INSOMNIA 2012


Poster

ECAS WP 2 - Stage

INSOMNIA 2012
»11th festival for Music. Movement. New Ideas.«
25.10. - 27.10.2012 / Tromsø, Norway

For this edition of the festival Insomnia has focused on the Nordic spectre of electronic music, with the high standards of production and understanding towards movement and new ideas to the electronic music scene. We are also collaborating with Europeans Cities of advanced Sound (ECAS) with profiling both MUTEK.Spain and Rokolectiv in Romania.

We start of this year with Sähkö – The Movie with a new movie score that will be played live by Jimi Tenor and Jori Hulkkonen, followed by a mind blowing performance by Next Life at Driv. We also have started a collaboration with Red Bull Music Academy that will be shown both Thursday and Friday.

Friday starts of with the Music Export Norway convention at Tromsø Kunstforening, followed by Design Vs. Music with Tank and two stunning performances by Nikka and Alba G. Corral and Thomas Knak at Verdensteateret Kino. F.AC.E is opening the live program at Haakon Stage, Driv.

Saturday starts of with Steve Blame´s Vaseline show at Tromsø Kunstforening, followed by performances at Driv from 21:00 with performances by Hjernetrim, Hanne Kolstø, Gus Gus, Emika, etc. Röyksopp will end the festival at Driv late Saturday with a Dj – set.

There will also be exhibitions at Tromsø Kunstforening and Kurant during the festival. Kurant will give a day to day program and Elin Øyen Vister has a exhibition at Tromsø Kunstforening.

ECAS supported events during the festival:
Performance Demdike Stare25.10. - 27.10.2012
Date25.10. - 27.10.2012
ActionPerformance Demdike Stare
ParticipantsDemdike Stare
Location
Sponsoring PartnersInsomnia
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Online References http://web.archive.org/web/20121016220048/http://www.insomniafestival.no/program-2012/


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Performance Rochite25.10.2012
Date25.10.2012
ActionPerformance Rochite
ParticipantsRochite
LocationDriv, Vørter Scene
Sponsoring PartnersInsomnia
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Online References http://web.archive.org/web/20121016220048/http://www.insomniafestival.no/program-2012/


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Performance Cos Mir25.10.2012
Date25.10.2012
ActionPerformance Cos Mir
ParticipantsCos Mir
LocationDriv, Vørter Scene
Sponsoring PartnersInsomnia
Print
Online References http://web.archive.org/web/20121016220048/http://www.insomniafestival.no/program-2012/
http://web.archive.org/web/20121016220048/http://www.insomniafestival.no/cos-mir-bucharesti/

DescriptionPrepare for a special set spiced with some “twisted dancing rhapsodies».
 
Performance Guillamino26.10.2012
Date26.10.2012
ActionPerformance Guillamino
ParticipantsGuillamino
LocationDriv, Vørter Scene
Sponsoring PartnersInsomnia
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Online References http://web.archive.org/web/20121016220048/http://www.insomniafestival.no/program-2012/


Description
 
Performance Nikka & Alba G. Corral26.10.2012
Date26.10.2012
ActionPerformance Nikka & Alba G. Corral
ParticipantsNikka & Alba G. Corral
LocationVerdensteatret
Sponsoring PartnersInsomnia
Print
Online References http://web.archive.org/web/20121016220048/http://www.insomniafestival.no/nikka-alba-g-corral-barcelona/
http://web.archive.org/web/20121016220048/http://www.insomniafestival.no/program-2012/

DescriptionNikka and Albas performances are based on the sensorial emotions of form, sound, sensibility, and expression; and the generative power of abstract art with the strong personality of melancholic sound.
 
Unseen Worlds (Nicolas Horne)25.10. - 27.10.2012
Date25.10. - 27.10.2012
ActionUnseen Worlds (Nicolas Horne)
Participants
Location
Sponsoring PartnersInsomnia
Print
Online References http://web.archive.org/web/20121016220044/http://www.insomniafestival.no/movement-new-ideas/
http://web.archive.org/web/20121031085446/http://www.insomniafestival.no/unseen-worlds/

DescriptionUnseen Worlds is an artistic presentation created as part of a research and microscopical observation of the structural patterns and formation of different elements and how they react and interact.
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INSOMNIA

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