5/5 – 29/5 2022 @ FORUM BOX Helsinki

H2O sound installation by Ann Rosén & Sten-Olof Hellström.
A part of Harrie Liveart exhibition at Forum Box Helsinki.

There is nothing more essential to life on earth than water! But due to our way of life the supply of clean water is rapidly decreasing. Every day more than 800 children under 5 die from diarrhea caused by lack of clean water.

 H2O is an immersive, multi-channel sound installation reflecting on the earths vanishing water supply. The sounds, their behavior, how they move, interact with each other and manifest themselves in the installation space is governed by software running on a Bela/Beaglebone computer.

 


”Fascinerande verk” – recension i Gävle Dagblad

”Ann Rosén mixar egenbyggda instrument och syntar med andra
konstnärliga tekniker. I ”Drawing sessions” möter blyertsteckning elektronik
och fascinerande verk uppstår medan hon ritar. Det morrar, ryter och tuggar
medan blyerts fyller den upprojicerade skärmen i horisontala och vertikala
sjok.”

Citat från artikeln ”Festivalen i Gävle som visar att konstmusiken lever och frodas” av Camilla Dal i Gävle Dagblad, november 2021.

Sydsvenskan: ”Ann Roséns blyertstecknande ger upphov till sällsamma ljudupplevelser”

Carolina Söderholm i Sydsvenskan guidar till utställningar värda ett besök och ”dras framför allt till Ann Roséns arbete” på Galleri Ping-Pong i Malmö:
”I en koncentrerad akt av rörelse och lyssnande skapar hon med varje pennstreck en svirrande, viskande, eggande symfoni av ljud som inte liknar något annat.”
 

Det kommer främmande – praised by local media 

 On June 11th and 12th, the Barrier Orchestra performed a new composition ”Det kommer främmande” by Ann Rosén, Fabian Svensson and Sten-Olof Hellström at Vardagsrummet in the small village of Östra Hoby. The title alludes to the Swedish expression ”we’re having guests” which literally translates to ”there will be strangers coming”, with a two-fold meaning: ”strangers” and “guests” being the same word in Swedish, and in this context referring to both ”refugees” and ”guests”.

The concert performance is formed by the pandemic both in its setting and theme. It received praise in local newspaper Ystads Allehanda saying:

”…a magical experience. The Barrier Orchestra breaks all barriers in Österlen. /…/ It’s venturing, it’s experimental, and it’s undeniably what you can call ’narrow’ music. But if you open the throttle, it is also very appealing.”