THE MULTIVERSAL

YOU SEE THE CYCLISTS DELIVERING FOOD PACKED IN PRETTY PINK BOXES AROUND THE OSLO CITY CENTRE WHERE THE TOWNHALL BELLS ARE PLAYING VERSIONS OF MOTORHEAD AND DAVID BOWIE, AND THE SNOWSHOVELLING TRUCK IS SCRAPING THE TARMAC, AND THE SIREN IS WAILING, ANNOUNCING ANOTHER RUMBLING EXPLOSION?

ONE OF THE CYCLISTS IS ME, RIDER NUMBER 164. I CYCLE 5 HOURS A DAY ON WEEKDAYS AND ON WEEKENDS 6. I GET PAID FOR RIDING A BIKE, AND I CALL THAT A REVOLUTION, OR AS MY ANAGRAMMATICAL FRIENDS MIGHT SAY: A VELORUTION! (VELO= BICYCLE)

I BEGAN THE JOB A WEEK AGO AT THE SAME TIME AS A GATHERING OF NOISE MUSICIANS, PERFORMANCE ARTISTS, GAMERS AND INVENTORS KICKED OFF THE MULTI NO FESTIVAL AT THE GRUNERLØKKA LIBRARY.

GIVEN THAT LIBRARIES ARE LIKE CHURCHES AND HOSPITALS IN SO FAR AS LOUD NOISE IS NOT ALLOWED, I WAS PARTICULARLY ATTRACTED TO THIS EVENT. SO, EVERY EVENING AFTER MY SHIFT, OR EVEN DURING THE SHIFT, SOMETIMES I WOULD STOP AT THE OLD LIBRARY AND HELP MYSELF WITH SOME EARPLUGS AND FREE VEGAN FOOD AND MEET NEW PEOPLE.

TWO ADJACENT ROOMS HOSTED NUMEROUS 20-MINUTE-LONG CONCERTS. EACH DAY WOULD HAVE A 5-HOUR PROGRAM, SO IT WAS A ROLLERCOASTER OF SENSATIONS FOR ME AFTER CYCLING 5 HOURS IN MINUS 10 DEGREES IN THE SILENT SNOW.

THE AUDIENCE AT THE FESTIVAL WOULD SIT IN ONE OF THE TWO ADJACENT ROOMS, ONE OF THE TWO ROOMS WAS THE COMIC BOOK SECTION, AND WE WOULD LISTEN TO POW! BANG! WHIZZ TO OUR HEARTS CONTENT

ONE EVENING, AFTER MIDNIGHT, IN BETWEEN TWO SETS, THE STAGE WAS INVADED BY A SOMEWHAT AGITATED RAPPER WHOM I GENTLY ESCORTED OUT OF THE LIBRARY, BEATBOXING.

MANY OTHER SPONTANEOUS COLLABORATIONS HAPPENED DURING THE FESTIVAL, AND I WAS EVEN ASKED BY A BAND THAT HAD JOINED FORCES FOR THE EVENING SHOW TO MAKE DRAWINGS FOR THEIR CD THAT WAS GOING TO BE RECORDED THAT SAME NIGHT.

TWO ADJACENT ROOMS HOSTED NUMEROUS 20-MINUTE-LONG CONCERTS. EACH DAY WOULD HAVE A 5-HOUR PROGRAM, SO IT WAS A ROLLERCOASTER OF SENSATIONS FOR ME AFTER CYCLING 5 HOURS IN MINUS 10 DEGREES IN THE SILENT SNOW.

THE AUDIENCE AT THE FESTIVAL WOULD SIT IN ONE OF THE TWO ADJACENT ROOMS, ONE OF THE TWO ROOMS WAS THE COMIC BOOK SECTION, AND WE WOULD LISTEN TO POW! BANG! WHIZZ TO OUR HEARTS CONTENT

ONE EVENING, AFTER MIDNIGHT, IN BETWEEN TWO SETS, THE STAGE WAS INVADED BY A SOMEWHAT AGITATED RAPPER WHOM I GENTLY ESCORTED OUT OF THE LIBRARY, BEATBOXING.

