ADAM ASNAN
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http://adamasnan.tumblr.com
Adam Asnan is an electroacoustic musician, location sound recordist and technician, based between London and Berlin.
He acquired his MA in electroacoustic composition under the supervision of Denis Smalley in 2009.
Adam’s work promotes the aesthetic potential of fixed (recorded), amplified sound, and the auditory ‘image’ subject to intervention, disruption or disintegration.
His compositions, live performances and collaborative projects have been presented across Europe, with recordings published by Entr’acte, Senufo Editions, Foredoom, Porta, 1000füssler, Consumer Waste, Second Sleep, Holidays Records, Wasted Capital Since 2013, Reductive Music, and Organised Music from Thessaloniki.
Adam is one third of VA AA LR with Vasco Alves and Louie Rice.
EDUCATION
- MA Electroacoustic composition, City University, London.
- BA Sound Arts and Design, University of the Arts London.
- AVCE Art & Design, West Hertfordshire college, West Herts.
ACTIVITY
La Division Imaginaire, Turin; Solo performance, November 2014.
AUNA / Legno, Milan; Duo with Enrico Malatesta, alongside Nicola Ratti, Attila Faravelli, Giuseppe Ielasi and Renato Rinaldi, November 2014.
AUNA / Zona K, Milan; Realisation of SIFSUA, co-performed by Giuseppe Ielasi, Attila Faravelli and Sebastiano Carghini, November 2014.
Magazzino Sul Po, Turin; Solo performance, November 2014.
Dal Verme, Rome; Solo performance, October 2014.
O’Tennanbaum, Berlin; Solo performance, October 2014.
Fort Process, Newhaven Fort, Sussex; Concert of Signal Flares with Vasco Alves and Louie Rice (VA AA LR), September 2014.
Fort Process, Newhaven Fort, Sussex; Concert of Signal Flares with Vasco Alves and Louie Rice (VA AA LR), September 2014.
Jardin C / Trempolino, Nantes; Trio with Vasco Alves and Louie Rice (VA AA LR) alongside Pascal Battus, Bryan Eubanks, Takashi Makino and Richard Tuohy, in association with MIRE, June 2014.
Serralves Em Festa, Porto; Carro/Instalação (Car/Installation) with Vasco Alves and Louie Rice (VA AA LR), May 2014.
Serralves Em Festa, Porto; Concerto para Tochas de Sinalização (Concert of Signal Flares) with Vasco Alves and Louie Rice (VA AA LR), May 2014.
Porto Town Hall, Porto; Concerto para Tochas de Sinalização (Concert of Signal Flares) with Vasco Alves and Louie Rice (VA AA LR), In association with Serralves Em Festa, May 2014.
Cafe OTO, London; Trio with Vasco Alves and Louie Rice (VA AA LR) alongside Dale Cornish and Phil Julian, May 2014.
Hundred Years Gallery, London; Duo with Nicola Ratti, alongside Louie Rice, Kostis Kilymis and John Macedo, May 2014.
Venticinquegradi, Cagliari; 'Print Drying Rack', a sonourus object and recorded accompaniment, installed as part of Venticinquegradi's first group exhibition dedicated to sound arts, alongside Simon Balestrazzi, Francesco Cavaliere, Arrington de Dionyso, John Duncan, Donato Epiro, Jonathan Frigeri, Luciano Maggiore, Giorgio Mega, Claudio Rocchetti, Paolo Sanna, Francesco Serra, Monica Serra and Domiique Vaccaro, May 2014.
The Lift, Milano; Duo with Enrico Malatesta, May 2014.
Grande Stagione, Cesena; Solo performance, May 2014.
Anglia Ruskin, Cambridge; Performances of Electric Fence, To R.R.G. Mann 1962, and Hair in the Gate; expanded audio-visual/cinematic works produced in collaboration with James Holcombe, April 2014.
—2013—
Hideous Porta 8, London; Solo performance, alongside Phil Minton’s Feral Choir, Stephen Cornford, These Feathers Have Plumes & Phil Julian, Joseph Lewis, Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga and Tom White December 2013.
Bunker, Turin; Solo performance, alongside Primorje, September 2013.
