flora könemann (*1981/Germany)
formal education
2018
Studies in Weaving & Textile Art, HDK (Faculty of Crafts), Göteborg/Sweden
2017-2018
Healing & medical plants (vocational training), Berlin/Germany
2009 – 2011
Master of Fine Arts
Valand School of Fine Arts, Göteborg / Sweden
2008
B.A. Cultural and Social Sciences
Frankfurt (Oder) / Germany
sound/performances/projects/exhibitions
2021
THE SILENT DRAW, fragility of sounds conference, Graz/AT
2020
'DER LEERE RAUM', Stille/Poetik/Klang w/Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka, Graz/AT (kindly supported by Kulturamt Graz)
'PARTIKELFREQUENZ: Faden, Fenster und dünne Luft‘, exhibit / performance, Badeverbot 3. Welle, Schaumbad Graz/AT, part of steirischer Herbst
2019
THE SILENT DRAW, Steneby / Dals Langed
INVISIBLE THREADS w/Rachel Barron, Remfabriken, Göteborg/SE
HEAVY METAL, Lichtkunst und Klangkunstnacht Schöppingen /DE
2018
THIS IS NOT MUSIC, 48 Stunden Neukölln, Berlin/DE
BODILY WEAVINGS, Graz/AT
ROTATIONS//SHOULDER BLADE // WEAVING, process, Göteborg/SE
2017
ORGELLJUD: teckningar och ljudets spår, Improvisations on organ to drawings, Sunne / SE
KORVMUSIK ASSISTANCE, Malmö/SE
FREQUENZWEISE, Berlin/DE
VOICES OF NO(I)SENSE w/ M. Maierhofer-Lischka, double bass & cello, Poschiavo / CH
HIRSCH MIT BEILAGEN (deer with side dish), ritual performance and actions, Reelkirchen/DE
THRESHOLD, site-specific loudspeakerperformance, Schöppingen / DE
CHORUS IN CC by Myriam van Imschoot, Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Berlin / DE
2016
HIRSCHMUSIK / MUSIC FROM A DEER / MUSIC FORMS A DEER, Schöppingen / DE
CELLO & YARN, Schöppingen / DE
SCHÖPPINGER TELEFONZELLENKONZERTE, Schöppingen / DE
STITCHING SOUNDS, Witten / DE
FIRST GRAZER THEREMIN ORCHESTRA; Postgarage Graz / AT
CONTAINER RESONANCE AND FEEDBACK, Soundimprovisation w/Tristen Bakker Berlin/DE
WATERBAG DANCE, Göteborg/SE
NERVÖS TERAPI, Performance, Gottsunda Kulturpunkten Uppsala/SE
HOW ARE YOU TUNED TODAY?, Soloperformance on yarn & weeklong in-process installation , Electric Spring Festival 2016 (Huddersfield / UK)
THEREMIN NOISE, Performance w/ Theremin-Orchester & Workshop, CUBE Graz / AT
2015
VOICES OF NO(I)_SENSE w/Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka, Changing Worlds Symposium, Vienna / AT
ELECTROACOUSTIC IMPROVISATIONS, w/Wolfgang Seidel (synthies), quiet cue, Berlin /DE
ASPHALT OPERA vs. SCRATCH NOISE, w/ Burt G., Elektronischer Salon, Berlin / DE
SPIRAL FEEDBACK (CON-) FIGURATIONS / CELLO & ELECTRONICS, w/ Chris Wilpert, Bended Realties Festival, Offenbach / DE
VIER EBENEN: CELLO, DOUBLE BASS, VOICE AND ORGAN, w/ Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka, Yvonne Hofmeister, Adam McCartney Leechkirche, Graz/AT
CUBE IMPROVISATIONS, w/ Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka, Yvonne Hofmeister, ESC im Labor, Graz/AT
2014
VOICES OF NO(ISE)_SENSE, w/ Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka, Tacit or Loud Symposium, Malmö/SE
DET HÄNDER VARJE DAG (It happens every day), Bar 10, Konstepidemin, Göteborg/SE
PIPES & VOICE, w/Yvonne Hofmeister, Grrls Night Out, Graz / AT
FOREST RESONANCES, Norsesund / SE
TAPES & FEEDBACK, Norsesund / SE
GRAND PIANO FEEDBACK, Québec City/CA
ATELIER SONORE: LA CORDE À LINGE, Québec City/ CA
