Bioni Samp – Hive Synthesis – Installation at Barbican Arts Centre London 2013

Bioni Samp – Hive Synthesis – 24 Hour live Electronics Installation
Barbican Arts Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS

2pm – 8pm on 05, 19 and 26 August 2013

24 hour durational performance. Featuring a retrospective of Bioni Samp sounds, artworks and video, with special guests, adding to the a/v mix.

Artist statement:

To ‘Play’ live my bee colony recordings mixed with my homemade bee frequency instruments. Hints at a futuristic post-apocalyptic beekeepers stall. Where ecocide has made honey bees extinct.

There is no honey, no pollen, no beeswax, no propolis for sale. All that remains are enthusiastic beekeepers who ‘Play’ old bee colony recordings and create new bee frequency instruments to keep the memory of the insects alive.

My ‘Hive Synthesis’ Installation/performance attempts to create a symbiotic frequency
relationship, like those between pollination and nectar exchanges, or between beekeeper and bees.

Bioni Samp – Video screenings with live soundtracks

05 August, 7.30pm, video screening with live soundtrack

Bioni Samp – “Electronic Journey To Avebury” 2013, 20 minutes
( Live sound track, Bioni Samp – bass guitar, electronics, with Dam Bau on treated Sitar, with additional live video processing by Rebecca Salvadori )

19 August, 7.30pm, video screening with live soundtrack

Bioni Samp – “Hive synthesis – Digital Beehive” 2013, 20 minutes
( Live sound track, Bioni Samp – live electronics, with additional live Synthesiser treatments by Andrea Ruffino )

26 August, 7.30pm, video screening with live soundtrack

Bioni Samp – “Henry & Moor” 2013, 20 minutes
( Live sound track, Bioni Samp – live electronics, with Orlando Harrison on treated voice over manipulations )
Bioni Samp Installation Artworks:

01. Electronic Beesmoker ( 2009 )