AUNA, Prato; Duo with Attila Faravelli, trio with Riccardo Baruzzi and Renato Renaldi, September 2013.
Piattaforma Fantastica, Milan; Duo with Giuseppe Ielasi, to celebrate the release of our collaborative LP, Quarry, published on Holidays Records, and my solo LP,Tetraptych, published by Second Sleep, September 2013.
Cantina Cenci, Tarzo; Solo performance, alongside RM, September 2013.
Cafe OTO, London; Trio with Vasco Alves and Louie Rice (VA AA LR), as part of the Consumer Waste tour, alongside Yann Leguay, Samual Rogers & Greg Stuart, Stephen Cornford & Patrick Farmer, September 2013.
REM Festival, Bremen; Diffusion of For BLO, for the Bremen Loudspeaker Orchestra and solo sound performance, alongside Denis Dufour, Hanna Hartmann, John Wiese, Spencer Yeh, Eli Keszler, IDM Theft Able, Jan Van Hasselt, Gerd Anders and Cristoph Ogiermann, August 2013.
Cave12, Geneva; Duo with Enrico Malatesta, March 2013.
OG9, Zurich; Duo with Nicola Ratti, March 2013.
O’, Milan; Quartet with Luciano Maggiore, Enrico Malatesta and Nicola Ratti, March 2013.
—2012—
Stadslimiet, Antwerp; Trio with Pauwel De Buck and Patrick Thinsy, alongside Andre Vida, December 2012.
Q-02 / Beursschouwburg, Brussels; Trio with Pauwel De Buck and Patrick Thinsy, alongside Chrs Galarreta and Seiji Morimoto, December 2012.
Raum, Bologna; Solo performance, organised for Xing, at the invitation of Sant’ Andrea Degli Amplificatori, November 2012.
Cafe OTO, London; Performance of Electric Fence, an expanded audio-visual/cinematic work produced in collaboration with James Holcombe, for Unconscious Archives 6, October 2012.
Cave 211, Lisbon; Trio with Vasco Alves and Louie Rice (VA AA LR), alongside Christian Wolfarth, David Maranha, Gabriel Farrandini, Helena Espvall, Hernâni Faustino, Manuel Mota, Riccard Dillon Wanke and Rodrigo Amado, September 2012.
BÁ Studio, Lisbon; Trio with Vasco Alves and Louie Rice (VA AA LR), September 2012.
Flausina LX, Lisbon; Trio with Vasco Alves and Louie Rice (VA AA LR), alongside Riccardo Dillon Wanke and Travassos, September 2012.
Quiet Cue, Berlin; Duo with Gregory Büttner, alongside Cia Rinne and Michael Barthel, August 2012.
Latitude Festival, Suffolk; Performances of Thames Walks, Ley Farm, Hanger Lane Heraculeum Mantegazzianum, To R.R.G Mann June 1962 (Premiere) and Electric Fence (premiere); expanded audio-visual/cinematic works produced in collaboration with James Holcombe, July 2012.
Presto!?, Milan; Solo performance, alongside Michael Vorfeld’s Light Bulb Music andRenato Rinaldi, May 2012.
Blurred Edges festival, Hamburg; Solo performance and mixed group improvisations with Leonel Kaplan, Jonas Kocher, Suono Mobile Global, Gregory Büttner, Birgit Ulher, Michael Maierhof, Heiner Metzger, May 2012.
Cafe OTO, London; Solo performance to coincide with the launch of Helena Gough’s Knot Invariants CD on Entr’acte, alongside Lionel Marchetti, Jerome Noetinger, Yoko Higashi, Scott Foust and Frans De Waard, April 2012.
Limehouse Town Hall, London; Trio with Vasco Alves and Louie Rice, presented in association with Entr’acte, February 2012.
EXHIBIT IV, online exhibition hosted by TRACT; Online version of To Mr. R.R.G. Mann June 1962, an audio-visual collaborative work with James Holcombe, January 2012.
—2011—
Milton Keynes Gallery; Trio with Vasco Alves and Louie Rice, to coincide with Anna Barriball’s first major survey exhibition, presented in association with Entr’acte, November 2011.
Grand Union, Birmingham; Trio with Vasco Alves and Louie Rice for ‘Echoes (disambiguation)’, and ‘Open File’ publication launch, November 2011.
