RADURA (52° 29' 18.12'' N / 13° 29' 51'' E) is a site-specific project by Vittoria Assembri and Gaia Ginevra Giorgi, co-produced by Q-02 (Bruxelles) and La Friche (Marseille).
During the next week, the artists in residency will engage the Gaswerksiedlung’s community and neighbourhood in a series of aware crossing practices that will converge in a participative sound performance on Saturday, October the 23rd.

The invitation is inclusive and extended to everybody.
Check the program below for all detailed information.

Gaia and Vittoria experiment with archives of sound landscapes that reflect on the theme of liminal, waste, residue: field recordings, vocal soundscapes, poems, sound installations, in a close relationship with the architectural space and its crossings (human and non-human).
It is also a practice of poetic-urban investigation that betrays the space of the visible by translating it into new affective and occult cartography. By means of sound mappings and poetic translations of fantastic urban archaeology, we wish to produce a situated utopia, which undermines geography as a centralized control device - where the non-neutral role of the observer is a generator of reality.

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RADURA (52° 29' 18.12'' N / 13° 29' 51'' E) 

By Vittoria Assembri and Gaia Ginevra Giorgi
Co-produced by Q-02 (Bruxelles) and Manifactures des Tabac (Marseille)
With the support of Rooms of Kairos

RADURA  
= clearing, glade   :   an area with few or no trees or shrubs in wooded or overgrown land

RADURA is an achievable utopia. It is material, situated, and temporary. It is a site-specific project, imagined for the Klingenberg power station and the community that inhabits the Gaswerksiedlung on Köpenicker Chaussee, on the border between the Berliner districts of Rummelsburg and Lichtenberg.

RADURA comes to life in the residual space lingering between the Vattenfall Wärme power plant (which has run the heating business in Berlin since 1927), the ICE Werk train maintenance plant (with an operational area of about 625,000 square metres), and Funkhaus Berlin (former headquarters of DDR’s Rundfunk, the state radio and broadcasting company of the German Democratic Republic).

We are accustomed to thinking of cities starting from their fullness of solid constructions. RADURA is an experiment of radical politics that intends to let us reflect together on the theme of the ‘urban clearing’, of the negative space, of the liminal, the provisional, the Third Passage, the residue.

As research in progress, RADURA involves decolonising and anti-capitalist practices that are designed for bodies to relate with the landscape they cross.
Field recording techniques are integrated into the workflow as an opportunity to rewrite the space.

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RADURA is branched into four exercises of embodied and radical imagination:

Day 1 - DRIFT IN THE GLADE: a participative practice open to all, conceived to rewrite the ‘empty space’ or better to rewrite the landscape, intended as the ever mutable result of the species’ joint actions.
In this case, such reformulation is induced through a drifting walk and programmatically disorganised crossing. According to the principle of dis-planning and unproductivity, the desire is to defuse social, cultural and economic patterns. The soundscape of the drift will be recorded.
Tuesday, October 19, 2021 - 17.00 / 18.30

Day 2 - SHARING STORIES: a horizontal transmission of knowledge and embodied experiences against the main narrative, open to the whole community of the neighbourhood. 
In the belief that telling stories is more generative than studying history, old and new inhabitants are invited to share anecdotes, facts, and memories related to the territory. Testimonies will be recorded only if the participants agree.
Wednesday, October 20, 2021 - 17.00 / 18.30

Day 3 - THE PROMISES OF MONSTERS: a workshop of fantastic archaeology, a post-human practice, monstrous, fragmentary, and incomplete.
Together the participants will give life to a speculative fabula about the glade and its inhabitants, human and non-human. Through the spontaneous collection of autochthonous materials, we will witness the emergence of new affective systems of symbols, cases of heteroglossia, mythopoeic alphabets will emerge. The sounds of the found objects will be recorded.
Thursday, October 21, 2021 - 17.00 / 18.30

Day 4 - RADURA: opening and presentation at the end of the residency. 
In the previous days, the artists have documented multiple and diverse experiences through sound mappings that are now installed in the space and generate new sonic rooms to inhabit. Participants are invited to design and build something in a cooperative dimension, to weave elements, and to reinvent once again the materials collected during the week.
Collisions of sound materials, trades, exchanges and relationships will be the conspiring engines of the site-specific sound performance that will take place on Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 15.30 / 17.30.

