LEVEL B: Art Pit events in Eastern Europe

Translation by Ieva Krivickaitė

Merely sev­eral days have passed since the first Level B event, where shit­core mixed with eleg­ant elec­tron­ics, and where one could gaze at the eyes of a con­tro­versy wet with milk, along­side a deep-​thought oper­etta of the absurd. Today, we hasten to invite you to the second event that will seek to con­cen­trate rather than to shock. Level B is an event designed for audi­ovisu­al­iz­a­tions, elec­tronic music and listen­ing; on 5 July, we will listen to qual­ity elec­tron­ics from Lithuanian young gen­er­a­tion artists Lava Larva, 96wrld, and Buvette from Switzerland, com­ple­men­ted by video map­ping install­a­tion by Laimonas Zakas (Glitchr), Thomas Koenig, VJ Fou and pop-​up silk-​screen prints exhib­i­tion of Creativity Kiosk artists.

Buvette — Directions

BUVETTE  (SWITZERLAND) – experimental/​synth pop/​electronics

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The Swiss Buvette cooks his music in a jungle of sounds, adding indie D.Y.I. and orgas­mic forms of elec­tronic music to the kettle. His music is an epos that frees body, mind and soul. Every song is sens­it­ive like a lul­laby, con­struct­ive like a hymn, lead­ing to trance. The last time that he was seen around was the last year’s Zemlika fest­ival in Latvia; VJ Thomas Koenig will be join­ing Buvette for his first visit to Lithuania.

Buvette — Inner Wars

LAVA LARVA (Vilnius) — no wave elektron­ics

A solo pro­ject by Gediminas from Flesh Flash, first seen in Speigas elec­tronic music fest­ival. Euphoric beats vs des­per­ate erotic deli­rium. Lo-​fi rhythmic, massive synths, no-​wave gui­tars and decon­struc­ted voices.

Laimonas Zakas & 96WRLD — Voxels

LAIMONAS ZAKAS & 96WRLD (Vilnius) — audiovisual/​idm/​beats

Laimonas Zakas is the author of Glitchr, a phe­nomenon fam­ous on Facebook, appre­ci­ated around the globe for his untra­di­tional use of Unicode break­ing vari­ous inter­net sites and cre­at­ing glitches, mini sys­tem errors, that can be seen both as works of art and as inter­net van­dal­ism. In Level B, Zakas will be engaged in video map­ping – a form of video install­a­tion made fam­ous by Amon Tobin where video is pro­jec­ted on an uneven sur­face, cre­at­ing a 3D exper­i­ence. The visu­al­iz­a­tion will col­lab­or­ate with the excep­tional rhythms of Miša Skalskis aka 96wrld that in their excess­ive lay­ers com­bine hiphop, idm, psy­che­delic, 8bit and other kinds of sonic pleasures.

Evening ends with DJ OUTSIDER (Vilnius) & VJ FOU (idm/​trip hop)

Event in Facebook here.

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Level B is a series of sum­mer events by ArtPit and Agharta; it’s going to take place in the Contemporary Art Center in Vilnius cel­lar. On 22 June, 5 July and 14 August, we will present you three events fol­low­ing base­ment, b-​move and under­ground art con­cep­tions; audio-​visual psy­che­delia, per­form­ance art and other curi­os­it­ies will stream freely.

Tickets avail­able by email­ing meno.​duobe@​gmail.​com (please write „Level B“ as subject)

Partners: Pro Helvetia ir ŠMC

About author:

Ilona Klimaitytė
From the very beginning, Ilona had a passion for event management, writing and a cold glass of beer. These three forces fit perfectly together with interests in postindustrial music, anthropology and weird cinema. At the moment, she is finishing her cultural history and anthropology studies and is writing thesis on the subject of industrial elec... Read further >