Celebrating Ukrainian Independence Day
In 2021, the Dnipro Centre for Contemporary Culture (DCCC) presented five Cryptic Artists at their Construction Festival, giving much needed performance and exhibition opportunities to UK artists during the pandemic. We are extremely grateful for their support.
Now in Glasgow, Alex Smoke and Sonia Killmann will present two new works which have never been performed in the city. Alex Smoke’s Eirini Live with new instrumentation (‘Eirini’ meaning Peace in Greek) and Sonia Killmann’s UK debut of Them! There! Eyes?.
Eirini Live
Image: Alex Smoke photographed by Siyao Li at Sonica Glasgow 2022.
Alex Smoke performs Eirini Live (peace in Greek), with new instrumentation. Exploring the boundaries between sonics, neuroscience and therapy, Eirini, was written and produced as part of a Fellowship with the NHS. Benefitting both body and mind, this soothing electronic suite is performed with strings, bells and vocals.
“A lap-top driven sepulchral fusion of ancient and modern, which slowly but surely morphs into incantatory electronic chorales… a blissed-out meditation ensues.” The Herald
Them! There! Eyes?
Sonia Killmann will perform her UK Debut of Them! There! Eyes? First shown in Ukraine her performance consists of broken up and heavily processed samples of Ella Fitzgerald’s recording of Them There Eyes, merged with synthesizer sounds and field recordings, the singer’s voice becomes unrecognisable as it accompanies extracts of Fritz Lang’s pioneering sci-fi epic, Metropolis.
Image: Sonia Killmann pictured at Construction Festival 2021 by Maria Kostenko.