TRIPTYQUE: TROIS JEUDIS EN JUIN, Québec City / CA
“TEXT, TON, STIMME, FREQUENZ, TRANSZENDENZ?- DAS (UN-) STIMMIGE DER EIGENEN STIMME”, Berlin / DE
SKOGENS RESONANSAR / KASSETT SKOGEN, Göteborg / SE
“TRAUMPAAR, NACKT”, w/ Melanie Arns (Author), Berlin / DE
ZIRCOUPLET, Berlin / DE
2013
VOICES OF NO(ISE)_SENSE, w/ Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka (double-bass/electronics), Graz / AT
VOICES OF NO(ISE)_SENSE, w/ Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka (double-bass/electronics), Vienna / AT
ZIRCOUPLET, Berlin / DE
TASTATUR ALS PARTITUR,Berlin / DE
COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA, Berlin / DE
ESTER & KÖTTKVARNSORKESTERN, w /Helena Ekenger, Norsesund / SE
THE WALTZING MAL_DITAS, w/ Tanja Buttenborg & Vicki Schmatolla, Berlin / DE
VOICES OF NOISE_SENSE, w/ Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka, Graz / AT
GELD MACHT LEBEN ECHT (MONEY MAKES LIFE REAL), collaborative performance, Graz / AT
2012
RONDO NOISE, four speaker noise, w/ David Pirrò, Matthias Kronlachner, Hanns Holger Rutz, Graz / AT
THIS IS A BOYS CLUB CURATES: DER SAURE APFEL GIBT DEN TAKT VOR (the sour apple as conductor)
w/ Yvonne Hofmeister (voice), Reni Hofmüller (antenna), Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka (prepared contrabass), Clemens J. Setz (overtone), Flora Könemann (amplified knitting needles, theremin, drums, sampler, loops), Graz / AT
TRYING THEREMIN (TT), w/ styria improvisers orchestra, Graz / AT
THALATA: MEIN LINKES OHR ZUCKT WIE BEI EINER KATZE , w/ Felix-Florian Tödtloff, Berlin / DE
MATERIALITÄT IS IN. Materie is out, Chemnitz / DE
MATERIALITÄT IS IN. MATERIE IS OUT, Berlin / DE
ARA ARA ARA ARROOOOW, w/ Chris Wilpert, Halle / DE
'THIS IS A BOYS CLUB: SCREAM: LACK ! LACK ! I am missing the gap', Transmediale 2012, Berlin / DE
2011
SHE BUILTS PATCHES OUT OF SCRATCHES, w/ Frøydis Dahlø, Berlin / DE
THIS IS A BOYS CLUB PT. 1, Berlin / DE
I DON’T FEEL LONELY, I ONLY FEEL AWAKE, w/ Ann Charlotte Rugfelt Ferm, Göteborg / SE
ELECTROACOUSTIC CONCERT w/ Frøydis Dahlø, Göteborg / SE
WELCOME TO THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE, w/ Helena Ekenger, Göteborg / SE
2010
I AM RUNNING OUT OF ORDER. ORDER RUNNING OUT OF ME, Berlin /DE
I WANNA BE YOUR MAN, Göteborg / SE
„LE PLACARD“ HEADPHONE CONCERT w/ Frøydis Dahlø, Göteborg / SE
NOT YOUR TYPE, w/ Ann Charlotte Rugfelt Ferm, Göteborg / SE
9 TO 5: PROCESSING DISCOURSE. EXPERIMENTS IN STRIKES AND TRIGGERS,, w / Ann Charlotte Rugfelt Ferm, Göteborg / SE
13:48 AS USUAL, performances: „not your type“, „was ich schon immer mal machen wollte“, „carnival of light: 13:48“, Göteborg / SE
2009
SORBET SOUNDS, w/ Brindalyn Webster, Göteborg / SE
THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE VIEW, soloproject album: „hits from the fridge“ , Berlin / DE
concerts with BAND „FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR“, Berlin / Frankfurt(Main) / Mainz / DE, Vienna / AT
2008
several concerts with music-project „THE BIGGEST SCHNITZEL IN THE UNIVERSE“ and album-release "die höhe der tatsachen", Berlin / DE, Vienna / AT
2006-2007
EXPERIMENTAL RADIO-BROADCAST „WHAT THE FUCKING GENUINE - POP AND GENDER“, student radio „merah“, Malmö / SE
