February 15th, 2012 | by Agnes Szelag | published in fun, inspiration, reviews, sound | Leave A Comment »
Tomek Chołoniewski is one of the top players in the Kraków improv music scene. I have seen him play in a number of contexts and there’s a balancing act he is really good at. On one hand. he always blends in with what is going on musically on the stage; on the other hand he always [...]
January 29th, 2012 | by Agnes Szelag | published in art, inspiration, reviews, thoughts, Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »
Yesterday I went to see the art exhibit Hunting down the avant garde. Forbidden art in the Third Reich @ the ICC. It was a pretty impressive display with illustrations, paintings and sculptures. Here’s a couple of helpful links to understand the context: On the ICC website. The News.pl. One of the most intense sections of [...]
January 23rd, 2012 | by Agnes Szelag | published in fun, reviews, sound | Leave A Comment »
While in London, I was lucky to catch one night of the Jazz and Experimental Music from Poland Festival which ran December 5-7. I went to England primarily to visit family and to go to All Tomorrow’s Parties, so this was some nice icing. I went on the 7th which had Piotr Kurek headlining with Kacper Ziemianin [...]
January 17th, 2012 | by Agnes Szelag | published in fun, reviews, sound | Leave A Comment »
Drekoty open for Evangelista @ Club Re, Kraków on November 29th, 2011 Drekoty were a wave of relief for my ears. I hadn’t heard songs, lyrics, and structure performed for two weeks because I had been attending the Audio Art Festival (review coming – it’s a monster, so many acts!) I had a fabulous time [...]
December 29th, 2011 | by Agnes Szelag | published in reviews, sound | Leave A Comment »
Bydgoska Orkiestra Muzyki Współczesnej Dec. 21st, 2011 Alchemia, Kraków With “orchestra” in the title I was expecting a little more than a trio on stage but I do love trios and I enjoyed the beginning of their set more than the latter part of the concert. In the first piece you had Mateusz Szwankowski [...]
December 27th, 2011 | by Agnes Szelag | published in art, reviews, sound | Leave A Comment »
Zimoun (Bern) – 45 prepared dc-motors, cotton balls, cardboard boxes 60x60x60cm Nov. 18, 2011 Krystafory, Kraków Any piece is affected by the space it inhabits and I felt that the ambiance and size of the Krystafory basement was pretty fantastic combined with the architecturally-minded (his words) elements. I felt the juxtaposition of the typical medieval [...]