Amund Sjølie Sveen (NO)

Amund Sjølie Sveen was born in 1973 in Vadsø in the far north of Norway and is based in Oslo. He is an artist and percussionist and has a master’s in solo percussion from Göteborg College of Music, Sweden. Amund Sjølie Sveen works with a wide range of expressions whose common ground is sound; contemporary solo and chamber music, folk music, free improvisation, performance and sound-art installations. He is a member of the ensembles NING and Slagr. In recent years he has worked with a series of performance lectures including live music, e.g. “USB - United States of Barents” – discussing identity and IKEA in the northern corner of Europe, or “Sound of Freedom” – investigating the connections between sound, music, weapons and warfare, which has been performed all over Europe. With his performance lecture “The Norwegian Way” looking at art, oil and happiness in the richest country on earth, he was also guest at the “Truth is concrete” 24/7 marathon camp at steirischer herbst 2012. Recent projects are “Horisont”, a permanent sound installation for the Sami College in Kautokeino / Norway; “Tour de Arctic”, an outdoor interactive sound installation using bicycles as sound interfaces; “Song by Geirr Tveitt” and a new studio recording with the contemporary folk music band Slagr, and the performance lecture “Sound of Freedom”. www.amundsveen.no