Textures from Archival Samples

During this workshop, sound artist and producer Zosia Hołubowska will share their practice of working with archival samples. They will share their sources and creative ways to process what can be found online. The artists will focus on creating evolving, emotive textures, using both native effects of Ableton Live, as well as artists-created plug-ins. As the meeting is designed as a hands-on workshop, it is advised to bring a laptop with installed Ableton Live and headphones.

Zosia Holubowska is a non-binary sound artist, queer music activist, researcher, and producer. They work on topics of queering archives, healing practices, and interspecies intimacy. They create performances, sound installations, and radio works and compose soundscapes for dance performances. In 2022 together with Julia Giertz, they premiered an immersive audio ritual Community of Grieving, commissioned by Unsound and Elevate Festival. They have completed residencies at MONOM (DE), U-Jazdowski Castle (PL), Kuomo Turku (FI), and Tanzfabrik (DE). Their work has been presented at Mumok (AT), Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (ES), and la Gaîté Lyrique (FR). Since 2016 they curate Sounds Queer? a project dedicated to empowering marginalized groups through electronic music. They live and work in Vienna.

Level: intermediate

Details on sliding scale tickets:

Sliding scale tickets are available for this workshop. If you are financially disadvantaged (e.g. because of precarious work, being disabled, instable housing, debts, having dependents, etc) please pay less on the scale or opt for a free ticket. If you are financially privileged (e.g. you have a stable job, savings, own property, family support, etc) please pay more on the scale.
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Venue Access info:

APAX warehouse is located down an alleyway behind High St. Being a bluestone alley it is relatively uneven. The warehouse is wheelchair accessible from the garage, however our bathrooms, unfortunately, are not wheelchair accessible.