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BUILDING A SPEAKER-INSTRUMENT with JENNY GRÄF SHEPPARD 07.-09.02.2025
Are you working with sound art, experimental music or sculpture, and would you like to experiment with building a sculpture that can also work as a speaker? Now you have the opportunity to participate in a 3-day workshop with sound artist and researcher Jenny Gräf Sheppard, where we build unpredictable sounding speakers out of found materials like tree branches, bark, stones, wood, metal or other.
Objects with the following properties are especially suitable: firm but flexible like large pieces of bark, very thin but firm plastic sheets, things that have a sound already like large seedpods or thin porcelain or metal. We will also provide some materials to choose from, should you prefer.
At the start of the workshop, we will learn about the historical development of the speaker and its different applications as well as the history of transduction, where one form of energy is converted into another (such as electronic signal to audible sound). In addition we will discuss notions of control and dialogue with energies in instruments, which Gräf herself is invested in.
Through hands-on experimentation, the group will explore and enter into dialogue with the materials and energies in play while creating an experimental speaker. Participants will and how the various elements of their individual speaker and chosen sound sources being fed into them influence the way energies are expressed, from the electromagnetic, the kinetic, vibrational and sonic. The workshop ends with a public presentation at Samsø Library, where all the built speaker sculptures will be performed together.
Jenny Gräf Sheppard is an artist and musician based in Copenhagen. She has been spending the last few years building porcelain sound speakers that she performs with as “speaker-instruments”, sculptural forms that make unpredictable sounds and kinetic movements when playing sound through them. She has been exhibiting large ensembles of speaker-instruments in spatial sound exhibitions in Denmark, Sweden and Poland. For a glimpse of her work, see a short documentation of her most recent exhibition at Trafo Center for Contemporary Art in Szczecin Poland in 2024 here.
The workshop costs DKK 150, which covers some of the materials (copper wire, magnets, solder etc). Please bring a sound source with minijack output (such as a mobile phone with minijack adapter). Feel free to bring your own music or pre-select music you would like to experiment with to send into the sculptural speakers you will be making.
At the end of the workshop, participants can purchase at an additional cost a small amplifier (approximately 150 dkk) and power supply (approximately 180 dkk).
Duration: Friday + Saturday from 10-15h (with lunch break)
Sunday from 10-12h, ending with a presentation at Samsø Library at 14h.
Accommodation and transport are not included. You can for instance book a room at Agerupgård B&B.
Send a short motivation incl. introduction of yourself no later than January 3rd to terraform.island@gmail.com
Terraform and Sound Art Lab will select up to 15 participants – answers will be received the following week.
The workshop is part of the project “Sounds of the Future” and supported by Region Midtjyllands Kulturudviklingspulje and Samsø Kommunes Kulturpulje.
SCREEN PRINTING ON TEXTILE 17.-21.02.2025, kl. 9-14
Are you dreaming of transferring your own designs to fabric? In this 5-day seminar you will learn the technique of screen printing from scratch. We start with designs in one color, after which we experiment with printing several colors on top of each other to create mixed colors.
Bring your own clothes and textiles to print on. It can be T-shirts, sweaters, tote bags, mixed pieces for patchwork, etc.. Note: Cotton that is new from the factory must be washed once beforehand.
Price: 1,500 DKK + use of materials
Max. number of participants: 8
Registration via grafik@agerupgaard.dk
It is possible to stay in the farm’s B&B.
OPEN CALL – AGERUP AIR February-May / October-December 2025
Agerup AIR is a visual art and sound residency based at the former farm Agerupgård. Located centrally on the island surrounded by fields, Agerupgård offers graphic art and sound studios, a 40m2 project space and plenty of room in the old barns and garden. The studios provide the possibility to focus on work production, experimentation and the development of new ideas within graphic and sound art.
We welcome everyone to apply – especially artists working in the fields of graphic and sound art, but other disciplines are warmly welcome too (sculpture, writing, digital media, painting, photography etc.). There are no special requirements.
