Malediwy (PL) / Sara Persico (IT), Koenraad Ecker (BE), Ludwig Wandinger (DE), Gerard Lebik (PL)
Timetable:
20:00 Malediwy (PL)
21:00 Sara Pesico (IT), Koenraad Ecker (BE), Ludwig Wandinger (DE), Gerard Lebik (PL) (project commissioned by Avant Art Festival)
Malediwy is the duo of Marek Pospieszalski and Qba Janicki. They present “Bubbles Get Mad,” a new single from their upcoming album Eden (out August 9, 2024). Featuring enigmatic Japanese poet MA, the track is a dreamlike spoken word piece layered over Malediwy’s signature fusion of amplified acoustic instruments and analog electronics. Known for transforming saxophone and prepared drums into reactive sound modules, the duo draws inspiration from IDM, drone, and free improvisation. Eden will also include collaborations with New York rapper Nappy Nina and Polish alt-pop artist Błażej Król, further pushing Malediwy’s sound into bold, genre-defying territories.
Sara Persico is an Italian sound artist and performer whose work centres on voice, analog electronics and field recordings. She presented her work at festivals and venues such as Berlin Atonal, documenta fifteen, Ballroom Blitz Beirut, CTM Festival, Nyege Nyege Festival, Ormside Projects, La Station, Dancity Festival, Avant Art Festival, and Santarcangelo Festival.
She has collaborated with a diverse array of artists, including performing with Evelyn Saylor’s vocal ensemble for Caterina Barbieri’s light-years at Rewire Festival and London’s Southbank Centre, and working with artists like Elvin Brandhi, Andy Moor (The Ex), Tony Elieh, Ludwig Wandinger, Dirar Kalash, and Francesca Grilli.
Sara’s acclaimed solo debut album, Boundary, was released in March 2023 on Karlrecords, and her new album Sphaîra was released in February 2025 on Subtext Recordings. She is also among the artists selected by the Shape+ Platform, a European initiative supporting innovative music and art, for 2023/24.
Koenraad Ecker is a Belgian sound artist and researcher based in Berlin. He is fascinated by the dialectic interplay between the acoustic environment and the social relations contained within it;
by the magic of the ordinary and the ordinariness of magic. He’s worked with artists like Lord Spikeheart, James Ginzburg, Sara Persico, Ina Christel Johannessen, Yannick Jacquet and Ben Salisbury. Since 2021, his work has been moving towards an artistic practice that might be called sonic archaeology, a practise that combines oral history, field recording and archival research. His work has been heard at leading music festivals such as CTM Berlin & MUTEK; in squats, techno temples and plushy opera houses ; at renowned art institutions such as ZKM (Karlsruhe) and Akademie der Künste (Berlin) ; in series like Black Mirror (Netflix) and on music labels like Subtext, LINE & Opal Tapes. His work has been nominated for the Ars Electronica prize (2016) and won the Radiophrenia Prize for Radio Works (2021). He has taught or given workshops at the Universität der Künste (Berlin), Liszt Academy (Hungary), Nyege Nyege Studios (Kampala), KHM (Köln) and has spoken at numerous ethnomusicological academic conferences.
Berlin-based artist Ludwig is a genre-defying composer, drummer, and producer known for his boundary-pushing solo work and prolific collaborations. Following studies at Berlin’s Jazz Institute, he launched a solo career with releases on labels like Average Negative, Orange Milk, Gin&Platonic, Creamcake, and Light Years. His music blends experimental jazz, ambient, classical, and club influences. He has collaborated with artists across avant-garde and pop scenes, including The Notwist, Brodinski, and Elvin Brandhi, with releases on PAN, Genot Centre, Squama, and more. Ludwig is a featured artist at the 2024–25 Monheim Triennale.
Gerard Lebik is a composer, improviser, sound artist, and curator working in the fields of experimental music and sound art. He is the founder of Sokołowsko Music Lab and the creator of the Sanatorium of Sound Festival (2015–2024). His work explores various sound sources and musical practices, including electroacoustic composition and non-idiomatic improvisation. His installations and sonic interventions investigate themes such as the perception and propagation of sound waves, temporal distortion, psychoacoustics, and the relationship between sound, architecture, and urban space.
Lebik has performed at festivals and venues, including TPAM (Yokohama, JP), Rewire (The Hague, NL), CTM (Berlin, DE), Fiber Festival (Amsterdam, NL), TodaysArt Festival (The Hague, NL), MONOM (Berlin, DE), Tokyo Jazz (Tokyo, JP), Umbrella (Chicago, US), Experimental Intermedia (New York, US), SuperDeluxe (Tokyo, JP), and Fylkingen (Stockholm, SE).
He has collaborated with artists, including Keith Rowe, Phil Minton, Ryoko Akama, Burkhard Beins, David Maranha, Peter Rehberg, Jérôme Noetinger, Paul Lovens, Aleksandra Słyż, Judith Hamann, and many others.
