CAIRO Art of Noise Workshop!

Art of noise workshop from Sarah Seliman on Vimeo.


In February 2013 I went back to Cairo to lead a one-week workshop on sound art called 'The Art of Noise'. It was almost like going back home, when meeting my driver Mohamed at Cairo airport. Many intense memories came back to my mind from my five months residency last year in the big Nile city.



The workshop was curated by Yara Mekawei with financial support from Swiss Arts Council.
All participants did a fantastic job. We spent an incredible creative and warm hearted friendly week together. Thank you so much for this great experience:

YARA  MEKAWEI
SARAH SELIMAN
OLA SAAD
MIRIAM NESSLER
MUHAMMED SALEM YOUSSEF
MAHMOUD MAGDE
MAHMOUD TAREK
KAREEM OSMAN

Art of Noise Workshop

Working at 100copies sound studio

Working at 100copies sound studio

Blind walk Downtown Cairo

Ola Saad

Kareem Osman & Yara Mekawei

Ramsay & Sara Seliman

Mahmoud Refat & Joke Lanz

Opening speech at final workshop concert

Mahmoud Magde aka Snoopy

Audience

Please check out some of the works created during the workshop:

Sara Seliman:

http://vimeo.com/61215630

Kareem Osman:

http://vimeo.com/60939289

Ola Saad:

https://soundcloud.com/ola-saad

Egypt Independent article by Maha ElNawabi:

http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/sound-art-workshop-remixes-cairo-s-noise

Many thanks to: All the participants, Yara Mekawei, Sarah Seliman, Miriam Nessler, Ola Saad, Kareem Osman, Muhammed Salem Youssef, Mahmoud Magde, Mahmoud Tarek,  Marcel Derek Ramsay, Weaam El Masry, Maysoon Mahfoudh, Hebba Sherif, Alan Bishop, Mahmoud Refat and his 100copies team, Derek Holzer (for initial advice and support).

photos by Yara Mekawei, Marcel Derek Ramsay, Joke Lanz

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Cairo Walk (2012)

Joke Lanz - Cairo Walk (2012) from Joke Lanz on Vimeo.

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JOKE LANZ - Live Series Vol. 8

Recorded live at Madame Claude Berlin 21st November 2011
Joke Lanz: turntable, electronics

photo by Frank Foge





http://tanzprocesz.free.fr/

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El Nicho Aural 2012 (Interview & live excerpts)

Joke Lanz en el nicho Aural #2 from el nicho experimental on Vimeo.

https://vimeo.com/64230627


Directed by Patrick Danse
Camera: Jose Luis Arranda Nucamendi
Location sound engineer: Loretta Rato


El Nicho Aural Festival 2012 Mexico-City:
http://aural.elnicho.org/?page_id=16

Watch Lasse Marhaug, Alan Courtis and Bruce McClure at El Nicho:
https://vimeo.com/elnichoexperimental

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JOKE LANZ remixes CHRISTIAN WOLFARTH

My good friend and percussionist Christian Wolfarth invited me to do a remix of one of his 'Acoustic Solo Percussion' 7"s from his volume 1-4 series. Alongside with Rashad Becker, Hans Joachim Irmler (Faust) and Günter Müller, this fine double CD is out now on his own Hiddenbell Records.
One disc contains all original pieces from 'Acoustic Solo Percussion Vol 1-4', the other disc contains the remixes.

http://www.christianwolfarth.ch/pages/de/index.php

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From TXL to TLV!

Sudden Infant live at 5th anniversary of Zimmer Festival Tel Aviv March 30, 2013

With a slight hangover from the night before at Ausland where I played a turntable solo alongside of Robert Piotrowicz and Ruben Patino, I found myself waiting at the departure gate in Berlin Tegel for my flight to Tel Aviv. It's my second visit to this vibrant and colorful city and the first time to play a full Sudden Infant show in Israel. I'm happy to escape this horrible never-ending winter in Berlin. Tel Aviv welcomes me with 24 degrees celsius!

Despite an Egyptian visa stamp in my passport I easily get through immigration and my friends Guy and Ron are picking me up. On the way to the city we get stopped by Israeli police because I forgot to wear the safety belts on the backseat!

The new Zimmer is way bigger than the old one but still kept his distinctive and unique style, filled with old television sets, tape recorders, turntables, graffitis, found objects, plastic dolls, posters etc.
I immediately feel at home! It's a great place to go and to meet some of the most interesting people in Tel Aviv.

Big thanks to: Ron and Guy for being such great friends and keeping the good work up in Israel, Mia, Alma and Aviad for their lovely hospitality, Nira, Har'El, Gabi, Grisha, Bachmutsky, Marsha, Andrew, Eli, Joe, Assaf, Gali, Ariel, Kabab and all the cool acts I saw at the Zimmer such as Mujahadeen, Laila, Mechonat Hereg, Sachi & the Kids and many more. THANKS for the great time!!

http://www.facebook.com/zimmeramma

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CoCArt Music Festival Torun

Some impressions from CoCArt Music Festival in Torun Poland:

Thanks to: Rafal Iwanski, Rafal Kolacki, Piotr Zawalkiewicz, CSW Torun, Peter 'Pure' Votava, Yannick Franck, Z'EV, Phil Maggi, Wim of Silken Tofu, Jean-Herve Peron, Pierre Bastien, Ewa, Anna, Natalia, Maja, Till, Heinz and everybody who supported and attended the two nights.

Photos by Tillmann Jakob (1), Zuzanna Larysz (2,3), Joke Lanz (4,5,6)


http://csw.torun.pl/activities/festivals/5.-cocart-music-festival

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