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UPCOMING EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

Aural Cinema


29th of March 2024 @The Bath House
7:30pm to 11:30pm

For the next event of our residency at The Bath House, we are inviting you to an evening of multi-channel electroacoustic music on our spatial sound system.

Pieces and performances by:

Aki Pasoulas
Blackhawk::N471v3
Georgina Brett
John Wynne
Jose Macabra & Christian Duka


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Aural Cinema




29th of March 2024 @The Bath House
7:30pm to 11:30pm

For the next event of our residency at The Bath House, we are inviting you to an aural screening of six sonic films presented by local sound artists on our spatial sound system.

Pieces and performances by:

Aki Pasoulas
Blackhawk::N471v3
Christian Duka
Esther Kiburi
John Wynne
Jose Macabra

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SELECTED PAST EVENTS

PAST EVENTS

Amoenus presents: Formant Value, Jin Synth, Eight Fold Way & Avsluta b2b Christian Duka


9th of March 2024 @The Bath House
7:30pm to 11:30pm

For the next event of our residency at The Bath House, we are inviting five local artists to concoct lysergic ambient and downtempo potions on our spatial sound system.

Join us for an evening of deep horizontal music, with a live performance by Formant Value weaving spatial dimension into his deeply intricate music productions, joined by Jin Synth, Eight Fold Way and Avsluta b2b Christian Duka exploring our custom spatial sound DJ setup, all crafting adventurous sound journeys to tickle your imagination ✨

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Formant Value, Jin Synth, Eight Fold Way & Avsluta b2b Christian Duka




9th of March 2024 @The Bath House
7:30pm to 11:30pm

For the next event of our residency at The Bath House, we are inviting five local artists to concoct lysergic ambient and downtempo potions on our spatial sound system.

Join us for an evening of deep horizontal music, with a live performance by Formant Value weaving spatial dimension into his deeply intricate music productions, joined by Jin Synth, Eight Fold Way and Avsluta b2b Christian Duka exploring our custom spatial sound DJ setup, all crafting adventurous sound journeys to tickle your imagination ✨

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Amoenus Presents: XOLO




23rd of February 2024 @The Bath House
8:00pm to 11:59pm

After a several-month hiatus, XOLO returns in partnership with Amoenus to present its inaugural spatial sound event at The Bath House in Hackney Wick.

Featuring commissioned audio and visual pieces, participants from the Spatial Audio Workshops will present a mix of newly created pieces and extended versions from both the workshop directly preceding the event and previous workshops. Live sets and visual contributions from artists who sustained XOLO's momentum during our hiatus will complement the event.

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Amoenus presents: XOLO


23rd of February 2024 @The Bath House
8:00pm to 11:59pm

After a several-month hiatus, XOLO returns in partnership with Amoenus to present its inaugural spatial sound event at The Bath House in Hackney Wick.

Featuring commissioned audio and visual pieces, participants from the Spatial Audio Workshops will present a mix of newly created pieces and extended versions from both the workshop directly preceding the event and previous workshops. Live sets and visual contributions from artists who sustained XOLO's momentum during our hiatus will complement the event.

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Spatial Audio Workshop


23rd of February 2024 @The Bath House
10am to 5pm

This introductory full-day workshop looks at the theory and practice of working with spatial audio technology on Ableton Live. The workshop will cover two solutions: the 4DSOUND Suite and Envelop For Live.

The participants are invited to work on a short spatial sound composition of their own in binaural audio. The resulting pieces will be played back on our spatial sound system at The Bath House in Hackney Wick.

The workshop will be led by Christian Duka and Lucie Stepankova.

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Spatial Audio Workshop


23rd of February 2024
The Bath House, 80 Eastway, E9 5JH, London.
10:00am to 5:00pm

In this introductory full-day workshop you will learn the theory and practice of working with immersive audio technology. The workshop will cover two solutions: the 4DSOUND Suite and Envelop For Live.

Participants will then work on a short spatial sound composition of their own in binaural audio before a feedback session, where all pieces will be listened to on the AMOENUS sound system.

More info and tickets
 

Amoenus presents: Stone, Nexcyia, mu tate and Avsluta


10th of February 2024 @The Bath House
8:00pm to 11:59pm

For the next event of our residency at The Bath House, we are inviting four local artists to concoct lysergic ambient and downtempo potions on our spatial sound system. Join us for an evening of deep horizontal music, with live performances by Nexcyia and mu tate who will weave spatial dimension into the captivating sound worlds of their music productions. To spice things up, we invited Stone and Avsluta to test and explore our work-in-progress spatial sound DJ setup to craft adventurous sound journeys for your yearning ears.