MEET UP POINT - You can find us at Köpenicker Chaussee 32, 10317 Berlin.
We suggest arriving a little before the beginning of the activity. Dress up warm and comfortable (your shoes might get a little dirty).

CONTACT - In case need any further information, feel free to reach us at this number - 0049 157 50450333. The phone will be off during the experience. 

BIOS

Vittoria Assembri (France) is an architectural and sound researcher. Her practice explores the territories that are usually considered marginal, from an architectural and sound point of view. She focuses her research on the regeneration of urban spaces as the recovery of building heritage that pursues sustainable sociability and social diversity. She deepens on the notion of Third Passage, as an oblique and unconventional condition, of abandoned spaces invested by spontaneous forms of other species.

Gaia Ginevra Giorgi (Italy) is a poet, sound artist, performer, and researcher. She has published Manovre segrete (Interno Poesia, 2017) and L’animale nella fossa (Miraggi Edizioni, 2021). Her research is oriented towards the generative possibilities of intercode poetry: she experiments with vocal soundscapes, and studies the relationships between text, voice, new electronic devices, and architectural space, creating site-specific projects.

LINKS TO THE ARTISTS’ RELEASES AND RADIO WORKS

https://oceani.bandcamp.com/album/racconto-concreto

https://soundcloud.com/user-394754592-957183462

https://www.fangoradio.com/shows/158

https://radiopapesse.org/en/archive/radia/radia-show-850-echantillons-sonores

https://www.radiopapesse.org/it/archivio/sonora/scivolare-il-po

At the end of March, Rooms of Kairos was meant to host a series of in-studio workshops dedicated to sound production guided by mf jaeger. Due to the Covid-19, we thought to restructure the offer in the form of online coaching sessions. A good way to support a musician and to use well this mountain of time that's been given back to us all.

We'd like to invite again all interested attendees, whether beginners or advanced producers, to join our guide mf jaeger and explore Ableton's features, learn tricks, ask questions, deepen knowledge, and thrive in music.
Below you can find the descriptions for the original workshops. You can take this same information as an example of the possible content of your session or as an inspiration for you to structure your personal coaching.
You and your friends or music mates - up to 4 people - can team up for a collective session too!
The right environment for your online exchange will be created on https://jitsi.org/.
Feel free to get in touch with mf jaeger at his email address for any further question or to organise your session - mfj.hyenafarmfromspace999@gmail.com

BEGINNER SESSIONS
A simple and attractive workshop, dedicated to all of those who want to access a comprehensive introduction to Ableton's basic tools and techniques.
Designed for those who want to start their music adventures, who need a helping hand to step into the world of production, or who wish find answer the many questions popping up during the first times approaching Ableton Live.

Focus: sound production techniques
Ableton essentials
sampling techniques
introduction to jam, live set & rough mix

You need: computer with test version (https://www.ableton.com/de/trial/)
headphones
a sweet short sound (optional)

THE UNIVERSE OF (RE)SAMPLING - Focus Module I
Stretching an iconic piece of sound 500 times slower, slicing your environment into 100 artefacts and orchestrating them live...
You adore a specific sound from this psychedelic track? You appreciate some noises from your environment, bike or cat? Let's build a musical journey with it!
No matter if you're up for a remix, an edit, or just playing with sounds from your everyday life - the possibilities to turn those recordings into something totally new are endless and teach us: music is first and foremost reinterpreting the discovered beauty into something novel.
In this Focus Module, we will further use sounds drawn from common objects that are not usually considered particularly musical. "Found sounds", which can range from machines and industrial equipment to the chirp of an insect and beyond, were an important factor in the development of musique concrete, and are a vital source of sound from John Cage to Burial - to nearly every contemporary artist who wants to include real-world happenings into their musical productions.

You need: at least 5 found sounds or minimalistic track elements you collected
computer with Ableton
headphones

PLAYING LIVE SETS WITH ABLETON - Focus Module II
Playing live sets is more than simply playing tracks that you produced in the studio. Playing live sets connects the details of your various productions - with the present moment, with the audience and with other artists who might be playing with you. And Ableton provides a kickass environment to build this. While playing, you recreate with all the toys and sketches you accumulated and, above all, you learn a ton about your music.
In this Focus Module, we will dig deep into the realms of what's possible and what's fun to do with the immense amount of unfinished tracks snoozing on your laptop. Together we will dig them up and transform them into an unpredictable journey. In the last part of the module, we will discuss how you can further slowly build a cooperative intelligence - joining forces with other artists on stage.

