightness values of the cloud formations passing over the sound moor live into his set with the help of a modular synthesizer.

Marcus Maeder CH

Schopf #8

20:00

Rie Nakajima & Pierre Berthet (JP/B): dead plants & living objects

The sound of things is what connects the Japanese artist Rie Nakajima with the Belgian percussionist and sound sculptor Pierre Berthet. While she uses everyday objects and mini batteries to create playful little objects that produce sounds, he tries to make the sound inherent in things or plants audible. With "dead plants & living objects", the two have been pursuing a joint project for several years with the aim of getting a little closer to the soul of things by listening to their sounds.

Rie Nakajima JP

Schopf #5

Duration: 30 min. 10.- Admission only with Covid certificate

The presentation of the performance is supported by Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI).

→ Website Rie Nakajima
→ Website Pierre Berthet
→ Video "dead plants & living objects"

20:45

Mujica-Sanz

The cross-continental duo consists of the Peruvian percussionist, composer and visual artist Manongo Mujica and the Swiss multidisciplinary artist Luis Sanz, who experiments with synthetic sounds, computer graphics and physical audiovisual experiences. Manongo's incessant search for sounds, both original and electronic, has even led him to compose music from silence. In their joint musical work with percussion, electronics and field recordings, the two sound researchers explore the sound concepts of the Andes and the Alps by creating sound collages from global and local cultural elements, in which Peruvian and Swiss soundscapes appear like live interventions in a soundtrack. A concert as part of the South American exchange program "Coincidencia" of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.

Festivalzentrum Piccolo Arsenale

Duration: 30 min. 10 - Admission only with Covid certificate

→ Website Manongo Mujica
→ Website Luis Sanz
→ More about the Coincidencia exchange program