система | system presents "Bubny Voices" audio Installation by Ukrainian Kyiv-based artists NFNR & unwavemenot.
~ "The Bubny Voices is an artistic documentation of the Nádraží Bubny area in Prague, which is about to be destroyed .
The compositions are created by Ukrainian composers unwavemenot & NFNR out of field recordings collected around the Bubny railway station by local inhabitants.
Originally the piece was supposed to be a site-specific performance at Nádraží Bubny. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak borders were closed, thus the invited artists NFNR & unwavemenot did not have access to the city. They decided to approach Bubny through auditory impressions of the local residents.
Bubny Voices reflects the experience of new places based on imagination rather than sensations. In such a way, the artists fulfill a need for discovery in times of limited freedom of movement. They suggest using imagination in order to document places that disappear. The work means to grasp collective aural memories of Bubny to be able to experience the area after its disappearance.
Bubny Voices were created as part of the Performance Crossing Festival in Prague in May-June 2020.." - NFNR & unwavemenot
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~ "Bubny Voices — це музична документація району залізничної станції Бубни у Празі, яку невдовзі знесуть.
Композиції створені українськими композиторками NFNR & unwavemenot на основі польових записів, зібраних навколо залізничної станції місцевими жителями.
Роботи мали бути створені як site-specific інсталяція у споруді вокзалу. Через спалах COVID-19 та закриті кордони запрошені музикантки NFNR & unwavemenot не мали можливості працювати з місцем особисто. Вони вирішили вивчити Бубни через акустичні досвіди місцевих жителів.
Bubny Voices є переживанням досвіду міста на основі уяви, а не відчуттів. Так музикантки задовольняють потребу у нових враженнях і відкриттях у часи обмеженої свободи пересування. У подібний спосіб, вони пропонують використовувати уяву для документації місць, що зникають. Композиції вбирають колективі акустичні спогади про район, щоб мати можливість відчути цю місцевість після її зникнення.
Bubny Voices були створені в рамках фестивалю Performance Crossing у Празі у травні-червні 2020" - NFNR & unwavemenot

- Olesia Onykiienko [NFNR] and Anna Khvyl [unwavemenot] are
Kyiv-based electronic musicians, composers, and members of Women’s Sound platform. Both experiment with field recordings and site-specific works.⠀
Olesia aka NFNR is a choir conductor, theater composer, and leftfield producer. Anna aka unwavemenot has a background in classical piano, and DJ-ing, composes music for films, has interest in urban anthropology. Both work with the idea of music for non-musicians integrating listening practices into everyday life.⠀
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- Олеся Оникієнко [NFNR] and Анна Хвиль [unwavemenot] — українські музикантки, композиторки та учасниці платформи Women’s Sound. Обидва експериментують із польовими записами та сайт-спесіфік аудіоработамі. ⠀
NFNR — хорова диригентка за освітою, театральна композиторка і leftfield продюсерка. Unwavemenot — піаністка, ді-джейка, створює музику для кінофільмів та цікавиться урбаністичною антропологією. Обидва працюють з ідеєю музики для немузикантів, яка інтегрує практики слухання у повсякденне життя. ⠀

released December 25, 2020

Bubny Voices

Audio Installation for Performance Crossing Festival 2020 (CZ)

Composed by Olesia Onykiienko [NFNR] and Anna Khvyl [unwavemenot]

Field recordings provided by Jakub Prašivka, Adam Bláha, Klárka Ondračková, Daniel Toman, Nawar Talli, Matej Kamenicky, Iryna Zahladko, Oksana Khvostichenko, Petr Dlouhý, Timber Rattle, Heidi Hornáčková

Tracks 02, 04, 07, 09 poetry by Iryna Zahladko

Artworks: Iryna Zahladko
Mastered by Nika Zenova.

Bubny Voices

NFNR - Chat loops

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I was trained in tradition, yet I stepped beyond its walls. Sound is my language, not to decorate but to liberate. Composer, performer, and listener — one fire, three sparks, inseparable.

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