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Stone, Nexcyia, mu tate and Avsluta




10th of February 2024 @The Bath House
8:00pm to 11:59pm

For the next event of our residency at The Bath House, we are inviting four local artists to concoct lysergic ambient and downtempo potions on our spatial sound system. Join us for an evening of deep horizontal music, with live performances by Nexcyia and mu tate who will weave spatial dimension into the captivating sound worlds of their music productions. To spice things up, we invited Stone and Avsluta to test and explore our work-in-progress spatial sound DJ setup to craft adventurous sound journeys for your yearning ears.

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Listening Together


26th of January 2024 @The Bath House
8:00pm to 11:59pm

A collective listening experience in spatial audio.

Pieces and performances by:

Avsluta
Blackhawk::N471v3
Christian Duka
Edward Griffiths
Georgina Brett
Mark Slee
and more

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Listening Together




26th of January 2024 @The Bath House
8:00pm to 11:59pm

A collective listening experience in spatial audio.

Pieces and performances by:

Avsluta
Blackhawk::N471v3
Christian Duka
Edward Griffiths
Georgina Brett
Mark Slee
and more

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INFINITE MONKEYS




Join the monkeys

INFINITE MONKEYS


13th of January 2024 @The Bath House
4pm to 12am


Infinite Monkeys Theorem states that infinite monkeys with projectors, synthesizers and an infinite amount of time could produce an AV version of “Selected Music From Washing Machines 85-92”. This theorem was tried in real life, but only for a day. The seven monkeys involved produced 5 minutes of cow sounds, slammed projectors and synthesizers with a stone and ate 21kg of bananas. Infinite Monkeys will try it again performing live on Saturday the 13th of January from 4pm to 12pm at The Bath House. The Monkeys performing at The Baths will be available for adoption, please adopt a Monkey, and bring one to your home after the show.

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Free Improvisation in Spatial Sound


David Toop, Lucie Stepánková, John Butcher, Christian Duka & Aimée Theriot came together to build “living sonic sculptures” on a 4DSOUND system.

27.04.2023 @Stone Nest

Free Improvisation in Spatial Sound


︎27.04.2023 @Stone Nest

David Toop, Lucie Stepánková, Christian Duka, John Butcher and Aimée Theiot come together to build “living sonic sculptures” on a 4DSOUND system

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Exploring Spatial Sound: A week of learning and creating in a 4DSOUND system


Twenty participants had the opportunity to explore the potential of spatial sound through the use of 4DSOUND technology, and develop works for this one-of-a-kind instrument, gaining technical, theoretical, and creative insight into how to produce and present spatial sound productions.

This 5-day deep-dive course took place in a bespoke 4DSOUND system installed at the historic arts venue Stone Nest in Soho.

  • Dates: 15–19 May 2023
  • Place: Stone Nest, London W1D 5EZ
  • Deadline for applications: Monday 3 April

In the process of the course, participants collaborated to create original works in spatial audio (compositions or performances) and present them in a public event at Stone Nest on Friday the 19th of May.

More info & apply

4DSOUND and Amoenus warmly invite artists, musicians, creatives, performers, designers, and the creative community of London and beyond to take part in a 5-day course on spatial sound.


Twenty participants will have the opportunity to explore the potential of spatial sound through the use of 4DSOUND technology, and develop works for this one-of-a-kind instrument, gaining technical, theoretical, and creative insight into how to produce and present spatial sound productions.

This 5-day deep-dive course will take place in a bespoke 4DSOUND system installed at the historic arts venue Stone Nest in Soho.

  • Dates: 15–19 May 2023
  • Place: Stone Nest, London W1D 5EZ
  • Deadline for applications: Monday 3 April

In the process of the course, participants will collaborate to create original works in spatial audio (compositions or performances) to be presented in a public event at Stone Nest on Friday the 19th of May.

More info & apply

Live Coding Spatial Sound


26th of May 2023 @IKLECTIK

An evening of live coding performances in spatial sound on an enveloping 16.4 sound system spread across the walls and ceiling at IKLECTIK.

