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Episode #2 of Archived Audio Documents: Studies of a Prepared Piano #1, Salsbro (1995)

In 1995 I was spending a half year lonely on the countryside. A left over house from my grandma with lots of the original 40’s furniture, and a piano out of tune.

Heavily inspired by Stockhausen, Zen, John Cage, Morton Feldman and Jazz, I studied the timbre and spatial-ness of the sounds from this old piano. All recorded by lo-fi equipment as a old reel Tandberg (with valves) and a microphone made for signing. Some strings in the piano were also prepared.

At his house we spent many summer holidays, maybe the best summer experiences in my childhood.

This is the first episode of the total 3 tracks recorded from these sessions.

Still Life from the House in Salsbro

Morning in the garden, Salsbro, 1995. Photo: Tomas Nygren

audio backup at archive.org

Appearances, Discussions

Two catalogs but still one

Today I received the catalogs from the project Sixth Sense initiated by the Swedish Church.

Sixth Sense, initiated by the Swedish Church invited 24 artists to do site-specific art works in 23 churches. So one artist for every church. Exhibit scedule 17 May – 2 September

More info here about my project Best in Show in Norrby Church, Sala

I was amazed they actually did a separate edition in English instead of a bilingual one. The interesting was that the churches were presented also in combination with the artists in this catalog. The overall impression was that the catalog both maintains the easy art reader (not for SITE addicts) but at the same time an interested audience for the history in their area will get some glimpses of the churches in the diocese of Västerås.
I got some copies to sell in English or Swedish, give me a hint of what you like to buy them for.

Photo: Tomas Nygren



Appearances, Conceptual Works, Discussions, Exhibits, Installation, Recent Works

«ПУШКИНСКАЯ-10» 2006

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“.. Инсталляция Томаса Нигрена «Изменяя движение. Rearranged movement»

Государственный центр современного искусства представляет инсталляцию шведского художника Томаса Нигрена «Изменяя движение. Rearranged movement» в рамках проекта «Field Studies/Полевые исследования: современное искусство из Финляндии и Скандинавии».

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Томас Нигрен исследует взаимосвязь психологического восприятия движения и реального перемещения в пространстве. Проходя одной и той же дорогой каждый день, мы обычно выбираем самый короткий путь. Но что мы при этом теряем?

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Томас Нигрен закончил Royal University College of Fine Art (Стокгольм), член EMS (Electronic Music Society, Швеция), участник фестиваля современного искусства New Perspectives (2002, Швеция) и многочисленных групповых и персональных выставок.

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При поддержке Федерального агентства по культуре и кинематографии РФ, Арт Центра Пушкинская 10, Информационного бюро Совета Министров Северных стран в Санкт-Петербурге, Nordic Culture Fund, Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Sleipnir. ..”


«ПУШКИНСКАЯ-10» 2006