Deadlines
Spring call (February-May 2025): November 15th 2024
The selected artists will be informed in early december.
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Fall call (October-December 2025): June 15th 2025
The selected artists will be informed in early July.
For more infos and prices please look here
Past
Vinyl Cutting Workshop 28.-30.11.2024
Are you working with sound art or experimental music and would you like to experiment with the record medium? Then you now have the chance to take part in a 3-day workshop with composer Jonas Olesen, where we cut sound in CDs, plastic, professional laquer discs, etc.
Together we experiment with which materials soundwise and visually suit the sound being cut. At the start of the workshop, we briefly review the historical development of the vinyl format and the various techniques that can be used. Please note that we work with lo-fi equipment. The focus is on the artistic work with the medium, rather than purely technical.
Jonas Olesen works as a composer with electronic music, sound and installation art. He runs the record company BIN and is a co-founder of the association Institut for Dansk Lydarkæologi.
The workshop costs DKK 100 for materials.
Please bring sound files on a laptop or usb stick.
Duration: Thursday + Friday from 10-16h (with breaks) and Saturday from 10-12h, after which we finish with a shared lunch. Accommodation and transport for participants from outside Samsø are not included. You can for instance book a room at Agerupgård B&B.
Send a short motivation incl. introduction of yourself and a description of which sounds you want to bring no later than October 27th to terraform.island@gmail.com
Terraform and Sound Art Lab select 10 participants – answers will be received the following week.
The workshop is offered by Terraform and Sound Art Lab, and part of the project “Sounds of the Future”, which is supported financially by Region Midtjyllands Kulturudviklingspulje.
COLOUR WOODCUT WORKSHOP 15.-17.11.2024, 10-15h
Would you like to try working with woodcut in several colours, printed on an old letterpress proofing press? In this 3-day course you’ll get the chance to try this exciting technique. We print in CMY (Cyan, Magenta and Yellow), to achieve a wide range of mixing colours. We will be using the electric inking mechanism on the press. To make our marks on the wood blocks we use traditional woodcut knives, dremel and jigsaw.
The paper size is A3.
It is also possible to work with linoleum cut. In that case you should bring your own linoleum.
Price: 1.200 DKK / 160 EUR including materials (wood blocks, paper, ink etc.). To register, send a mail to grafik@agerupgaard.dk
For guests from abroad, we recommend our b&b.
THE FOG’S RETURN TO KOLDBY STEN 01.11.2024, 17h-??
Himmel og Havn serves meat in the dark, a stew based on a Samsø sheep, while the FOLK PÅ SAMSØ ensemble contributes an extra-extended live soundtrack. Old tales are woven into a cinematic gesamtkunstwerk, where smoke, laser lights, video and unexpected events help to create a both cozy and spooky atmosphere.
On the same evening, we celebrate the start of the ferry from and to Kolby Kås, where we welcome ex-M/F KYHOLM with fog horns and a light show, when it arrives from Kalundborg at 19:50. After the concert, there is a nonstop disco party until late at night with vinyl records from DJ COSMO KNEX and others.
Tickets for food & concert cost DKK 200 and can be bought via Visitsamsø here
Party after 22h – DKK 50 (can be paid at the door)
The event is part of LYS I MØRKET.
WATCH OUT! The event does NOT take place at Agerupgård but at HIMMEL & HAVN, Kaasen 79, 8305 Samsø
SALAD DAYS festival 16.+17.08.2024
SALAD DAYS is a new festival on Samsø.
An island weekend full of experimental music, improvisation, sound art and DJ culture, featuring diverse contributions from local, danish and international artists.
