Danil Akimov is taking part in Artists-in-residence exchange programme of the project „Close stranger” 5-10 October, 2014.
Artist will spend residency at Klaipeda Culture Communication Centre (Lithuania). After the A-I-R the group will present a public art project in Klaipeda 10th October, 2014.
Danil Akimov. Sound-artist, curator, DJ. Works in interdisciplinary fields of contemporary art, focusing on audio-visual installations and performances. One of the founders of the Membrana/Membranoids sound-art group since 1997. Uses a variety of technologies and methods of interaction for the creation of sound structures. ( broken hi-fi equipments, vintage analog synths, soft programs, fields racordings, unidentified sound devices). Since 2000 is a permanent member of the Kaliningrad semi?onductors community, and also periodically appears in the following musical projects – Kratong, Pocket band, Polyvox orqestra, Mud-o-tronic. Since 2004 – curator of BB NCCA http://ncca.ru/As curator realized a number of series of international projects (SoundArtLab, Acoustic Diagnostic, Kaliningrad SoundArtCamp e.t.c.) focusing on sound art and experimental music. At the present moment, for his freetronic improvisations mostly use DIY(Do It Yourself!) electro-musical devices.
Project „Close stranger”
«Close Stranger: promoting mutual understanding between population of Gdansk, Kaliningrad and Klaipeda through facilitation of exchange in the field of contemporary arts and culture» is a major project aimed at promoting collaborative work of Lithuanian, Polish and Russian institutions involved in contemporary arts and culture, and facilitating a greater understanding between the population of Gdansk, Kaliningrad and Klaipeda through cultural participation.
The project is run by the Baltic Branch of the National Centre for Contemporary Arts (Kaliningrad, Russia), the Centre for Contemporary Arts «Laznia» (Gdansk, Poland) and Klaipeda Culture Communication Centre (Klaipeda, Lithuania). It is designed for a two-year period, from January 2013 to December 2014.
The project is to launch a wide range of activities targeted at both the local communities and a large trans-border network of professionals such as contemporary artists, photographers, musicians, curators, art and cultural managers etc. A total of 11 exchange exhibitions to display the most interesting contemporary art practices are planned to be held in Gdansk, Kaliningrad and Klaipeda throughout the duration of the project.
Alongside this widely used approach to cultural exchange, the project will employ a number of other mechanisms for enhancing large-scale production- and process-based cooperation in the region.
www.membranoids.com
www.myspace.com/semiconduct
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