You need: (un)finished tracks that sleep on your laptop
computer with Ableton
headphones
if you have, a midi controller and Ableton Push



°°° PRICES
The online sessions are based on a "pay what you can" policy, depending on your economic possibilities. Nevertheless, we warmly encourage you to remind that behind our offer stand years of expertise and many hours of work, as well as the use of special spaces and equipment. Your responsible support and respectful participation can consent us to go on spreading knowledge and designing ever-new moments of shared growth and creativity.

°°° HOW TO PARTICIPATE
Get in touch with mf jaeger at his email address - mfj.hyenafarmfromspace999@gmail.com - and arrange with his date and content of your on-line session. Tell him what you're eager to learn!

°°° ABLETON GUIDE - mf jaeger
mf jaeger dedicates to the creation of spaces for euphoric activism and collective experiment. Since ever working in the field of sound & music and aiming to expand the borders of our perception, he combines a strong experience with interactive Ableton live-set and a degree in sociology and data science.
He shares tools and rhythm, techniques and insights, know-how and impressions, for a resolute, progressive establishment of a cooperative intelligence.
https://soundcloud.com/mfjaeger

Spread the invite through the fb event and follow Rooms of Kairos!

LIGHT STRIKES, defines the surface of the existing and establishes the visible. It reflects from objects that continuously try to deceive us, carrying their truths and lies. The connective space both represented and traversed by light becomes a malleable component in the hands of the viewer, who is invited – if not forced – to interact and react. 

Based on analog optical interplay of light and shadow, the works presented in the exhibition rebel to the status of still object and elude 2D norms and predictability. They fiercely introduce themselves through mind-bending messages and thought-provoking visions sent from the lands of interference, multi-dimensionality, and metamorphosis.

Featured Artists: 
Friedrich Gobbesso
Nicolas 'NIKI' Kramar
Marie Moon
Isabelle Tellié 

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Rooms of Kairos is excited to be once again involved in MONOM's program for CTM Festival and to take part in the creative dialogue proposed by this year's adventurous theme: liminal.
While MONOM will introduce us to its new SONIC CINEMA format - an augmented sonic reality experience enabled by 4DSOUND's audio hologram technology, our collective exhibition will spread through the project's lounge and entrance hall, inviting for further reflections and explorations in the realms of perception.

25.01 >>> 02.02.2020 - parallel to CTM Festival 2020 – Liminal
The show will be visible daily, from 13:30 to 19:30.
Access is included in both single Sonic Cinema session tickets and full-day tickets.

Further information about program and tickets below and here:
https://www.monomsound.com/events/2018/1/27/ctm2020

06.02.2019 - from 18.00 to 00.00
Open doors night for all new and old friends!
Live set by NIKI - Fine records selection by Oscar der Winzige https://www.facebook.com/events/3315846548442449/

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MONOM Presents : Sonic Cinema in 4Dsound

MONOM invites the listener to sit on the threshold between the real and the imagined, providing an opportunity for deep awareness of the present moment: a liminal zone - a ‘space of possibles’ where spatial sound fundamentally alters the ways stories are told and experienced.

° DAILY PROGRAM - 25.01 >>> 02.02.2020

14:00 - 15:30 - SONIC CINEMA : SESSION ONE / LOST SPACES
Rainforests
Subaquatic Ocean
Global Sunrise: the musical sounds of dawn by Gordon Hempton
Earthcry by Sam Potter and Edo Van Breemen

16:40 - 18:10 - SONIC CINEMA : SESSION TWO
Seid by KhalilH2OP
nimiia cétiï by Jenna Sutela 
Crevices by Xenia Xamanek

15:45 - 16:25 and 18:25 - 19:05 - COMPOUND TERRAINS
Developed at the Spatial Sound Institute by Tom Slater and Jeremy Keenan

° ONLY ON Saturday 24.01 and Sunday 25.01.2020 
MONOM HOTEL PRESENTS : CINEMA FOR THE SUBCONSCIOUS
An overnight lucid dream experience
Doors: 23:30 ° Lights out: 00:00 - 8:00 (overnight)

° ALL TICKETS 
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° FULL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM
https://www.monomsound.com/events/2018/1/27/ctm2020
https://www.facebook.com/events/1455480847937517/

We are so glad to take part in the spiciest Christmas market in town!!!
Whether you’re looking for a present for your beloved ones or for yourself, you will be able to choose amongst our latest selection of artworks and postcards by artists of Rooms of Kairos.