Cafe OTO, London; Trio with Tom Choloniewski and DJ Lenar, October 2011.
Folkstone Fringe festival, Kent; Sound recordings made on location (Lowestoft) for Between Two Lights, a moving image work commissioned by the Folkstone Fringe festival and produced by Lucy Crouch and Katherine Payne, July 2011.
Milton Keynes Gallery; Solo performance to coincide with Gerard Byrne’s major exhibition ‘Case Study: Loch Ness (Some possibilities and problems), 2001-2011’ presented in association with Entr’acte, March 2011
—2010—
Public Surface, Stockholm; Inclusion of a written account of a sound installation for a group show ‘Exhibition in a Package’ initiated by Sara Ludvigsson, Dec 2010-Jan 2011.
Soundfjord Gallery, London; ‘Soundfjord Auricular’ production and composition of the first of Soundjord Gallery’s podcast series, Nov 2010.
WARD magazine (online); Printed discussion concerning the ideas behind Body Dysfunctional (audio-visual collaboration with Thomas Lock), with myself, Thomas Lock and Gemma Sharpe, Nov 2010.
James Taylor Gallery, London; ’Study for 8.1 (+4)’ a 12 channel performance for eight high resolution loudspeakers and four cassette players presented as part of the Call & Response programme of sound arts for JTP10, 2010.
Resonance FM, London; Guest speaker for ‘Une Bruit, Un Melodie’ presented by Anne Duffau and Patrick Furness, Oct 2010.
The Drop, London; Live performance with ARAR (Louie Rice and Vasco Alves), for ‘Entr’acte Presents..’, 2010.
Cafe OTO, London; Live performance with ARAR (Louie Rice and Vasco Alves), Galvanised! festival 2010.
SoundFjord, London/Gothenberg; Four compositions for material captured in Stockholm featured as part of a group installation/exhibition ‘Alternating Current’ a sonic arts programme curated by Soundfjord for the Dragonfly Festival 2010.
Whitstable Biennale 2010; The voyage of Nonsuch directed by Karen Mirza and Ruth Beale. Sound recording, editing and post-production credit (audio-visual collaboration).
Somerset House, London; Sound and Music commission to coincide with Bill Fontana’s River Soundings, premiere performance ofThames Walks (audio-visual collaboration with James Holcombe).
City University concert series 2010, London; Multi-channel diffusion of Grumbles, Lapses.
City University concert series 2010, London; Multi-channel diffusion of Body Dysfunctional (audio-visual collaboration with Thomas Lock)
—2009—
Artangel, London; Karen Mirza and Brad Butler’s Museum of Non Participation; Sound recording and editing of programmed discussions, and composition of Images unfilmed, an acousmatic work using source recordings from Karachi.
no.w.here, London, Light Reading series 9; James Holcombe & Adam Asnan, Performances of Ley Farm (premiere) and Hanger Lane Heracleum mantegazzianum (audio-visual collaboration with James Holcombe).
Cafe OTO, London; Performance of Hanger Lane Heracleum mantegazzianum (audio-visual collaboration with James Holcombe).
Zoo Art fair 2009/Form Content gallery, London; Body Dysfunctional installed as part of the exhibition ‘The Filmic Conventions’ (audio-visual collaboration with Thomas Lock).
Form Content Gallery, London; Body Dysfunctional, installed as part of the exhibition ‘The Filmic Conventions’ (audio-visual collaboration with Thomas Lock).
Serpentine Gallery, London; Free Cinema School/Edgware Road project, presentation of Soer, an acousmatic work produced in collaboration with no.w.here.
City University concert series 2009, London; Multi-channel sound diffusion of Pentaptych, an acousmatic work composed in the studios of City University.
—2008—
ICA, London; ’Experiment’ podcast series, ‘The Art of Listening’ parts 1 and 2, guest speaker.
Louise T Blouin Foundation, London; Performance of Conglomeration for Instant Concrète, for four CD players and saxophonist.
Schirman & De Beaucé gallery, Paris; Solo performance.
Schirman & De Beaucé gallery, Paris; Multi channel sound for Thomas Lock’s 16mm film Moments and Incidents(audio-visual collaboration with Thomas Lock).
