Papara and A_Phan

Part of AAA 2025 [Angewandte Abschluss Arbeiten]

On 24 and 25 Jan 2025, the University of Applied Arts Vienna will present the final theses of all departments. AIL presents a program of sound performances on Saturday night.
On the occasion of AAA (the anual presentation of finals at the University of Applied Arts Vienna), AIL presents a program of two sound performances.

PAPARA TAKES HER TOOLS OUT. SETS THE TABLE. TURNS THE LIGHT OFF AND INVITES YOU FOR A DANCE

Papara (Selana Türgen, Chattip Metchanun, Daniela Kuich, Franky Daubenfeld und Marcia Schmidt)
Papara is a sound performance group that emerged from courses held by the artist and musician Sergei Tcherepnin at the painting department at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. The group consists of five members: Selana Türgen, Chattip Metchanun, Daniela Kuich, Franky Daubenfeld and Marcia Schmidt.
Papara’s performances are rehearsed improvisations of listening and responding, using Live Electronics and vocals.

This Time Of The Year Again
A_Phan, Live Set

With his moniker A_Phan, Manuel Cyrill shifts his focus to the outer reaches of techno. Modulation sources, tape loops, and field recordings become anchor points in his sonified alpine mountain wall, situated at the borders between syncopated rhythms and intricate sound structures. A_Phan never sounds detached, but always remains grounded. The element of chance that lends patronage to improvisation is the essence of a counter-movement that neither predicts nor attempts to calculate the listeners. It’s an altruistic approach that A_Phan reveals, whispering through modulated tension: “Let yourself fall!”.