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Where Art Thou Art Goes

admin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:41:58 +0000

Video-sketch: reflection on exhibition and work of Ladislav Galeta presented in Musem of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, 2011.

What do They Think of Artists Today?

admin — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:33:46 +0000

Taken ba Mimi Milivoj Kuhar at Kiblix festival, Maribor

GentleJunk on Red Light Radio

admin — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:37:37 +0000

Red Light Radio from Amsterdam, situated in the part of the city called with the same name, hosted on Wednesday 08.06.2011. GentleJunk audio performance I Love Noise. Host was Gijs Borstlap on Kaiserlabel show.

Gijs Borstlap from Kaiserlabel

Red Light Radio is situates in the ex prostitute booth surrounded with working girls. Amsterdam municipality decided to close down more than half of working places for this profession, giving empty spaces to shops and projects such as this radio.

Rob Klerkx

Rob Klerkx from “Klerkx and the Secret” also appeared on the show in the same evening.

Listen to the whole show here >>

MMKamp ’11

admin — Mon, 23 May 2011 07:03:27 +0000

Field recording during MMKamp '11

Multimedia cam – MMKamp was held this year in Marija Bistrica and Zabok, north Croatia. Read more about it here >>
Have a look at the photolog>> or lilsten to the audio drama recorded in a group fashion by all the participants:

SONIFICATION III event in Split

admin — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 10:20:13 +0000

Noise event SONIFICATION III hosted noise musicians from Croatia and Italy. In culture centre Kocka in Split on 14th Novembre BRAINTOURNIQUET (Venice), NARAYAN (Sisak), GENTLEJUNK (Zagreb), VIŠESLAV LABOSH (Zagreb)
KARMAKUMULATOR + POWERSET AXIOM (Split) presented their audio-visual works that was questioning what is and how can therm Sonification be represented.

BRAINTOURNIQUET, Venice. Creating noise with el. magnetic fields.

EEII’10 and MMKamp’10 reports

admin — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:00:21 +0000

EEII’10 and MMKamp’10 reports can be found here:

MMKamp >>

EEII >>

New release on GentleJunk co. NetLabel

admin — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:04:47 +0000

Impromondays: Tracery

Tracery is three piece recording filled with ostinatos. It traces atmospheres of Gothic churches in minimal manner. Not a usual Impromondays recording, this one has more harmonics, playfully shared by two guitars. Its seriousness and interest is everlasting

Impromondays crew:
Dragan Pajic – Pajo: noises, prepared frying pan, vocals, el. guitar and effects;
Kruno Jošt: el.guitar with effects, laptop, prepared instruments.

Impromondays are sessions recorded at ‘Silence Reservoir’ (Parainstitut Indoš) club in Zagreb. This sessions are dedicated to all who are interested in improvisation in its full sense, no matter if it is visual, musical or concerned with the body movement.

Recorded April 2010.
Edited by Dragan Pajić Pajo

GentleJunk co. NetLabel release ’10
Time: 25 min.
DOWNLOAD AT ARCHIVE.ORG >>

ART01 Project in its 11th Month

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:13:34 +0000

ART01 is a project that examines art operating systems trough self reflection on artistic practices done in last 11 months – from September 2009 to July 2010. On 25th July ART01 has a public presentation in ContentArt gallery, Kreutzbergstr. Berlin. Please join for collaborative public event, spiced with pirate radio, on-line broadcast, social games, linux install party, exchange and swap, loop and feedback.

PDES

admin — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:31:53 +0000

PDES (Pure Data Exchange Summit) is yet another step into the research on collaborative environments, its stimulants, individuals and their mind-sets which forms a group work. PDES is an example of what are (generally) the themes created in collaborative process orientated work environments that are critical to art itself.

Read the full report here >>

Quasi Quasi album out at Narrominded

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:40:09 +0000

Dutch record label Narrominded release no.51 under name Quasi Quasi, a project by Gijs Borstlap and Kruno Jošt is out now.Quasi Quasi is a join project of Kaisergrutva and GentleJunk netlabels.

Here is short recap of the reviews:

The limited cd / free download Quasi Quasi by Kruno Jošt | Gijs Borstlap is only out for two weeks, but already received some raving reviews. Vital Weekly says their music is ’a curious hybrid of improvisation meeting noise meeting drone meeting rock’ and thinks that it’s ‘a trip that pays off.’ Subjectivisten / Caleidoscoop calls it a ‘fantastic project’ and Kindamuzik says that ‘the deconstructive Quasi Quasi shows that Narrominded, besides retro-electronics, is also deeply rooted in the current progressive improvisation music.’

Listen at Narrominded >>