Theremidi Orchestra

Theremidi Orchestra (TO) wants to learn how to make gadgets on their own, to move far away from existing interfaces and images. In a time of television user packages, it brings obsolete antennas back to life. The radio frequency is still out there, and sometimes the orchestra gets lucky and catches a glimpse of its scratchy hum. TO are absolutely fascinated by the development of the newest gadgets, not for their intended purpose, but to explore their potential to produce the humming, glissandos and squeaks of the theremin and electromagnetic pulses. DIY theremins are unpredictable and basic. Nevertheless, they offer a multitude of sounds if they are connected to the most unexpected antennas, from conductive ink to umbrellas, wire ducklings, air tubes, flowers, and scrap metal. TO is combined by participants of TEREMINI in TEREMIDI physical interface workshop, which took place on Ljudmila in May 2011, under the mentorship of Borut Savski, who after a while also joined the Orchestra.

TO are generating sounds and images live with the help of theremidi interfaces and are connected to open-source technologies and free-software.

The Theremini Orchestra are: Tina Dolinšek, Luka Frelih, Ida Hiršenfelder, Dare Pejić, Borut Savski, Tilen Sepič, Saša Spačal, Robertina Šebjanič, Matic Urbanija, Dušan Zidar.

Vsebina

1 Upcoming Shows
2 Audiovisual Performances
3 Workshops
4 LiWoLi - Art Meets Radical Openness (2012)
5 Radio Student
6 Exhibition Closing: Real Time Settings for Ner[d/v]es: Antennas For All!
7 Festival KIBLIX (2011)
8 M3C Festival in Murska Sobota(2011)
9 First performance in City Gallery Ljubljana (2011)

Upcoming Shows

Theremidi Orchestra will perform on Slobodni festival 6/Free Festival 6, which will took place in Mursko Središće, Croatia, between 4.- 8. July 2012. We will also hold a TouchTone and Micro Noise workshop.

Audiovisual Performances

First Performance on the ending of exhibition Powered by Ljudmila, Ljubljana City Art Gallery, in the collaboration with Platform RADAR, Radio Student, Ljubljana, 22t June 2011
Public Rehearsal, M3C Festival, Murska Sobota, 10th October 2011
Second Attempt, Festival KIBLIX, Kino Udarnik, Maribor, 20th November 2011
Antennas For All! on the ending of exhibition REAL TIME SETTINGS FOR NER[D/V]ES, ŠKUC Gallery, Ljubljana, 19th April 2012
Sound Intervention on Megawhat show, Radio Student, Ljubljana, 21st May 2012
Draht Orchestra on LiWoLi Festival - Art Meets Radical Openness, Linz, 24th May 2012

Workshops

TEREMINI in TEREMIDI physical interface, mentor Borut Savski. From 15th till 17th June 2011.

Teremini Workshop and Teremidi Orchestra in Zagreb, mentors Borut Savski, Luka Frelih and TO. Organised by Media Lab I'MM_ (http://immmedialab.wordpress.com/), Zagreb (HR). From 16th till 17th December 2011

TouchTone Workshop: live performance touch sound synthesizer, mentors Borut Savski, Luka Frelih and TO. As a part of exhibition Real Time Settings for Ner[d/v]es and with cooperation of Gallery ŠKUC. On April 18th 2012.

Small electronics noise gadgets workshop in Linz - Make a Theremidi Orchestra, mentors Borut Savski, Luka Frelih and TO. On May 25th 2012. http://www.liwoli.at/programm/2012/make-theremidi-orchestra

LiWoLi - Art Meets Radical Openness (2012)

On Liwoli the Orchestra performed as DRAHT ORCHESTRA.

Draht = žica = drat = wire.

http://www.liwoli.at/

You can check some photos here: http://www.liwoli.at/gallery/liwoli-2012-night

Radio Student

We occupied Radio Student studio on Monday 21th of May, during the Megawhat show. All that noise was excruciating! Probably the listeners didn't preferred it as much as we did. Some photos here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.439890799357129.108388.225132000833011&type=3

Exhibition Closing: Real Time Settings for Ner[d/v]es: Antennas For All!

Theremidi Orchestra wants to learn how to make gadgets on their own, to move far away from existing interfaces and images. In a time of television user packages, it brings obsolete antennas back to life. The radio frequency is still out there, and sometimes the orchestra gets lucky and catches a glimpse of its scratchy hum. TO are absolutely fascinated by the development of the newest gadgets, not for their intended purpose, but to explore their potential to produce the humming, glissandos and squeaks of the theremin and electromagnetic pulses. DIY theremins are unpredictable and basic. Nevertheless, they offer a multitude of sounds if they are connected to the most unexpected antennas, from conductive ink to umbrellas, wire ducklings, air tubes, flowers, and scrap metal.