Live:
BO EJLER TRIO (Samsø/Köln)
BRIAN MARX GIBSON (Samsø)
DJ SHLUCHT (Berlin)
FOLK PÅ SAMSØ (Samsø)
FUNKYCAN (Berlin)
IKU SAKAN (Osaka)
IRIAI VERLAG (Köln)
JONAS OLESEN (Stevns)
JONATHAN MIKKELSEN (Amsterdam)
LIEVEN MARTENS (Antwerpen)
MARTIN & LI LO (Samsø)
NANNA ELVIN HANSEN (København)
RUNNING OUT OF TIME (Berlin)
VALERIA OGGIONI (Köln)
VID EDDA & CLAUS HAXHOLM (København/Børkop)
WILTED WOMAN (Berlin)
by KNUD VIKTOR (Samsø/Luberon)
DJs:
AMPLOYEE (Berlin)
MÆLKEVEJEN (Bruxelles)
GENEPI & IKU SAKAN & KNEX (Köln/Osaka/Samsø)
HI-FI MARK (Samsø)
HILL MEN (Antwerpen)
METCHUP & KAYO (Samsø/Antwerpen)
SLEMBRIAN (Samsø)
DJ SL‘OCCII (Amsterdam)
WINEGIVING DJ (Köln)
YEAHLENA (Berlin)
See the facebook event for more info here.
We would be happy to see you!
BEWARE! The event is NOT at Agerupgård but at Sambiosen, Pillemarksvej 1, 8305 Samsø
Living room concert: Unchained (us/fr), C.D. Noé (de) + dinner 01.02.2024, 6pm
We invite you to a warming living room concert, with solo guitar from Grenoble, electronics from Berlin and a 2-course menu prepared by Emil & Laura. Before the music there is served wild rabbit from Vejrø in tomato (or a vegetarian option), with greens from Samsø and berry porridge with cream, tea and coffee for dessert.
18:00 doors open
18:30 dinner
20:00 concert
UNCHAINED (us/fr)
Unchained is Nate Davis, native of Providence (USA) now living in France. With roots in the early 2000s East Coast underground, Unchained brings pulsing melodic guitar compositions, with or without electronic accompaniment.
C. D. Noé (de)
Dreamy electronic pieces, presented by Dominik Noé from the german capital.
Christmas market and family workshop 17.12.2023, 12-17h
Screen Printing Seminar 4.-8.12.2023, 9-14h
Learn how to make your own screen prints on paper or textile. You will be trained in the technique from scratch. Feel free to bring your own motifs and media for printing.
Price: DKK 1.500 + materials
Max. number of participants: 5
Sign up via grafik@agerupgaard.dk
With optional accommodation and breakfast.
The seminar takes place in our printmaking workshop.
VIDEO JAZZ concert – FLEXTETTEN & FOLK PÅ SAMSØ 03.11.2023, 19-00h
An evening of audiovisual experiments in connection with LYS I MØRKET and SPIL SAMSK. FLEXTETTEN and FOLK PÅ SAMSØ play a house concert accompanied by live video art, produced on equipment from the heydays of tube TV.
FLEXTETTEN is a small jazz band that has existed on Samsø for over 30 years with a different line-up, playing classic jazz ballads, a little bossa and small Danish PH songs. FLEXTETTEN is Carl Christian on bass, Inge Kolind on piano, Sysser Thofte on drums and Lise Lotte Flæng on vocals.
FOLK PÅ SAMSØ is a music collective that started meeting last winter for improvised sessions in changing locations. The collective’s motto is “if you don’t know what to play, play as softly as you can and listen”. Musicians tonight: Niels Brandbyge, Brian Marx Gibson, Jonas Nakel, Mark Holm, Frederik Langkilde and Johann Kauth.
For all those who like to dance, there is an afterparty until midnight with DJ LATE WILLIAMS.
Find tickets here.
Knud Viktor – ‘Le Jardin Planétaire’ 02.06.-01.09.2023
Knud Viktor (1924-2013) grew up in Pillemark on Samsø, but ended up living and working most of his life in southern France. He was trained as a painter from the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, where his early practice included painting and printmaking. In the 1960s he replaced canvas and brushes with magnetic tape and microphones, and has since become known internationally as a ‘sound painter’.
Now his sound works return to Samsø, where they meet his earliest – and yet unknown – paintings from his youth, when Samsø Municipality’s Art Council presents the exhibition and cultural program ‘LÆG ØRET TIL JORDEN’ (PUT YOUR EARS TO THE GROUND).