Performing Artists:

Alex McLean
digital selves
Michael Jon-Mizra
Eye Measure
trampbunny

The Listening Body


Performed in December 2022 & March 2023 @IKLECTIK

The Listening Body features Christian Duka for sound processing and spatialisation across a multi-speaker setup, Steve McInerney as a gong performer alongside Henrique Matias (Hems) - forming the group known as 'Flying Disks’ - and Pascal Savy performing live electronics.

The focus is on immersing both audience and artist in the present, transforming the act of listening into an embodied experience. Rather than just an auditory spectacle, the performance seeks to make the entire body a resonating vessel, molded by sound as it interacts with the architecture of the space. It's a deep exploration of presence, where the music is a continuum of physical sensations, prompting attendees to introspect on the ephemeral nature of reality through the medium of sound.


























The Listening Body

Sound Slick by The Inner Ear


9th of October 2022 @IKLECTIK
Presented by Isa Barzizza and Digidub

Smeared across the surface of the SE1 landscape, Sound Slick is a live listening event featuring musicians and improvised programmed sounds diffused in Ambisonics. The Inner Ear are based at ‘The Tank’, a unique old oil tank-venue in northern Sweden (Svanö), which uniqueness stands in its 24-second reverb.

This piece draws heavily on a recording session made at The Tank in summer 2022 by the Inner Ear in collaboration with Isa Ferri, during an intense 5 days sessions.

All the programmed electronics uses samples from The Tank and the inspiration for the piece is drawn from the archaic landscape sprawling south of the river in what is now known as SE1. Expect live and improvised vocals, throat singing, instrumentation, electronics, surround sound submergence and performance.

Sound Slick by The Inner Ear


Smeared across the surface of the SE1 landscape, Sound Slick is a live listening event featuring musicians and improvised programmed sounds diffused in Ambisonics.

︎ Tickets

FREE IMPROVISATION IN 3D SOUND


John Butcher, Ute Kanngiesser, Sharon Gal and Christian Duka come together to build living sonic sculptures.

12.05.2022 @IKLECTIK

Free Improvisation in 3D Sound


︎12.05.2022 @IKLECTIK


John Butcher, Ute Kanngiesser, Sharon Gal and Christian Duka come together to build “living sonic sculptures”.

Tickets & Info

Avsluta & Atau Tanaka


︎Online event curated by IKLECTIK
︎Performed in 3D sound, streamed in Binaural Audio
︎Full Performance︎

An evening of vocal synthesis and digital processing and EMG muscle sensing streamed live from IKLECTIK. The online event also featured 3 readings by Brandon LaBelle, Sally Jane Norman and David Toop.


AVSLUTA & ATAU TANAKA


︎Online event curated by IKLECTIK
︎Performed in 3D sound, streamed in Binaural Audio
︎Full Performance︎

An evening of vocal synthesis and digital processing and EMG muscle sensing streamed live from IKLECTIK. The online event also featured 3 readings by Brandon LaBelle, Sally Jane Norman and David Toop.


UR: Human Presence


An immersive performance that explores the inner workings of the human body.
Curated by Christian Duka in collaboration with Pell Ensemble, Jose Macabra and Elissavet Sfyri

︎Performance Review︎

An immersive performance that explores the inner workings of the human body.

Curated by Christian Duka in collaboration with Pell Ensemble, Jose Macabra and Elissavet Sfyri

︎Performance Review︎

Resolution


Immersive audiovisual event with Roly Porter, Piksel and Bruised Skies.

Sound installation by Emmanuel Spinelli and early pieces from electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram.


In collaboration with Resolution
︎Article on RedBull Music︎

RESOLUTION


Immersive audiovisual event with Roly Porter, Piksel and Bruised Skies on a 25 channel sound system.
Sound installation by Emmanuel Spinelli and early pieces from electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram.

︎Article on RedBull Music︎

FUTURESHOOK


︎Music performances in a 25 channel speaker system @Aures London
︎In collaboration with Edited Arts

Futureshook explores the ways in which modern audio-visual technologies have affected the way we create and consume art - from the re-imagining of turntablism to combining the acoustic with the electronic.

Featuring performances by Shiva Feshareki, Ben Vince & Lucinda Chua, MARMO and Ben Koosha 

FUTURESHOOK



︎Music performances in a 25 channel speaker system @Aures London
︎In collaboration with Edited Arts

Futureshook explores the ways in which modern audio-visual technologies have affected the way we create and consume art - from the re-imagining of turntablism to combining the acoustic with the electronic.

