SO.UND.ING Acousmonium Octa-Fusion

CONA and Kino Šiška invite you to the two-day event ZVO.ČI.TI Acousmonium Octa-Fusion, offering a unique sonic experience in an octaphonic environment. Curators Brane Zorman and Patrick K.-H., together with invited sound artists, will present electroacoustic compositions in an acousmatic performance.

The event will feature premieres of new and archival works by Boštjan Perovšek, Patrick K.-H., Enrique Mejia Mendoza, Tetiana Khoroshun, Karmen Ponikvar, Brane Zorman, Mauricio Valdés San Emeterio. With special guests Volkmar Klien (Austria), presenting SADISS, an experimental sound system where mobile phones become part of the acoustic projection, and Alla Zagaikevych (Ukraine), a renowned composer and ethnomusicologist, presenting Song of Odysseus and MISTO.

A highlight of the event is the roundtable discussion Surrounded by Sound, where participating artists will share their visions, thoughts, and perspectives on contemporary electroacoustic music, with a special focus on spatial sound.

Each evening from 18:00 to 19:30, the Acousmonium Listening Session will feature a curated selection of key works from the history of spatial sound composition from the authors Kristina Warren, Ida Hiršenfelder, Martyna Kosecka, Jaime Reis, Bojana Šaljić Podešva, Cristóvão Almeida, Mariana Vieira, and Marta Domingues.

For years, the SO.UND.ING Acousmonium project has been commissioning and inviting artists—especially in our musical landscape—to create new spatial sound compositions. Through ongoing activities, we reinforce the significance of spatial sound music production, positioning Slovenia within the global acousmatic music scene.

Foto: Marcel Obal, arhiv Kino Šiška.

PROGRAMME

Monday, March 17
18:00–20:00, Listening session

Kristina Warren: Reed Spectrum (50 min), 2024
Ida Hiršenfelder: Veter nas bo odpihnil (10 min), 2024
Martyna Kosecka: Still Life (4 min), 2023
Jaime Reis: Fluxus pas trop haut (10 min), 2017

20:00–22:00, Live performances

Alla Zagaikevych: MISTO (20 min), 2021
Brane Zorman: SUS (17 min), 2025
Patrick K.-H.: Postards (20 min), 2025
Tetiana Khoroshun: lj (17 min), 2025
Enrique Mendoza Mejia: Deathscapes (20 min), 2024
Volkmar Klien: Zusammengesetzt aus den Defiziten Vieler (19 min), 2022

Tuesday, March 18
10:00, Roundtable discussion

A conversation on current challenges and innovations in spatial music and acousmatic art.

18:00–20:00, Listening session

Bojana Šaljić Podešva: Prayer: Tears Within Uncover a Human (40 min), 2024
Martyna Kosecka: Hypertexture (6 min), 2020
Cristóvão Almeida: Estudo acusmático (7 min), 2023
Mariana Vieira: The Unexpected Encounter With Diversity (8 min), 2021
Marta Domingues: A Cathartic Postcard (10 min), 2024

20:00–22:00, Live performances

Boštjan Perovšek: Fluttering directions towards diversity 25 (20 min), 2025
Karmen Ponikvar: Murni (12 min), 2025
Patrick K.-H.: ∆∆∆∆ A4 (14 min), 2025
Mauricio Valdés San Emeterio: Share-ploring (15 min), 2025
Volkmar Klien: In Erwartung von (17 min), 2024
Christian Eloy: Musica mundana (performed by Patrick K.-H.) (13 min), 2000
Alla Zagaikevych: Song of Odisseus (17 min), 2024

Foto: Tina Stariha, arhiv Kino Šiška.

ARTISTS

Boštjan Perovšek is an artist, composer, and sound designer who composes experimental electro-acoustic music. His speciality is creating bioacoustic music based on the sounds of animals, particularly insects. In addition, he collaborates with the SAETA group and creates music for film and theatre, performances, multimedia installations, and soundscapes for museums and galleries.

Karmen Ponikvar is a distinguished Slovene sound artist, performer, and researcher specialising in electronic and electroacoustic music. She is presently pursuing her studies in sound at the Institute of Sonology in The Hague, Netherlands. By attuning her ears to microtonal sonic structures, spatial imaginaries, and speculative philosophies of perception, she investigates the complex interconnections between sound, space, and place.

Patrick K.-H. [Anton Iakhontov] is a Russian composer and artist, renowned for his exploration of graphical sound, animation, and interactive performances. With over 40 opera, drama, and theater plays featuring his music and video, he has been showcased at 200+ festivals globally, including Ars Electronica and Club Transmediale, earning international awards like LÚMEN_EX and the Golden Mask.

Enrique Mejia Mendoza is a distinguished Mexican composer renowned for his expertise in acousmatic music and live electronics. His compositions intricately blend DIY analog oscillators, lo-fi synthesisers, and multi-channel systems. Mendoza has served as an Artist-in-Residence at MuseumsQuartier Wien and a Composer-in-Residence with KulturKontakt Austria. His work, “Cassiopeia,” was nominated for the Independent Music Awards in New York in 2014, and he has proudly represented Mexico at the International Rostrum of Composers.

Tetiana Khoroshun is a Ukrainian composer, sound designer, performer, and educator specialising in electronic, electroacoustic, contemporary, and experimental music. She creates sound performances, installations, and music for cinema, theatre, dance, video games, chamber, and orchestral settings. As a co-author and performer in the electroacoustic duo Guma and the “First_Tape” group, she also serves as a composer and sound designer at Daraba Studio. Additionally, she manages the Sed Contra Ensemble and is a member of the Ukrainian Association of Electroacoustic Music.

Volkmar Klien, an Austrian composer and sound artist, delves into the realm of perception and spatial sound in his creative works. His compositions have been showcased at esteemed venues such as Mumok Wien, Ars Electronica, Wien Modern, EMPAC (USA), Hayward Gallery (London), and Transitio_MX (Mexico). Klien’s artistic journey has also taken him to renowned institutions like Belvedere Wien, Digital Arts Zurich, and Eremitage St. Petersburg.

Mauricio Valdés San Emeterio has developed a diverse career encompassing acoustic, electroacoustic, and experimental music, as well as several artistic fields. His work ranges from solo instrumental performances to ensemble compositions and mixed media installations. Currently, he serves as a curator and head of R&D at HEKA Lab at PINA in Koper, Slovenia, where he innovates immersive studio technologies and content production.

Brane Zorman is an intermedia artist, composer, sound manipulator, producer, and curator. He composes sound works for theatre, intermedia, and dance performances. He performs electro-acoustic solo pieces and improvisations with local and foreign artists in surround sound. Working with sound and space, Zorman develops various strategies, techniques, dynamic, and interactive modules, records, and reinterprets soundscapes, and by way of sophisticated tools, he creates electronic and acoustic sound sculptures.

Alla Zagaykevych is a distinguished Ukrainian composer of contemporary classical music, performance artist, curator of electroacoustic music projects, and musicologist. Her diverse body of work encompasses symphonic, instrumental, and vocal chamber music, electroacoustic compositions, multimedia installations and performances, operas, and film scores. As the Artistic Director of international projects such as Electroacoustics and EM-VISIA, and the President of the Electroacoustic Music Association of Ukraine, she plays a pivotal role in advancing the field of electroacoustic music.

Join us and immerse yourself in an intense sonic experience!

Tickets: €10 per evening, €15 for both evenings. The listening session and roundtable are free of charge.

Organised by: CONA, Floating Sound Gallery (Vienna), and Kino Šiška.