s+r v27: Liew Niyomkarn with Savant Flaneur, Qiujiang Levi Lu, matthew gervais + ian bell

Liew Niyomkarn is a sound artist and composer with a background in experimental sound practice and performance. Her work primarily explores layers of sound, repetition of notes, harmonic spectra, and resonances achieved through acoustic string instruments such as the zither and lyre, which she employs to craft various tuning systems. She integrates field recordings to capture the essence of time and the narration of memory through sound.

Founded in 2014, Savant Flaneur is an experimental music artist collective working on Treaty 1 Territory. Often referred to as “chamber punk,” Savant Flaneur tries to expel the dichotomy between western art music and colloquial music scenes by collaborating with a wide array of artists in a variety of genres and practices. Savant Flaneur is one gifted idler, a virtuosic procrastinator, the slacking wunkerkind.

Qiujiang Levi Lu is a NYC-based performance artist, experimental musician, composer, and educator. Their work transforms the body into a sonic object through interactions with movements and audio technology, exploring identity, sound, and space. Their resulting performances consist of choreographed, ritualistic improvisations building upon ancient Chinese drumming traditions to manifest body dysmorphia, sexuality, spirituality, and mortality.

matthew gervais has lived in winnipeg his whole life. his work is an attempt to reflect his own already false memories of this place, of night and strangers voices, of streetlights beating against a starless sky. using electronic means such as synthesizers, casio sampling keyboards, cellphone field recordings and tape machines this memory deforms until the thing that remains is the remains of itself.

ian bell is a montréal-based photographer and ambient musician working with samples, digital image, and contact microphone percussion. He has released numerous solo recordings and contributed to bands as a drummer and percussionist.