#Jasmine Guffond

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Jasmine Guffond — Alien Intelligence (OOH-Sounds)

Photo by Camille Blake

Australian-born Berlin-based composer Jasmine Guffond has long focused on the sociopolitical elements of sound in her practice. Her previous solo album, 2020’s Microphone Permission, was an enthralling exploration of sound art in the age of mass surveillance, utilizing sonification of Twitter metadata and the city of Melbourne amongst other sources. Her latest record Alien Intelligence utilizes the non-humanistic elements of electroacoustic composition as a point of departure for understanding technological interference in our day-to-day lives.

Alien Intelligence was conceived during Guffond’s 2021 GRM residency and was composed on GRM’s Serge modular synth alongside Max MSP. The intention was for the technology to have as much of an imprint on the music as the composer herself, calling to mind Roland Kayn’s cybernetic approach to computer music. Indeed, experimental music has long called into question the role of the composer themself, going back to John Cage’s indeterminate music. Alien Intelligence, however, exists in the context of AI increasingly seeping its way into every aspect of art, labor and culture. Thus, there’s a palpable tension in Alien Intelligence, existing somewhere between the bliss of letting go of control and the potential for disruption inherent in all technology.

The three tracks on this album each stand as statements of their own. “Serge & Maxine Variation One” is a slow-moving ambient piece reminiscent of Laurie Spiegel’s “Patchwork.” The track is driven by warm layers of synths but maintains a somewhat surreal pitch that gradually builds into a soft alarm by the end. In contrast, “Serge & Maxine Variation Three” is more overtly dark and desolate, with streams of sound flowing over the drones like sirens. The final track, “Serge and Maxine Variation Two” feels like the natural culmination of the album. The first few minutes are a sparse, simple, almost folk-like melody that give way to more layers of warm synths, calling back to the first track. The track is very pretty, but in an open-ended, fittingly “alien” way. It’s the sound of something mysteriously fading into the distance. The music has all the characteristics of an ambient drone album, but the stasis is consistently interrupted by stops and pauses. Where any other musician would focus on the psychoacoustic elements of the drone, Guffond seems to find just as much purpose in these small disruptions. The end result is a haunting, deeply perplexing record that rewards repeated listening.

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Jasmine Guffond

CTM Festival, 2020

source: media-loca photo: Udo Siegfriedt

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【Gig Info】 2024.10.05 (Sat.) start 21:00 2nd Electroacoustic Music and Audiovisual Arts Festival "Stereoma" at MOMus Experimental Center for the Arts (Thessaloniki, Greece)

About MOMus Experimental Center for the Arts: Warehouse B1, Pier Α', Thessaloniki Port https://www.momus.gr/en

Event Page: https://www.momus.gr/en/events/2o-festibal-ilektroakoystikis-moysikis-kai-optikoakoystikon-tehnon-stereoma

[LINE UP] Exhibtion│20 September – 27 October 2024 Artists: Voltnoi Brege, Yiorgos Drosos, MAENADS (Eleni Ikoniadou, Aliki Leftherioti), Ilektra Maipa, Pedro Oliveira, Maria Paschalidou, Anna Raimondo, Andrey Smirnov, Bill Psarras, Raed Yassin, The Institute of Audiovisual Arts (Athanasios Lazaris, Despina Tamvaki, Kleanthis Kommatas, Lambros Tsiambasas, Nasia Karatsiraki, Adamantia Lea Kavvadia, Elisavet Zari, Theodoti Aggelaki, Maria Adamou, Mira Maria Maroniti) IAA curated by Angeliki Avgitidou, Maria Varela, Sophia Papadopoulou

Concerts│4-5-6 October 2024 Friday 4 October | 21:00- ・emdy (Anastasios Kokkinidis) ・Pedro Oliveira Saturday 5 October | 21:00- ・Leo Okagawa ・Jasmine Guffond Sunday 6 October | 21:00- ・Spyros Emmanouilidis ・MAENADS (Eleni Ikoniadou, Aliki Leftherioti, Maria Sideri)

Dance-Performance Saturday 19 October 21:00- Eleonora Siarava, Sofia Pouhtou, Yiannis Tsirikoglou

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*e se ci entrassi dentro?*

venerdì 17 maggio 2024 Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato

Jasmine Guffond / Lenio Kaklea / Tomoko Sauvage

curated by Kinkaleri + NUB Project Space + OOH-sounds, Prato

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August 18, 2018: a new episode of The Anatomy Lesson at 11pm EST on CFRC 101.9fm. Dancing at a distance. Music by Laurel Halo, Amor (from the Holy Geometry label), Acid Vatican, Jasmine Guffond, Homoagent, Broken English Club, The Black Dog, World Counsellor + more. Check out the whole setlist below, tune in at 101.9 on your FM dial, stream at http://audio.cfrc.ca:8000/listen.pls or listen to the finished show on cfrc.ca or mixcloud here: https://www.mixcloud.com/cameronwillis1232/the-anatomy-lesson-august-18-2018/ Laurel Halo - "The Sick Mind" Raw Silk Uncut Wood (2018) Jasmine Guffond - "Viision Strategy Coordinators (live in Istanbul, 2015)" Split with Plurals (2016) Helm - "Liskojen Yo" Impossible Symmetry (2012) World Counsellor - "Untitled" Wild Rose Country (2018) Broken English Club - "Anonymous Death Tape" White Rats (2018) Amor - "Transamorem" Es La Ley (2018) The Black Dog - "Technological Utopians" Post-Truth (2018) HOMOAGENT - "Satan Manufacturing" Rogue, Undercover (2017) NGLY - "Infiltrating Parallax" Cities of Illusion (2016) Acid Vatican - "Repent Motherfucker (SARIN Remix)" Psychoterrorpriest (2018) Sebastian Ruslan - "saeglopur" (2016)

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jasmine guffond -- an utterly dark spot

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Listen/purchase: Microphone Permission by Jasmine Guffond

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Jasmine Guffond & Erik K Skodvin (Feat. Merja Kokkonen) - Swan Galaxias from: Jasmine Guffond & Erik K Skodvin (Feat. Merja Kokkonen) – The Burrow (Sonic Pieces, 2020)

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#Daten-#Kunst von Jasmine #Guffond „Ich habe damals gelesen, dass direkt nach den Occupy-Wallstreet-Demos in New York viele Überwachungskameras installiert wurden, die mit Gesichtserkennung arbeiten“, sagt Guffond. „Deshalb wollte ich die heutige Bedeutung von Technik und Überwachung für die Protestkultur erforschen.“

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Jasmine Guffond - Traced https://open.spotify.com/track/2lo9ftQbbEn46qIGmTfCSr

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Jasmine Guffond - “Boundless Informant”

Traced [Sonic Pieces, 2017]

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Jasmine Guffond - Post Human

Extract from ‘Traced’ LP out @ Sonic Pieces