For the art residency project at A4, Martyna Basta turns her attention to Bratislava\u2019s urban and ecological soundscapes, using field recording as both source material and a way of listening. She will gather sounds from riversides, public spaces, and the city\u2019s edges \u2013 places where natural, social, and industrial environments overlap. These recordings will be reshaped into a new body of work built entirely from recorded sound, where rhythm, melody, and harmony emerge from the material itself. A crackle, a hum, or a distant call can become the foundation of a composition, treating the environment as a complete instrument.<\/p>\n
Another concert of the evening will a rare evening-length simultaneous performance of Jakob Ullmann\u2019s Solo I and Solo IV. In Ullmann\u2019s music, subtle gradations of sound and noise are located on the periphery of perception. His complex, palimpsest-like scores, played softly, encourage delicate and inward-looking performances which draw on subtlety and fragility. \u201cFor me, it is a central point in my work that the performer and the listener are both free to play and hear the music without backgrounds, environments, or other ideas outside of music [\u2026]\u201c (Jakob Ullmann)<\/p>\n
Alongside this, she will lead a workshop focused on field recording as a creative practice. Participants will work with their own recordings, exploring techniques like granular synthesis and sound transformation, and finding new musical possibilities within everyday sound.<\/p>\n
The workshop will take place on April 19, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. at A4 \u2013 Space for Contemporary Culture. Admission is based on donation, the recommended donation is 5 \u20ac.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For the art residency project at A4, Martyna Basta turns her attention to Bratislava\u2019s urban and ecological soundscapes, using field recording as both source material and a way of listening. She will gather sounds from riversides, public spaces, and the city\u2019s edges \u2013 places where natural, social, and industrial environments overlap. These recordings will be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","acf":[],"event_date":{"start_date":1777248000,"end_date":1777248000},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitbratislava.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/436835"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitbratislava.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitbratislava.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitbratislava.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/436835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":437084,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitbratislava.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/436835\/revisions\/437084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitbratislava.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}