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The CT[Lab] project, initiated in 2011, is a collaboration between the electro-acoustic improvisational duos Cloudbuilder (Oslo) and TARFIELD (Trondheim), featuring Arne Borgan, Ulf A. S. Holbrook, Martin Palmer, and Arnfinn Killingtveit. Known for their experimental, free-form, long-duration concerts, the group adopts the persona of ‘doctors' conducting a sonic experiment, tailoring their performances to the unique sonic qualities of each space.For their performance at Meta.Morf 2024, CT[Lab] presents the site specific work "Entwining the Unloaded Reality of Harmonic Bodies" at Trondheim Art Museum. In this performance, they will intricately weave their soundscapes with the themes, narratives, and aesthetic elements of the museum's art collection. Crafted to do more than simply coexist with the art, their performance aims to actively engage with and offer reflections on the displayed works. This creates a dynamic interaction between auditory and visual experiences, underscoring the contrasts and interconnections among digital embodiment and the tangible aspects of artistic expression.
The essence of their approach lies in free-form improvisation, with each member contributing to a collective, multi-layered exploratory space. This environment emphasizes not individual sounds or performers, but a rich tapestry of diverse expressions and sonic pathways, mirroring the variety and depth found in the museum's artworks, and subtly alluding to the themes of digital tangibility and the materiality of our technological extensions.
Every session, including this performance at Meta.Morf 2024, is thoroughly documented through audio, video, and photographs, aiming to produce a comprehensive documentary boxset. After a decade-long hiatus, the group is returning to the sonic experimentation scene, bringing their distinctive approach to new spaces and audiences. Designed to envelop the museum's first floor, this performance promises to create an immersive auditory environment that will persist throughout the museum's opening hours, interweaving the narrative of our digital and physical coexistence, in a world where the lines between virtual aspirations and corporeal realities are increasingly blurred.
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The Trondheim Biennale for Art and Technology, Meta.Morf 2024 – [up]Loaded Bodies explores the technological body caught between virtual ecstasy and digital obesity. Whether it is a human longing for virtual immortality or an AI that wants to interact with physical reality, this is no holiday. This is life as we know it in the 21st century.
For a wider audience, Meta.Morf presents artists, musicians, writers, and researchers who, in various ways, shed light on the relationship between human and technology, its possibilities and consequences.
Meta.Morf 2024 will take place from April 17 to October 13. In collaboration with the Dutch organization, V2_, Lab for the Unstable Media, the very first abroad version of Meta.Morf will be held in Rotterdam from September 19 to October 13, 2024.
Meta.Morf is supported by Arts Council Norway, Trondheim Municipality, and Trøndelag County Council.
www.metamorf.no
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Trondheim Kunstmuseum (Museets hovedbygning ved Nidaros domkirke), Bispegata 7B, 7013 Trondheim, Norge,Trondheim, Norway