SO.UND.ING Acousmonium: Octa-Fusion

17–18 March 2025
Kino Šiška, Komuna hall
Authors
Boštjan Perovšek,Karmen Ponikvar,Patrick K.-H.,Enrique Mejia Mendoza,Tetiana Khoroshun,Volkmar Klien,Mauricio Valdés San Emeterio,Brane Zorman andAlla Zagaykevych

Octa-Fusion is a two-day acousmatic event offering a unique sonic experience in an octaphonic environment. Curators Brane Zorman and Patrick K.-H. [Anton Iakhontov], together with invited sound artists, present electroacoustic compositions in acousmatic performance.

The programme brings together premieres and archival works, creating a dialogue between local and international practices of spatial sound. Special guests expand the perspective with distinctive approaches to sound, diffusion, and form.

An integral part of the event is the Acousmonium Listening Session with a curated selection of key works from the recent and historical repertoire of spatial sound composition. Octa-Fusion is embedded in the long-running SO.UND.ING Acousmonium project, which commissions new spatial works and strengthens Slovenia’s role within the wider acousmatic music scene.

Octa-Fusion is a two-day acousmatic event offering a unique sonic experience in an octaphonic environment. Curators Brane Zorman and Patrick K.-H. [Anton Iakhontov], together with invited sound artists, present electroacoustic compositions in acousmatic performance.

The programme brings together premieres and archival works, creating a dialogue between local and international practices of spatial sound. Special guests expand the perspective with distinctive approaches to sound, diffusion, and form.

An integral part of the event is the Acousmonium Listening Session with a curated selection of key works from the recent and historical repertoire of spatial sound composition. Octa-Fusion is embedded in the long-running SO.UND.ING Acousmonium project, which commissions new spatial works and strengthens Slovenia’s role within the wider acousmatic music scene.

Boštjan Perovšek

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

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

Patrick K.-H. [Anton Iakhontov]

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

A Mexican composer specialising in acousmatic music and live electronics. He blends DIY analog oscillators, lo-fi synthesisers, and multi-channel systems. He 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 (NY, 2014).

Tetiana Khoroshun

A Ukrainian composer, sound designer, performer, and educator specialising in electronic, electroacoustic, contemporary, and experimental music. She creates sound performances and installations, and works in the electroacoustic duo Guma, the First_Tape group, and Daraba Studio. 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 who explores perception and spatial sound. His works have been presented at Mumok Wien, Ars Electronica, Wien Modern, EMPAC (USA), Hayward Gallery (London), and Transitio_MX (Mexico). He has received the City of Vienna media art award and the Max Brand Prize.

Mauricio Valdés San Emeterio

He has developed a diverse career encompassing acoustic, electroacoustic, and experimental music and several artistic fields. He is a curator and head of R&D at HEKA Lab at PINA in Koper, Slovenia, where he designs immersive studio technologies and content production.

Brane Zorman

Intermedia artist, composer, sound manipulator, producer, and curator. He composes sound works for theatre, intermedia, and dance performances and performs electro-acoustic solo pieces and improvisations with local and foreign artists in surround sound.

Alla Zagaykevych

A Ukrainian composer of contemporary classical music, performance artist, curator of electroacoustic projects, and musicologist. Her work spans symphonic, instrumental, vocal chamber music, electroacoustic compositions, multimedia installations and performances, operas, and film scores. She is the Artistic Director of Electroacoustics and EM-VISIA and President of the Electroacoustic Music Association of Ukraine.

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

10:00, Roundtable discussion

Surrounded by Sound – 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. [Anton Iakhontov]: ∆∆∆∆ 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. [Anton Iakhontov]) (13 min), 2000
  • Alla Zagaykevych: Song of Odisseus (17 min), 2024

Artists: Boštjan Perovšek, Karmen Ponikvar, Patrick K.-H. [Anton Iakhontov], Enrique Mejia Mendoza, Tetiana Khoroshun, Brane Zorman, Mauricio Valdés San Emeterio, Volkmar Klien, Alla Zagaykevych
Curators: Patrick K.-H. [Anton Iakhontov], Brane Zorman
Organisation: Irena Pivka, Brane Zorman
Public relations: Matej Tomažin and Anja Pia Biščak
Design: Matej Tomažin
Photography: Marcel Obal (Kino Šiška), Tina Stariha (Kino Šiška)
Translation and proofreading: Daniel Sheppard

Production: Cona
Coproduction: Kino Šiška
Organisation: CONA, Floating Sound Gallery (Vienna), Kino Šiška

The festival is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and the City of Ljubljana, Department for Culture.