Articles about: GAS 2018

The 2018 festival is since a few weeks over, and we can’t even begin to express the gratitude we feel! This year’s festival has been a massive success in so many ways.

Concert Walk är ett skräddarsytt event – skapat av Anna Berit Asp Christensen, konstnärlig ledare för den danska ensemblen SCENATET – som är unikt för varje plats. Under årets upplaga av GAS-festivalen har vi fått den stora äran att få presentera detta i Göteborg!

Swedish writer and journalist Magnus Haglund wrote an initiated and very interesting article in GöteborgsPosten (in Swedish only) on the opening weekend of the 2018 GAS Festival.

We called Jennifer Walshe for a discussion about her thoughts on the human voice, fictional context, research in relation to art and what the audience can expect from her performance at Atalante on October 6th.

The festival is officially on!
During the past weekend we’ve been able to enjoy the Gothenburg Symphony being remixed by Norwegian artists Rakel Nystabakk and Eirik Ask, the mind blowing music collective Siwan who brought us on a beautiful musical journey and American ensemble Dog Star Orchestra who gave us the most delicate microtonal minimalism.

Music is often relegated to enclosed buildings, building that come with their own connotations on how you’re supposed to experience the music that is being presented. But what happens when you move the concerts out of the concert halls and into more or less public spaces?

To a large extent, Göteborg Art Sounds is an international festival. And we love being able to present interesting artists from all over the world. But we shouldn’t forget all the amazing music that is being created and presented in Gothenburg. Göteborg Sounds is our way of re-directing the spotlights, and showcase what’s actually happening in our own city.

Over the last decades Norway has become one of the more interesting countries when it comes to new experimental music. The music that has emerged is something that often combines seemingly disparate genres, marrying electronica with free improvisation and minimalism, often with hints of traditional folk melodies.

We are very proud to be presenting no less than three exclusive premieres plus a whole evening of new works during this year’s edition of the festival!