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27 Sept 2023
Awakenings
19 Sept 2023
for what they saw would hit them like a bolt
hydrophone built by Jez riley French
mastering La Plant Studio
Solidarity Fund · Hydro
1 Aug 2023
Framework afield
23 Jul 2023
Dobra voda – Manja Ristić & Aleksandar Lazar
26. jul – 06. avgust, 2023. godine
Galerija ULUS, Knez Mihajlova 37, Beograd
Radno vreme Galerije:
Ponedeljak – petak, od 12 do 19 časova
subota. od 10 do 14 časova
nedelja je neradna
20 Jul 2023
Dobra voda, act two
the compositional approach of act two moves the focus from holistic listening to the chosen locale toward the phenomenological positioning of oneself in relation to geomorphic bio-acoustics — re-imagined as micro-environment was (consciously) listening back.
little is discussed about field recording practice being an intrusion into the landscape; also, not much attention is given to Nature's intelligence and its system-based intercommunication, which undeniably has means of perceiving our presence.
this work is deeply inspired by the constant movement of the sea.
released July 20, 2023
all sounds recorded, edited, and composed by Manja Ristić
hydrophone made by Jez riley French
mastering by La Plant Studio
supported by SEA Silba Environment Art
11 Jul 2023
15 Queastions interview Part II
> Kuda plovi ovaj brod? Where is this ship sailing?
> Štrada od Sigurate
1 Jul 2023
SHAPE + 23/24
𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐄+ 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑
The European Union-funded SHAPE+ platform for innovative music and audiovisual art is announcing its 2023/2024 list of artists!
The artist selection places a number of audiovisual projects and sound artists alongside musical acts that range from club music and forward-thinking media art to experiments with traditional music, free improvisation, and spatial music. The second year of SHAPE+ will continue its focus on collaborative residencies and one-off performances simultaneously.
20 Jun 2023
Štrada od Sigurate
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Štrada od Sigurate
PLEASE KEEP SILENT.
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released June 18, 2023
all rights reserved
9 Jun 2023
two mixtapes
1. Premiered at Trans Balkan Express Radio Festival, curated by Žarko Komar aka Feloneezy, as a part of the Mediterranean Futures series on @movement_athens
Field recording gestures and in-situ interventions are gently placed into immersive ambient & drone explorations, while the musical narrative develops around extensive hydrophone recording of the terrigenous sediments and various aquascapes of the Adriatic’s littoral zones. Some of the locations where recordings were taken are the island of Korčula and its surrounding archipelago (islands of Badija & Vrnik), the island of Silba, Neretva River, Dubrovnik old town, and the island of Vis.
2. Premiered at ZEZ Festival 2023
The mixtape includes excerpts from the releases:
water memory – mnemosonic topographies of the Adriatic
Kuda plovi ovaj brod? Where is this ship sailing?
Awakenings LINE_138
and more...
All sounds recorded, edited, and composed by Manja Ristić
Contributing artist Mark Vernon
Artwork by Manja Ristić – a tactile score for found instrument Experiment IV-II, Remixed excerpt from the gravure print no. 3 / 5
Mastering La Plant Studio
license
7 Jun 2023
15 Questions
Read the interview here
16 May 2023
tailless tarantella lifted its head
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it was the day when the balloon disappeared into the wall
it was the day when the dog bit you while you were helpless
tailless tarantella lifted its head
toward the crackling chorus
of pine cones blooming
tags, tags, hundreds of tags
and desire to observe cracks
it was the day when the wisdom leaked
it was the day when witches fell sick
again, when wonders went pale
lingering away
in aimless whiteness
I didn’t become anyone great
released May 15, 2023
part of the series Stories Untold
sound, text & images by Manja Ristić
cover art by Manja Ristić
mastering by La Plant Studio
produced by ELL Studio 2023
12 May 2023
9 Apr 2023
Awakenings
'Awakenings' is the first album on LINE by violinist, sound artist, poet, curator, and researcher, Manja Ristić. Her work incorporates extensive field recordings, acoustic instruments, and unexpected found objects.