See more info about the exhibition and events here.
At Agerupgård you can during the exhibition period experience the sound installation Le Jardin Planétaire, in the old horse stable right next to the road. Follow the signs for parking and entrance to the installation.
SOL Kunstklub – summer program July-August 2023
SOL is a series of artistic workshops for children and young people. Different ways of expression are introduced to the children, where the focus is on working with your hands and using all the senses, experimenting, creating something new with simple means and using the imagination to surprise oneself.
3. July, kl. 12-16 – Sound painting
10. July, kl. 10–14 – Kite building
11. July, kl. 12-16 – Sound painting
22. July, kl. 12-18 – SOL kunstfest
25. July, kl. 11-14 – Music production w. Jonas Nakel
8. August, kl. 12-16 – Sound painting
Go here for more info.
TERRAFORM – In Knud Viktor’s Sound Tracks 05.08.2023, 18h
Knud Viktor: IMAGE IX – L’ARMOIRE – quadrophonic concert Les Bulles / Aquarelle short films + introduction by Jan Stricker (Institut for Dansk Lydarkæologi) + TERRAFORM – In Knud Viktor’s Sound Tracks – premieres + Jonas Olesen DJ set and book presentation + Knud Viktor short films
This evening, Knud Viktor’s quadrophonic work Image IX and short films go into dialogue with premieres of new sound works by four contemporary artists, created in the framework of the residency program TERRAFORM – I Knud Viktors Lydspor at Agerupgård and in Bang & Olufsen’s former sound studios at Sound Art Lab, Struer. The invited artists worked over three weeks with Knud Viktor’s oeuvre and method, as a starting point for their own contemporary practice.
Participating artists:
MELISSA VAN DRIE (FR)
is a researcher, performer and writer from France who works with how sound, hearing and listening are important aspects of world-making: how different humans and non-humans use sound to sense and understand their respective environments.
NANNA ELVIN HANSEN (DK)
is an artist and filmmaker based in Copenhagen, whose practice often focuses on issues related to feminism and migration politics. She examines these questions, among other methods, through a collective and collaborative process of film, video and sound production.
SARAH SIKORIE (NO)
works with sculpture, installation and drawing. Her works function as platforms for nuance and the development of a meaningful coexistence with other species. She often uses the different processes of the seasons as a starting point and method. She also works site-specific and examines species in her immediate surroundings.
LIEVEN MARTENS (BE)
is a composer and observer who creates conceptual music that hovers between field recordings, ambient, musique concrète and modern composition. He investigates the “sound of islands”, where he has been inspired by the rhythm of archipelagos.
JONAS OLESEN DJ Set
Jonas Olesen presents his book Pioneers & Outsiders – Danish electronic music 1928-1980 and plays musical examples, with a particular focus on Danish electronic composers who have used nature and animal sounds. Hear e.g. works by the two field recording pioneers Carl Weismann and Johan Dalgas Frisch who created music of bird song and dog barking, Knud Viktor and many others. Read more about the book here.
Jonas Olesen is an electronic composer and sound artist. He runs the record company BIN and is active in the association Institut for Dansk Lydarkæologi.
Finally, Knud Viktor’s short films Les Bulles and Aquarelle will be projected onto the gable of the house.
Free entry
TERRAFORM – In Knud Viktor’s Sound Tracks is supported by Statens Kunstfond, Sonning-Fonden and Art Music Denmark.
INSULA presents: Guiding Star Orchestra + Ras Money 24.06.2023, 19h
We look forward to welcoming GUIDING STAR ORCHESTRA and RAS MONEY a.k.a. RASKE PENGE, when music association Insula invites to a dub / reggae evening for full blast in the farm’s barn.
Guiding Star Orchestra is a collective of musicians from the Copenhagen area, including some well known danish jazz players, inspired by the spirit behind original roots reggae music. Guiding Star Orchestra performs with a group of 11 musicians who are passionate about a deep, meditative and at the same time extroverted vibration. After the concert Ras Money aka Raske Penge will spin records, until our legs are tired.
