The EEGsynth
Members of the EEGsynth have been doing research in Mexico City, Oaxaca and Chiapas in December 2023 and January 2024. They have been in residency at El Dia D in Santiago de Queretaro, January 21 – February 12, 2024. During this time they will be working with artists and choreographers from Mexico and Canada and […]
Ludvig Elblaus, Per Huttner and Thomas Auroux perform the work together. In the performance Auroux, who is a practising hypnotherapist, hypnotises Huttner. The latter is wearing an electroencephalogram (EEG) cap and Elblaus uses Huttner’s brain activity to make music in real time using specifically developed instruments. After a short theoretical introduction Elblaus makes a 15 […]
– Performance in collaboration with Teatermaskinen September 8, 2023 For “Island CO2″ at Teatermaskinen in Sweden’s Bergslagen, Per Huttner and Karine Bonneval take their project “Do Trees Dream of CO2″ to the next level. In the performance they create a platform for communication between trees and humans. As the sun sets, the audience is invited […]
Animist Journey is a performance by Per Huttner with Sámi shaman Jonas Engman. It was performed at Teatermaskinen in Riddarhyttan on September 8, 2023. When the performance begins, Engman is already in trance and he wears his shaman attire. He starts singing and playing his drum and embarks on a journey. Under his headgear he […]
The Swedish-French music collective Circle Squared is in residence at Andersbo. On August 26, 2023, 14.00- 17.00 they will present two concerts at Unnaryds Kyrka.They will present a new performance: Per Huttner will be hypnotized by the French hypnotherapist Thomas Auroux. Per’s brain activity is measured in real time with electroencephalography (EEG,) his muscle activity […]
In May 2022 Per Huttner was invited by French-Iranian artist Ghazel to present his work. He made a one hour online presentation about his artistic practice and his work with the EEGsynth for the Tehran summit. He draws from a text by Vaclav Havel called that he wrote in 1978. He explains that power structures […]
A previously unknown world of microbes is being revealed by current discoveries in many different fields. What is discovered drastically changes the way we understand ourselves. Naturally questions arise: How can these tiny creatures inform our lives? Where do we encounter them? How can we live in symbiosis? An international group of artists, thinkers and […]
“Do Trees Dream of CO2″ will present their work at Kuntsi Art Museum in Vaasa, May 27 at 2pm. The event offers an opportunity to look into the technical, scientific and artistic developments that the projects make. You are also invited to participate in a practical demonstration where you can try to “dialogue with a […]
– Alpha Xiao plays live at Hökarängens antikvariat 19.30 on May 20 (doors open at 18.30). Alpha Xiao is an experimental musical group consisting of a portable electroencephalagraph (EEG) modulating designed audio samples (Per Huttner) and a traditional Chinese flute called a Xiao (Will Stafford). The two person constellation focuses musically on connectivity through rough sketches […]
Per Huttner will perform Mira Miraculous for the opening of “You Are not A Guest.” The exhibition and program is curated by Abir Boukhari. The exhibition is presented at Elbirou Gallery in Sousse. The opening starts April 17, 2023 at 18h and the performance at 21h. Everyone is welcome and entrance is free. Mira Miraculous […]
Vision Forum and the project “Do Trees Dream of CO2” are hosted by Earthwise in Bogens outside Aarhus for a workshop April 11-14, 2022. During these intense working days, artists will together investigate what happens to trees and humans at night and if the two can find a platform for nocturnal exchange using the EEGsynth. […]
The EEGsynth team is working together with French hypnotherapist Thomas Auroux throughout spring and summer 2023. Together they investigate how music and sound can be generated under hypnosis as well as how the EEGsynth can aid in this process. The investigations using both EEG and EMG will lead to the creation of a new performance […]
The EEGsynth project Cod-spawning and Music will be at demo-stage at Tekniska museet in Stockholm February 11-12, 20023. In the project we use recordings of the cods’ mating sounds to make contemporary music. We also use humans’ nerve-signals to modulate the sound. The long term goal is to use real time data from cod and […]
Welcome to an evening of performances and talks at Galeria Liberdad in Santiago de Queretaro in collaboration with El Dia D on Friday, February 3, 2023 at 7pm (free entrance). We present a new performance by the EEGsynth collective. For the performance we collaborate with the Canadian choreographer Benoît Lachambre who has deeply interesting ways […]
The musical collective LPJ-L which uses the EEGsynth to produce new and exciting technology and new musical material for an album that will be released by Vision Forum and our Danish partners in spring 2023. The group will meet and work at Huhta Home Studios in Copenhagen November 30 December 4. The new technology comprises […]