Featuring performances by Shiva Feshareki, Ben Vince & Lucinda Chua, MARMO and Ben Koosha 

Immersive Audio R&D


︎@IKLECTIK ART LAB

AMOENUS collaborated with IKLECTIK art centre to host a series of immersive audio research and development projects.

The R&Ds took place on our new 13.4 Ambisonics sound system and involve a diverse group of artists, each exploring 3D audio practices in their respective artistic fields. 

︎ Watch the full documentary ︎

Immersive Audio R&D


︎@IKLECTIK ART LAB

AMOENUS collaborated with IKLECTIK art centre to host a series of immersive audio research and development projects.

The R&Ds took place on our new 13.4 Ambisonics sound system and involve a diverse group of artists, each exploring 3D audio practices in their respective artistic fields.

︎ Watch the full documentary ︎

ABOUT AMOENUS

3D Sound System


Our bespoke ambisonics sound system, currently installed in IKLECTIK ART LAB



Amoenus is a musicians-led, cooperative cultural organisation that promotes the development of music as a multi-sensory, participatory experience.
Our work focuses on shifting the way in which music is experienced today: departing from the traditional one-sided mode of consumption, we consider audiences as creative participants.



We acknowledge music as a dynamic agent for societal and cultural transformation, believing that the evolution and broad adoption of immersive sensory technologies can have a significant, transformative impact worldwide. 









Amoenus originated a series of immersive events organised at Aures London by London based artist Christian Duka following “UR: Human Presence”, a multidisciplinary artistic experience presented at Aures London in 2018. These events were organised to provide local artists with the opportunity of working with spatial audio in their own practice and present it to the public.

Following a series of immersive music events carried out in 2019 at Aures London in Waterloo, Amoenus was set up as a charitable cultural organisation and received a grant from Arts Council England to build a 16.4 audio system in order to carry out their work independently. The sound system was installed at IKLECTIK, a community space in central London that promotes experimentation in music and contemporary art from 2020 to 2023. There, the Amoenus sound system facilitated and enhanced more than 200 events as part of IKLECTIK's programme. Amoenus’ own curatorial works explore the intersection of various fields encompassing electronic music, free improvisation, interactive & participatory arts, performance art and new media practices.


In London, Amoenus also organised a workshop at Central St Martins university, exploring ecological contexts through spatial sound and a 5-days course on spatial sound at Stone Nest in central London (Shaftesbury Avenue) in collaboration with Amsterdam-based creative studio 4DSOUND. Outside of London, Amoenus led a workshop at Birmingham Open Media with a group of 40 neurodivergent individuals.


Amoenus collaborates with:



  • The Bath House, a not-for-profit community space with a cafe, bar multiple event spaces and studios. They host many permanent local businesses, as well as offering a wide range of workshops and events that change weekly


  • PELL ENSEMBLEcreated in 2014 by Choreographer, Dance and Digital Artist Rebecca Evans. Her work uses interactive and immersive technologies combined with dance to engage audiences and communities in both the making and performance process.


  • 4DSOUND, an Amsterdam-based studio focusing on spatial sound as a creative medium. Since 2007, 4DSOUND has been at the forefront of some of the most creatively challenging and technically complex projects using spatial audio in the context of architecture, music, opera, fashion and research.


  • Candy Mountain, a design, project development and production studio, driven by transforming ideas into reality, exploring the outer realms of technology, specialist craftwork and sound creation. 

     
  • The Studio in Bath, led by creative producer Nik Rawlings, they support artist residents and business partners to develop projects through grant applications, business development, networking and events, as well as working with university colleagues to engage students in resident activities and internship opportunities.



The birth of the Amoenus project: “UR: Human Presence”, 2018.


VISION STATEMENT



The Locus Amoenus is a theme recurring in modern and classic literature, it means “a place without walls”. Many authors identified it with a pleasant place-non-place for the refreshment of the soul, where the protagonists of their works found refuge from dangers and hardships. For Homer the Locus Amoenus was the island of Calypso, for Boccaccio it was a place of safety away from the plague pandemic.

Today, Amoenus is actively working to create spaces that, through the constantly evolving entity of sound, enable us to imagine new realities founded on the principle of the human being as a creative entity. Its conceptualisation stems from a recognised need for local communities to imagine how futures like this can feel like before they can take the right steps "in the world" to actualise them.

Amoenus currently focuses on the use of immersive sound technology as a tool to be used experimentally for such communal acts of world building.