The Agosto Foundation is proud to support percussionist Lukas Ligeti, double bassist James Ilgenfritz, and the experimental ensemble Stratocluster in performance at Punctum atelier in Prague next Monday evening.

Visual and performance artist Morgan O'Hara will present new work developed during her residency at the Agosto Foundation at a new exhibition opening September 2. The event includes a crash course in the martial art Aikido and the creation of one of O'Hara's well known Live Transmissions.

An artist of many media, O’Hara makes visible the time, space and movement aspects of the experience of living.

Update: the Wakushoppu series has moved house and currently takes place at Punctum, Krasová 803 in Praha-Žižkov.

Journeys of Improvised Music in Africa: A presentation from the vs. Interpretation Festival and Symposium in July 2014.

A presentation from the vs. Interpretation Festival and Symposium in July 2014

In light of Stratocluster’s August 31 collaboration with Lukas Ligeti and James Ilgenfritz, we asked the leader of the ensemble, Ian Mikyska, to arrange the first in our series of monthly curated playlists.

Keynote Presentation from the vs. Interpretation Festival 2014

vs. Interpretation Festival Keynote Presentation on Deep Listening

Practising Improvisation and Rehearsing with an Improvising Ensemble

Toward an Understanding of Latency and Interactivity in Networked Performance

vs. Interpretation: An Anthology of Improvisation, vol. 1 is a compendium of essays edited by David Rothenberg. It is the first publication by the Agosto Foundation.

A presentation at vs. Interpretation Festival and Symposium, 2014, Prague by Dr. Reinhard Gagel of Exploratorium, Berlin, Germany

a.k.a Federsel

Beginning with the title: Cristina Maldonado describes Interruptor as “an interruption in the way that we perceive, and that we relate.” It’s an appropriate name for an installation–performance that plunges individuals into a disorienting virtual environment, upsetting their modes of perception and communication. Yet Interruptor also facilitates a visual conversation between two strangers, aiming to flip a “switch,” explained Maldonado in an interview. “In these 40 minutes … the way that you are with another person is totally different in the way you are in daily life.” The peculiar scenario she sets up precipitates not so much interruption, but rather inspiration and flow.

Long-Term Improvisation, Groundwave Rondo, and the Barcelona Chronicles. A presentation delivered at the vs. Interpretation Festival and Symposium in July 2014.

Lines and Sounds: Hermeneutics of Multimedia Improvisation

One of the Agosto Foundation’s most important contributions to the local and international music scene, vs. Interpretation is an ongoing, transdisciplinary project promoting innovative improvised artistic projects and research.