We are proud that Swedish National Radio’s “Elektroniskt” devote a large chunk of their 2h broadcast to our project LPJ-L and how they use brainwaves to make music. The interviews are in Swedish, but the music is of course in “Esperanto.” You find the whole show and/or the interviews in the link above. (https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/elektroniskt-i-p2-hjarna-och-psykologi) It is […]
The members of our project “Do Trees Dream of CO2” are meeting in Paris November 25-26 for a workshop to prepare for future performances. During these working days, artists will together investigate what happens to trees and humans at night and if the two can find a platform for nocturnal exchanges. The will look at […]
The musical and performance collective that uses the EEGsynth to produce new and exciting work has started working with new technology. In preparation for for future performances members of the collective will meet in Stockholm November 8-14 to figure out how the new technology can be used in the best of ways. They are working […]
In spring 2019 the EEGsynth crew and Vision Forum organised a 4-day event in Stockholm called Transformation. It investigated how bodily signals from muscle and brain as well as audience movements can be further used in musical and performative creation. The event was greatly appreciated by audience, participants and the media. During the festival composers, […]
The Association for the Palliative Turn (APT) is a project initiated by Olav Westphalen. It is an open platform for artists to make work around the palliative turn. Over the summer APT has been hosted by Künstlerhaus Bremen. The project in Bremen brings together contributions from artists, designers, a kinesiologist, a philosopher, a comedian, a […]
Artists and filmmakers Per Huttner, Van Che and Fabien Guillermont will create an interdisciplinary film workshop at Teatermaskinen in Riddarhyttan September 5-11, 2022. The workshop will lead to the production of a documentary film. During the workshop seven people will live and make short film sequences based on the dreams that they dream during the […]
Vision Forum and our project “Do Trees Dream of CO2” are hosted by the amazing Secret Hotel and Earthwise outside Aarhus for a workshop August 19-25, 2022. During these intense working days, artists will together investigate what happens to trees and humans at night and if the two can find a platform for nocturnal exchanges. […]
The musical collective LPJ-L which uses the EEGsynth to produce new and exciting music has started developing new material for a series of concerts in spring 2023. Parallel to that they prepare a series of album releases. In preparation for both, members of the collective will meet in Copenhagen August 26-28 and November 30 to […]
The EEGsynth team is proud to announce that we will present “Ghetto Gucci” at documenta fifteen June 17, 18 and 19 with Atis Resizstans/Ghetto Biennial at St. Kunigundis, Leipziper str. 145, Kassel. The performance will start at 19h June 17 and 20h June 18 and 19. Background to the piece: During the 6th Ghetto Biennial […]
Vision Forum is proud to announce the third incarnation of Governing Bodies. It includes several EEGsynth events and previous collaborators like Professor Veikko Jousmäko. The project has previously appeared on Zoom, in Östersund and in Copenhagen. The session in Finland is co-organised with The Bioart Society and takes place June 1-5, 2022. Together the two […]
Per Huttner makes a performative lecture with the online platform The Teheran Summit on May 19, 18.00 CET using the EEGsynth. In the talk he will first make a short demonstration of the EEGsynth. It is a technology platform that him and others in the VF team use to make performances with the help of […]
We are proud to announce that “LPJ-L” will perform at “Vetenskapsfestivalen” (The Science Festival) in Gothenburg 7pm May 7. The concert is open to the public at free of charge (Göteborgs universitet, Humanisten, Trappscenen, Renströmsgatan 6, 412 55 Göteborg). More practical details here. The group which has been playing under different monikers (e.g. 1+1=3 and […]
The EEGsynth team had an honorary guest today: French musician, composer and researcher Philippe Langlois. He tried the EEGsynth for the first time and he immediately showed some impressive alpha peaks along with other magic waves. Philippe has a long history of practicing meditation (using the Lotus Sutra) so it was immediately easy for him […]
The EEGsynth collaborates with Norwegian biologists, Norwegian musicians and Dutch researchers to develop performances that are created to be presented to both humans and cod fish. In the project we use high-quality recordings of cod fish’s mating sounds and turn them into aesthetically interesting music. We also let the cod’s movement patterns control sound, light […]
The 1+1=3 team will be working in the UK March 27-31 to create new sounds and music using the EEGsynth. They are joined by London-based composer and music producer Tomas Nordmark. Together they will look for new strategies for making music using both parties technology platforms, experiences and aesthetic know how. The group has previously […]