Mapping Sounds in Exile

Line Up // Day 3

 
Patterns of Nostalgia

How do we relate to our memories and the feelings it evokes? How can sound translate personal experiences?

In our current climate of separation and fear, the act of listening becomes more and more important, connecting various realities and transmitting experiences and emotions, on an embodied and universal level beyond concepts. Between the Ukulele, electro-pop and synthesized sounds, Middle Eastern pop culture and rhythmic elements harmonics merge and dissolve, forging feelings of belonging and melancholia.

Hanik Soleimani (Electro-Pop Set) - 8:00 PM

Hanik Soleimani will play tracks from her album heavily inspired by Middle Eastern pop culture. It's going to be a simple, one-man electro-pop set, with a few puppets thrown in for fun. The whole thing happens on a desk, with a laptop, a controller, a synthesizer, and an electric ukulele.

Sasha Smirnova (Sound Performance: Shared Strain) - 9:00 PM

Trained as a classical pianist, Sasha Smirnova's performance centers around the keyboard as the primary instrument. She uses it to play meticulously designed sounds, both digital and analog, blending them with processed vocals, and shifting rhythmic patterns. The harmonic and rhythmic elements of her live set flow in and out of the grid, seamlessly merging and dissolving. Eclectic sounds, inspired by various genres and ranging from piano passages to upbeat hi-hats and bass lines, aim to evoke memory and nostalgia, bringing out subtle, melancholic feelings.

 

Artists

  Hanik Soleimani, born in 1995 in Tehran, Iran, is a puppeteer, singer, and songwriter currently based in Berlin. She studied puppetry at Tehran University and is continuing her journey at Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch in Berlin. With a passion for musical puppet comedy, Hanik has written two musicals so far. She is also a member of Ovis, a Berlin-based jazz fusion band in collaboration with musicians from Jazz Institute Berlin, and LAN Ensemble, an experimental band connecting Tehran and Berlin. Currently, she is working on her first EP,Djoodja in Wonderland. Sasha Smirnova is a Belarusian producer and visual artist based in Berlin. After dedicating her childhood to becoming a pianist, a wrist injury that put a stop to her music journey, and several professional detours later, she recently returned to music and released her debut single and EP on the Helsinki-based label World Canvas. She is currently continuing shaping her sound and working on her next EP.