BLIP
In co-production with the Athens Conservatoire

Curated by Stavros Gasparatos

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BLIP
Chimeras

BLIP (Yorgos Stenos & Yorgos Stavridis) is a duet that explores the inherent sonic potentials of materials, objects, and electronic circuits through construction, in-situ action, and improvisation. Their musical practice highlights the notion of texture, gesture, timbre, and rhythm, approaching listening, improvisation, and composition as interdependent acts, deeply connected to physical action, instrument-objects, and the given venue and time. For their newly commissioned work at the Subset Festival, BLIP propose a space for sonic play, open to diverse ideas and sound-generating media. This hybrid, spatial, and site-specific sound piece incorporates found objects, percussion, acoustic phenomena, self-devised circuits, and light, while further welcoming natural, amplified, and electronic sounds that interact, coalescing into an electroacoustic musical amalgamation. The sound sources are dispersed throughout the venue, with the musicians activating or pausing them at will—playing, listening or remaining silent. The audience is invited to wander within the space, observing, listening and experiencing the performance from various perspectives. Specifically designed for the Arts’ Foyer of the Athens Conservatoire, the work embraces the architectural and acoustic features of the venue. Beyond their activity as BLIP, its two members are also involved in the group Trigger Happy, the Centre for Research & Dissemination of Music Scheming, and the experimental radio platform Loskop.radio.

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The Subset Festival, the multifaceted music platform launched in 2023, held by the Athens Epidaurus Festival in co-production with the Athens Conservatoire, returns refreshed but always with a focus on the dialogue between contemporary music and new media.

Named after a mathematical term (subset ⊆), Subset Festival weaves together diverse versions of contemporary musical creation, incorporating a wide variety of artistic trends. From June 4 to June 8, the Conservatoire venues will host musical ensembles and soloists, established and up-and-coming alike, both from Greece and around the world, visual and sound installations and performances, as well as open-call workshops.