MANY OTHER SPONTANEOUS COLLABORATIONS HAPPENED DURING THE FESTIVAL, AND I WAS EVEN ASKED BY A BAND THAT HAD JOINED FORCES FOR THE EVENING SHOW TO MAKE DRAWINGS FOR THEIR CD THAT WAS GOING TO BE RECORDED THAT SAME NIGHT.

I GOT TALKING TO ONE OF THE MOST ENERGETIC DRUMMERS I HAVE EVER HEARD, AND HE HAPPENED ALSO TO BE ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS.

HE HAD SHORT BLACK HAIR AND A RELATIVELY SHORT BLACK GOATEE WHICH HE CLAIMED NOT TO HAVE TRIMMED IN 8 YEARS.

I HEARD HIM PLAY TOGETHER WITH A MORE BEARDED FELLOW WHO HAD MIKED UP VYNIL RECORDS AND WAS STROKING THEM WITH A VIOLIN BOW. THE YOUNG MAN WITH THE OLD BEARD IS CALLED UTKU, AND I SENT HIM SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FESTIVAL.

HERE’S WHAT HE ANSWERED

DT 500 MAG: -What is the full title of the festival, and why is it called that?

UTKU: – it is called MultiNO !! :

EDGEOFMULTIFIGURATIVEREACTIN

The full name is a mash-up of EDGE OF WRONG, MULTIVERSAL, NONFIGURATIVE MUSIKK and REACTIONPOWERTRIO -groups, organizations, and networks that are wandering in the identical/similar sewers of the music in general.

DT 500 MAG: – What were the criteria for being a part of the festival as an artist/performer?

UTKU: – asking if there was a slot for something not so conventional, but not necessarily.

” Being involved and not being a snob about anything you do…”

UTKU: – Musicians/performers involved were somehow already connected to the scene and the networks mentioned in the previous question, so it was instead a gathering, as the name suggests that a festival that was curated conventionally.

DT 500 MAG: – What steps were taken, i.e., what people or organizations were contacted to set up the festival and what kind of support did you get?

UTKU: – some venues and other event series were contacted, which are a bit more established, but the support we were able to get from them was few of them coming and performing during this friendly gathering. We did the official pre-party of the all ears festival thanks to the initiation and will of guru Moe.

“Apart from that art of noise, brain pussyfication and art is dead were the silent partners in crime.”

UTKU: -The musicians involved and the spaces were the ultimate support, especially Deichmanske Bibliotek in G.løkka, who hosted 9 days out of 10 free of charge and contributed to cover some part of the travel expenses of all the foreign musicians coming in town.

DT 500 MAG: – How did people get to know about it?

UTKU:- pass apar ola (word of mouth), FB and Landeskog; I assume, we didn’t even print flyers or posters until the first

DT 500 MAG: – Can the festival be followed from abroad, is it being streamed?

UTKU: – there are two youtube channels:

youtube.com/user/aaasuba AND
youtube.com/user/minothi

been happening in the previous days…

DT 500 MAG: – Is it archived?

UTKU: -it is archived by videos and some audio rec as well… But since the bar and kitchen crew is also dealing with the videos, we need people doing the bar and kitchen for the subsequent editions, so it could be better organized…

DT 500 MAG: -Is there a net page?

UTKU: – http://multiversal.eu/

DT 500 MAG: – How has the festival evolved, and where would you like to take it next?

UTKU: – it is already a roaming, itinerant situation, and we’d like to keep it that way. At the moment, Berlin and Oslo are the base; the

THE AIM OF MULTIVERSAL IS TO DISCOVER INDEPENDENT REALITIES (MUSICIANS, ARTISTS, PERFORMERS, AND SPACES) CONCENTRATING ON SOUND AND IMPROVISATION (NOT AS A GENRE BUT AS A METHOD), CREATING PLATFORMS AND OCCASIONS THAT THESE REALITIES CAN MEET, COLLABORATE AND CREATE/ELABORATE NEW IDEAS AND PROJECTS.

