CLUB CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL (C3)

At C3 Sebastian Meissner (aka Klimek) and Kwartludium will present their collaborative project Solid State Transmitters.The program comprises reinterpretations of works by bands signed by the American label SST, such as Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr and Soundgarden.

Sebastian Meissner works as a media artist using sound, video and photography, whilst employing multiple artistic personas (such as Klimek, Open Source, Random Industries). His work deals with and negotiates urban/cultural/social scenarios, randomness, historical recordings and networking strategies. The tools he uses include computer-generated music sources, sampling and moving images, which are added to geographical, historical and political discourse – interaction is key.

Over the years his works have been widely presented at festivals and by institutions such as Transmediale (D), Schirn Kunsthalle (D), Festival for Jewish Culture (PL), Sonar (ES) and Mutek (CA).

Kwartludium was formed in 2002, and consists of Dagna Sadkowska (violin), Michał Górczyński (clarinet, bass clarinet), Paweł Nowicki (percussion) and Piotr Nowicki (piano). The group focuses on performing works by young composers as well as better known composers including Stockhausen, Bergstroem-Nielsen, Cardew, Stark, Wolf, Rasmusen and Detoni.

The group has performed at numerous festivals, such as the Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music and Unsound in Cracow and New York.