Microcosm will be performed at Rhythms beside Regions.
Microcosm
Microcosm is a electronic-performative piece that combines acoustic elements, tools, voices with electronic elements, pre-recorded sounds, recordings of miners' voices or sounds from other mines, as well as electronic effects. Creating a spatialized soundscape, with the artistic intention to understand and explore the history of Ställbergs Gruva in sound. Joining songs, sounds, space, text, and movement in an immersive experience in different levels.
Time, matter and memory are at stake in music. These three elements are also at play in Ställbergs gruva, as well as other abandoned mines, they are the reflection of the people that lived there and who have disappeared, leaving their mark on the stones and walls. This is a local example of a global episode in human history, full of life, suffering, waiting, work and also sound.
Change and transformation are the definition of the advancement of human history, locally and globally, as well as artistically and sonically. Thus, the ultimate purpose of Microcosmos is to provide another look at the collective memory of this specific space, exploring its history through sound and connecting with the listener through their own experience and history.