Besides the paper compositions of Isabelle Tellié’s Optical Vertigo series and the Dots and Holes boxes by Nicolas ’NIKI’ Kramar, we are hosting a brand new collection of art postcards for everybody’s taste. Op-Art, Minimalism, and further Berliner digressions.

Just join at the Heissa Holzmarkt 25 - Wintermarkt an der Spree and have some Glühwein and carousel rounds with us to warm up and have a good laugh together!

Certified for Christmas lovers and not!

FEATURED ARTISTS:
° Isabelle Tellié
° Nicolas ’NIKI’ Kramar
° Diora Reshetnikova
° Greg Papagrigoriou
° Joe Kappstein

Thursday / 03.10.2019 - from 17.00 to 00.00
Friday / 11.10.2019 - from 17.00 to 00.00
Wednesday / 23.20.2019 - from 18.00 to 00.00
Wednesday / 30.20.2019 - from 18.00 to 00.00 - CLOSING

Artworks by Isabelle Tellié and Nicolas ‘NIKI’ Kramar

Questioning our sense of reality - cognition, presence, distance, focus, movement… The perceptive operations that we establish in relation to the sculptural paintings presented in this exhibition are usually welcomed as a playful physical and aesthetical exercise. Our journey could end here, or we could go a few steps further, to penetrate the layers of these artworks and let ourselves be provoked by their hidden messages, theories and inquiries. Moving across the realms of physics and philosophy, and far from any conceptualism - just as a poem can drive us from images and sounds to emotions and meanings, Isabelle Tellié and NIKI invite us to stroll around the subtle concrete and theoretical depths of their multidimensional compositions.

Artworks by Isabelle Tellié and Nicolas ‘NIKI’ Kramar

Questioning our sense of reality - cognition, presence, distance, focus, movement… The perceptive operations that we establish in relation to the sculptural paintings presented in this exhibition are usually welcomed as a playful physical and aesthetical exercise. Our journey could end here, or we could go a few steps further, to penetrate the layers of these artworks and let ourselves be provoked by their hidden messages, theories and inquiries. Moving across the realms of physics and philosophy, and far from any conceptualism, Isabelle Tellié and NIKI invite us to stroll around the subtle concrete and theoretical depths of their multidimensional compositions.

The exhibition takes place in occasion of a team-up event hosted by Rooms of Kairos and by Isabelle’s Tiny House at Gasweksiedlung Berlin - more details on the fb event Tiny House Sessions Vol.3

Down in the garden and up the studio, the music program is curated by Rooms of Kairos and involves close musician friends of the project.
ººº from 18.00 to 22.00 - Live electronics by GATS, mf jaeger, ALOO, NIKI
ººº from 22.00 to … - Vinyl selection by Dorian

27.01.2019 / 18.00 - 01.30
The exhibition will be visible in the context of MONOM’s sound sculpture gallery & live performances in 4DSOUND as part of CTM 2019.
Further information about program and tickets at https://www.monomsound.com/events/ctm2019

07.02.2019 - 18.00 / 22.00
Open exhibition, with music by Oscar der Winzige. 

Curated by Rooms of Kairos and hosted in the lounge room of MONOM, the exhibition presents two large paintings, and an extensive series of 150 portrait sketches arranged in one single installation. Here especially, the tireless, ceaseless act of repetition of the theme - ever different in its results - produces one unique body of work that takes life in multitude. 

Diora Reshetnikova's abstract painting almost erases the temptation for any linguistic translation or conceptual interpretation. It illustrates a tautology of the very art of painting, as Diora composes with colors, lines, shapes, and sizes, in order to create forceful visions.
Aftermath of a systematical investigation into the psychology of visual perception, her works succeed in breaking the limits of the two dimensions to breathe, vibrate, blur, pulsate - the elements merge on the support and conspire for a primary impulse of movement.

The headquarter of Rooms of Kairos opens its doors to all acquaintances and friends in art, music and beyond. If you are curious to find out about the space, the project, its mission and operational methods, the moment has come to jump on that tram and reach us in Gaswerksiedlung Berlin.

Visual arts, electronic jams, vinyl DJ-sets, workshops and a piece of birthday cake offered by Letizia Trussi, founder and manager of the project.