2002 – 2006
PERFORMANCES WITH INDEPENDENT PERFORMANCEGROUP “ARTY PARTY”, Neumünster / Kiel / Berlin / DE
EXHIBITIONS:
2017
NETZBRUMMEN, Motorenwerke #5, Gallerie Oqbo Berlin/DE
2014
SKOGENS HEMLIGHETER (Secrets of the Forest), Konstvandring Norsesund / SE
2013
BODY >< BILDER, Schillerpalais, Berlin / DE
TWENTY SECONDS OF NO(ISE)_SENSE, in collaboration with Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka, ESC im Labor, Graz / AT
2012
FRAMED, part2, KSG Office, Graz / AT
FRAMED, Rondo Artist in Residence group-exhibition, Copper-Tape-Piezo-Sound Installation, Rondo, Graz / AT
A E I O Ux ± ZUFALL + KONTINUITÄT = ZUFALLSKONTINUITÄTEN [~ A E I O Uxy ] (A E I O Ux ± coincidence+ continuity = coincidental continuities[~ A E I O Uxy ]), Begehungen Artfestival, Chemnitz / DE
2011
THIS IS A BOYS CLUB PT. 2: THE LOOP SESSIONS, Röda Sten, Göteborg /SE
HELLO LACAN: PT. 1: JOUISSANCE, Rotor 2, Göteborg / SE
2010
‘ENOUGH OF SORROW’: ON VOYEURISM AND SUCH, little disco / späti international, Berlin / DE
ERRORS IN PERCEPTION, w/ Katrin Caspar, Rotor 2, Göteborg / SE
TREATMENT. REVERSED, Valand School of Fine Arts, Göteborg / SE
YOU SAY HISTORY. I SAY MAYBE, Pixelache Festival 2010, Kerava Art Museum / FI
2009
YOU SAY HISTORY. I SAY MAYBE. group show, Rotor, Göteborg / SE
GRAFIK FRÅN VALAND (GRAPHICS FROM VALAND), svt (svenska television / gallery of swedish tv), group show, Göteborg / SE
2008
THE FORMAL STRUCTURE OF PRACTICE, damenbar(t), Berlin / DE
2007
IN-BETWEEN, group show, K3, Malmö /SE
Residencies/Project grants:
2022: Neustart Kultur Stipendium für Bildende Künstlerinnen, Kunstfonds Bonn
2020: Sonderstipendium, Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa, Berlin/DE
2020: 'der leere raum', Kulturamt Graz/AT
2019: AIR Stenebyskolan, Dals Langed / SE
2019: Invisible Threads (with R. Barron), Pronto Projektstöd, Göteborg/SE
2018/19: Art Education Grant (Electronics & Sound), Berlin /DE
2017: Artist in Residence w/ M. Maierhofer-Lischka, Poschiavo / CH
2017: Künstlerdorf (Artist Village), Schöppingen / DE, project grant
2016: AIR Künstlerdorf (Artist Village), Schöppingen / DE
2014: AIR Cooperative Méduse / Avatar, Québéc / CA
2012: AIR Rondo/Styria, Graz / AT & Artfestival Begehungen, Chemnitz / DE
Publications:
co-author with Chris W. Wilpert: Part of your distortion. Effekte im Zeitalter ihrer Re-Auratisierung, Testcard #24, Bug Report, Ventil Verlag, November 2014
“Text, Ton, Stimme, Frequenz, Transzendenz?- Das (un-) stimmige der eigenen Stimme”, Testcard # 23, Transzendenz, Ventil Verlag, September 2013
“Nichts genaues weiß man nicht”, Gespräch mit Klaus Beyer und Frank Behnke, Testcard #21: Überleben - Pop und Antipop in Zeiten des Weniger, Ventil Verlag, December 2011
Other Mediafeatures:
Portrait on Arte creative:
http://creative.arte.tv/de/space/the_art_geeks/message/17407/Flora_Konemann__Verklanglichte_Gehirnwellen_und_geloopte_Werbespruche/
Deutschlandradio Kultur: 24.2.2012, “in/compatible & SPECTRAL, Sounds of Transmediale and Club Transmediale 2012”
Deutschlandradio Kultur: Breitband, 4.2.2012 “30 Jahre alter Techno”
http://breitband.dradio.de/30-jahre-alter-techno/
Slanted Magazine #11 (08/2010) “Monospace, Typewriter”: Projectfeature “You say history. I say maybe”.