CURATORIAL APPROACH OF MULTIVERSAL FOCUSES ON NON-COMMERCIAL AND LESS-VISIBLE REALITIES (IN OTHER WORDS, UNDERGROUND, D.I.Y.) AND HAS THE OBJECTIVE TO FACILITATE ENCOUNTERS, CONSIDERING THE PARALLELISMS, EXISTING OR NON(YET)EXISTING COMMON AND UNCOMMON ASPECTS OF THE PROJECTS, PEOPLE AND SPACES INVOLVED.

#LEVEARTBRUT!

#RAPTURE!

TEXT BY BRIAN LAROSCHE
AD Arthur Sopin

YOU SEE THE CYCLISTS DELIVERING FOOD PACKED IN PRETTY PINK BOXES AROUND THE OSLO CITY CENTRE WHERE THE TOWNHALL BELLS ARE PLAYING VERSIONS OF MOTORHEAD AND DAVID BOWIE, AND THE SNOWSHOVELLING TRUCK IS SCRAPING THE TARMAC, AND THE SIREN IS WAILING, ANNOUNCING ANOTHER RUMBLING EXPLOSION?

ONE OF THE CYCLISTS IS ME, RIDER NUMBER 164. I CYCLE 5 HOURS A DAY ON WEEKDAYS AND ON WEEKENDS 6. I GET PAID FOR RIDING A BIKE, AND I CALL THAT A REVOLUTION, OR AS MY ANAGRAMMATICAL FRIENDS MIGHT SAY: A VELORUTION! (VELO= BICYCLE)

I BEGAN THE JOB A WEEK AGO AT THE SAME TIME AS A GATHERING OF NOISE MUSICIANS, PERFORMANCE ARTISTS, GAMERS AND INVENTORS KICKED OFF THE MULTI NO FESTIVAL AT THE GRUNERLØKKA LIBRARY.

TWO ADJACENT ROOMS HOSTED NUMEROUS 20-MINUTE-LONG CONCERTS. EACH DAY WOULD HAVE A 5-HOUR PROGRAM, SO IT WAS A ROLLERCOASTER OF SENSATIONS FOR ME AFTER CYCLING 5 HOURS IN MINUS 10 DEGREES IN THE SILENT SNOW.

THE AUDIENCE AT THE FESTIVAL WOULD SIT IN ONE OF THE TWO ADJACENT ROOMS, ONE OF THE TWO ROOMS WAS THE COMIC BOOK SECTION, AND WE WOULD LISTEN TO POW! BANG! WHIZZ TO OUR HEARTS CONTENT

ONE EVENING, AFTER MIDNIGHT, IN BETWEEN TWO SETS, THE STAGE WAS INVADED BY A SOMEWHAT AGITATED RAPPER WHOM I GENTLY ESCORTED OUT OF THE LIBRARY, BEATBOXING.

MANY OTHER SPONTANEOUS COLLABORATIONS HAPPENED DURING THE FESTIVAL, AND I WAS EVEN ASKED BY A BAND THAT HAD JOINED FORCES FOR THE EVENING SHOW TO MAKE DRAWINGS FOR THEIR CD THAT WAS GOING TO BE RECORDED THAT SAME NIGHT.

TWO ADJACENT ROOMS HOSTED NUMEROUS 20-MINUTE-LONG CONCERTS. EACH DAY WOULD HAVE A 5-HOUR PROGRAM, SO IT WAS A ROLLERCOASTER OF SENSATIONS FOR ME AFTER CYCLING 5 HOURS IN MINUS 10 DEGREES IN THE SILENT SNOW.