Guiding Star Orchestra consists of Oilly Wallace on sax, Morten McCoy on keyboard, Malthe Kaptain on trumpet, Zigge Kreutzmann on bass, Steve Borth on sax, Laurits Quist Bilén on trombone, Endurance on drums, Tobias Elof on guitar and ukulele, Jonas Yagoubi on percussion and Mikael “Flenseren” Flensborg on the dub controls.
Buy your ticket here
Inauguration of Knud Viktors sound installations 11.06.2023, 14h
Come along for a bike ride to inaugurate three of artist Knud Viktor’s sound installations around Samsø. We meet at Besser Udsigtstårn and listen to Les Éphémères / Végétal. From there we cycle to Yduns Have, where we try to call earth in the telephone box work Allo La Terre. We end at Agerupgård, where we can experience the installation Le Jardin Planétaire and quench our thirst.
See more about the exhibition LÆG ØRET TIL JORDEN – Lydmaleren Knud Viktor på Samsø (PUT YOUR EAR TO THE GROUND – Sound Painter Knud Viktor on Samsø): https://knudviktorsamsoe.dk
The sound installations have been realized with support from Friluftsrådet, Statens Kunstfond, Samsø Kommune, EL Salg Bissø, Savværket Samsø and Brattingsborg Gods.
LAVTRYK 19.02.–16.04.2023
With the exhibition series LAVTRYK Agerupgård introduces its new project and exhibition space. LAVTRYK consists of a series of exhibitions, artist talks and workshops centered around artists who work with publishing and printed matter in small editions. The exhibition accumulates new content every month, respectively with a focus on one of the participating artists or publishers.
We are open following sundays from 2-4PM:
26.2. – 5.3. – 12.3. – 19.3. – 26.3. – 9.4. – 16.4.
The exhibition is further open by appointment.
LAVTRYK is supported by Samsø Municipality’s funds for cultural activities and Neustart Kultur.
Salamander Editions, Samsø
Salamander Editions is a publishing house that releases original graphic prints and other art multiples, run by visual artist and printmaker Johann Kauth, based on Samsø. Works are published by artists who in their practice work across various media including painting, printmaking, drawing, collage, sculpture, installation, photography, film, video, sound, performance and digital art. All prints are original, meaning they only exist as prints and in limited editions. The printing process is seen as an opportunity for experimentation where action, reflection and reaction form a symbiosis to bring forth surprising results. The first works in the catalog are by Zena Van den Block, Dieter Durinck, Mario de Brabandere, Joppe Venema, Bram van Meervelde, Gijs Deddens and Johann Kauth.
Opening Sunday 2 April, 2PM
including phone conversations with featured artists
KBJ Publishing, Svendborg
The basis for Kristian B. Johansson’s artistic work is the publication of artist books, where emphasis is put on themes such as ownership and the origin of the multiplied material. Many of his books consist of found images where he makes use of visual sampling, editing and framing as artistic tools. Since a few years, he has set up a mobile printing shop with the Japanese riso technique, a stencil machine that can print with spot colors, comparable to Pantone offset but far more accessible. With his riso-mobile, Johansson drives to schools and other institutions around the country, where he gives workshops with locals that result in the publication of pamphlets and books.
Opening Saturday 4 March, 2PM
with a lecture by Kristian B. Johansson
Ernst Markus Stein, Berlin
Ernst Markus Stein is a visual artist, radio host and DJ, in recent years with a particular interest in redundant graphic copying techniques such as mimeography and thermofax. Stein makes GIF animations and digital drawings, which he brings into the real world by for example translating them into woven tapestries or mimeography prints. Radio is Stein’s second passion, as co-organizer of Cashmere Radio in Berlin and through numerous collaborations with festivals in Germany and abroad. In his radio program DIY Church, he has since 2010 made a sea of broadcasts with interviews of countless artists and musicians. He will stay on the island for 2 weeks, creating site-specific graphic works and a radio program involving the local population.
Opening Sunday 19 February, 2PM
with DJ Parishkij Pumpkin from London