RIYL: Chris Watson, Félicia Atkinson, Norman W. Long, Simon Whetham and Tomoko Hojo & Rahel Kraft.
awakenings are my ears underwater.
awakenings are sand, pebbles, and rocks pushed by the waves in constant motion.
awakenings emerge from the dissipating whirls.
awakenings are language so mellifluous it out-voices the sizzling currents.
awakenings listen to the space through other spaces.
awakenings are reversed feedbacks of coiled thoughts.
awakenings are worlds of ruthless and bewitched nature.
awakenings are endless topographies surrounded by a body of water in constant motion.
awakenings are where you will find me, talking to the sniffing rocks, growling waves, sleeping vineyard crickets, and plucking trapped air from broken and abandoned instruments.
awakenings are infinity squeezed between atoms.
awakenings are the mind’s nocturnal quirks.
awakenings are silent intrusions into the landscape.
the spherical geometry of the awakenings moves awkwardly, like a transparent velum woven of thin and uneven fabric, coating the fidelity of the bluff recollections.
awakenings are the legacy of withstanding.
1. soft shell (03:05)
2. on the outskirts of time (03:50)
3. dissipating whirls (05:12)
4. within the cave, dreams (04:14)
5. I’m plucking trapped air (07:41)
6. thin and uneven (04:50)
7. in bluff recollections (04:50)
8. coiled thoughts (02:40)
recording locations: Korčula town, abandoned ex-Yugoslav military compound on the island of Korčula, ancient quarry on the island of Vrnik, the village of Račišće, Lumbarda ancient aquatorium, sound pollution of the water traffic in the Pelješac-peninsula channel, Ražnjić lighthouse; a musical playground in front of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade. instruments used: JrF hydrophone & contact mic; violin, various abandoned pianos, toy synth found in the garbage, various objects.
all sounds recorded, edited, and composed by Manja Ristić
contributing artists on track 8: Mark Vernon, Ivana Grahovac
cover art: Manja Ristić / Richard Chartier
mastering: La Plant Studio, Belgrade
23 Mar 2023
Kuda plovi ovaj brod? Where is this ship sailing?
full essay at >>> independent.academia.edu/ManjaRistic
All sounds recorded, edited & composed by Manja Ristić
Text by Manja Ristić
Mastering by La Plant Studio
Archive images — courtesy of a private archive
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Special thanks to Vinka Damjanović, Mark Vernon, Goran Simonoski
ELL Studio 2023 – All Rights Reserved
18 Mar 2023
FLORILEGIO
I wrote an article for FLORILEGIO NETWORK OF FEM人LE MUSICIANS
MANJA RISTIĆ: INFINITE FRAGILITIES DISSIPATE IN THE DEAFNESS OF OUR LISTENINGEDITION: VILINSKI GRADOVI
text & images about one of the most magical places on the island of Korčula where I like to record and observe soundscapes.
the article is giving hints on the "water memory – mnemosonic topographies of the Adriatic" booklet which you can pre-order on my Bandcamp page. also, a brief mention about how I perceive JrF equipment, in particular hydrophones – my chosen instruments for the extensive underwater recording.
you can read it >>> here <<<
4 Mar 2023
"Sonic Ontology of Negligence" at Sežana Botanical Gardens, Ljubljana
2-channel sound installation / 6 Mar – 31 May 2023
Sežana Botanical Gardens
20 Feb 2023
water memory – mnemosonic topographies of the Adriatic
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sound, text, images: Manja Ristić
editor: Sonja Leboš
sound mastering: La Plant Studio
design: Nevena Vasiljević
proofreading: Mark Vernon
production, publishing, distribution: ELL Studio 2023
artistic research in collaboration with the UIII / AIIR
water memory is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
19 Feb 2023
Orest Smovzh reconceptualizing "Violin Revelaed" notation system
February, 18th, 2023. Kharkiv, Ukraine.
5 Feb 2023
Golden award for extended media - The Association of Fine Artists of Serbia
2 Feb 2023
glasovi / voices
dedicated to Mark Vernon for his 50th birthday.
released January 27, 2023
all sounds recorded and edited by Manja Ristić
hydrophone by JrF
mastering La Plant Studio