THE AUDIENCE AT THE FESTIVAL WOULD SIT IN ONE OF THE TWO ADJACENT ROOMS, ONE OF THE TWO ROOMS WAS THE COMIC BOOK SECTION, AND WE WOULD LISTEN TO POW! BANG! WHIZZ TO OUR HEARTS CONTENT

ONE EVENING, AFTER MIDNIGHT, IN BETWEEN TWO SETS, THE STAGE WAS INVADED BY A SOMEWHAT AGITATED RAPPER WHOM I GENTLY ESCORTED OUT OF THE LIBRARY, BEATBOXING.

MANY OTHER SPONTANEOUS COLLABORATIONS HAPPENED DURING THE FESTIVAL, AND I WAS EVEN ASKED BY A BAND THAT HAD JOINED FORCES FOR THE EVENING SHOW TO MAKE DRAWINGS FOR THEIR CD THAT WAS GOING TO BE RECORDED THAT SAME NIGHT.

I GOT TALKING TO ONE OF THE MOST ENERGETIC DRUMMERS I HAVE EVER HEARD, AND HE HAPPENED ALSO TO BE ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS.

HE HAD SHORT BLACK HAIR AND A RELATIVELY SHORT BLACK GOATEE WHICH HE CLAIMED NOT TO HAVE TRIMMED IN 8 YEARS.

I HEARD HIM PLAY TOGETHER WITH A MORE BEARDED FELLOW WHO HAD MIKED UP VYNIL RECORDS AND WAS STROKING THEM WITH A VIOLIN BOW. THE YOUNG MAN WITH THE OLD BEARD IS CALLED UTKU, AND I SENT HIM SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FESTIVAL.

HERE’S WHAT HE ANSWERED

DT 500 MAG: -What is the full title of the festival, and why is it called that?

UTKU: – it is called MultiNO !! :

EDGEOFMULTIFIGURATIVEREACTIN

The full name is a mash-up of EDGE OF WRONG, MULTIVERSAL, NONFIGURATIVE MUSIKK and REACTIONPOWERTRIO -groups, organizations, and networks that are wandering in the identical/similar sewers of the music in general.

DT 500 MAG: – What were the criteria for being a part of the festival as an artist/performer?

UTKU: – asking if there was a slot for something not so conventional, but not necessarily.

” Being involved and not being a snob about anything you do…”

UTKU: – Musicians/performers involved were somehow already connected to the scene and the networks mentioned in the previous question, so it was instead a gathering, as the name suggests that a festival that was curated conventionally.

DT 500 MAG: – What steps were taken, i.e., what people or organizations were contacted to set up the festival and what kind of support did you get?

“Apart from that art of noise, brain pussyfication and art is dead were the silent partners in crime.”

UTKU: -The musicians involved and the spaces were the ultimate support, especially Deichmanske Bibliotek in G.løkka, who hosted 9 days out of 10 free of charge and contributed to cover some part of the travel expenses of all the foreign musicians coming in town.

DT 500 MAG: – How did people get to know about it?

UTKU:- pass apar ola (word of mouth), FB and Landeskog; I assume, we didn’t even print flyers or posters until the first

DT 500 MAG: – Can the festival be followed from abroad, is it being streamed?

UTKU: – there are two youtube channels:

youtube.com/user/aaasuba AND

youtube.com/user/minothi

been happening in the previous days…

DT 500 MAG: – Is it archived?

UTKU: -it is archived by videos and some audio rec as well… But since the bar and kitchen crew is also dealing with the videos, we need people doing the bar and kitchen for the subsequent editions, so it could be better organized…

DT 500 MAG: -Is there a net page?

UTKU: – http://multiversal.eu/

DT 500 MAG: – How has the festival evolved, and where would you like to take it next?

UTKU: – it is already a roaming, itinerant situation, and we’d like to keep it that way. At the moment, Berlin and Oslo are the base; the

#LEVEARTBRUT!

#RAPTURE!

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