SPOR festival takes place 7, 8, 9 May 2010 in Århus.

Composer and performer Joanna Bailie (UK/BE) is guest curator for SPOR 2010. SPOR 2010 presents innovative international and Danish artists within the field of contemporary music and sound-art. More information on the program, works and artists will follow on this site in the time to come.

SPOR welcomes you to a festival of ‘exploded music’. Over the course of three days, from Friday the 7th until Sunday the 9th of May 2010, the public will experience musical works that have been disassembled and which challenge musical expression by means of other media and means of expression: movement, surroundings and visuals.

SPOR’s guest curator for 2010 is the British composer Joanna Bailie (f. 1973, resident in Brussels). Joanna Bailie is active as both composer, installation and performance artist and often collaborates with scenographers and choreographers. She says the following of her creative practice:

"Over the past few years I have become increasingly interested in the idea of transcription and of the music which is lost and the artefacts which are gained during such procedures."

SPOR 2010 will show musical transcriptions which aim not merely at mimicking but rather at strengthening musical expression through the inclusion of other practices.

SPOR 2010 will be a festive fireworks of innovative works and artistic practices.
We look forward to presenting a number of important composers, ensembles and sound-artists from locally and abroad: Peter Ablinger (AT), Trond Reinholdtsen (NO), Mozart(!), Åsa Stjerna (SE), Jacob Kirkegaard (DK), Morten Riis (DK), Jana Winderen (NO), Aarhus Sinfonietta (DK), SCENATET (DK), Trio Aristos (DK), Tape That (BE/NE), David Helbich (DE), Páll Ivan Pálsson (IS), Christopher Fox (UK), Jonas Olesen (DK), Helmut Lachenmann (DE), Xavier Le Roy (FR/DE), Mette Ingvartsen (DK) and many more.

Welcome to SPOR 2010!

Artists:

Andre Falsig Bent Sørensen BJNilsen Christopher Fox David Helbich Emmanuel Flores Gunter Schneider & Barbara Romen + Tom Pauwels & Günther Lebbing Helmut Lachenmann Jacob Kirkegaard Jana Winderen Joanna Bailie Jonas Olesen Jonas R. Kirkegaard Kaj Aune
Kasia Glowicka Monika Frycová Morten Riis Páll Ivan Pálsson Peter Ablinger Plus-Minus Ensemble SCENATET Simon Roy Christensen Tape That Trio Aristos: Jack Liebeck, Jacob Kullberg & Alexander Øllgaard Trond Reinholdtsen Vectral Xavier Le Roy Århus Sinfonietta Åsa Stjerna