fem*noise network and Synth Library Prague invite you to join the noisy feminist artists navigating the [ˈapɡəˌfakt] world. Something is broken here and it is not only the sound. It’s the inequalities and violence that women and queer people around the world have to face. In institutions as well as in the backstage of the club. Let’s hear it from the FLINTA sound artists. This evening is a continuation of a self-organized exchange between artists who share a feminist approach to creating noise and who connected through fem*noise network and Synth Library Prague.

DISCUSSION Feminist sound artists navigating the [ˈapɡəˌfakt] - Nadia Says (Your Mom's Agency) - Andrea Shettler (Polyphase) - Alexandra Cárdenas (TOPLAP) - Zuzana Hamm aka FridaY (KOMA Elektronik, RA) hosted by Mary C (Synth Library Prague)

CONCERTS - Kirsche von Bubach - Sara Pinheiro - superserpent (Alexandra Kopelyan & Lo Moran) - Ursula Sereghy - DJ Koshka

ADMISSION The discussion is free. The concert tickets are available online within a range of 5 - 25 Euro

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ARTISTS PERFORMING Superserpent is a collaborative project of two Berlin-based artists with background in noise music — Lo Moran (Soft Fantasy) and Oleksandra Kopelyan (growthrings). They deliver an explosive mix of chaotic noise and distorted rhythms, blending visceral sound textures with live improvisation.

https://www.instagram.com/_lo_and_behold_/
https://www.instagram.com/kopeliana

Kirsche von Bubach, born Susanne Dundler, is a German musician and sound artist known for her experimental electroacoustic work. Her music navigates the realms of noise, lo-fi aesthetics, and improvisational sound art. In 2020, she released her debut album, “Change The Parameters A Little Bit”, which emerged from a one-hour improvisation and is characterized by its raw, grainy sonic texture. Her work embraces distortion, randomness, and unconventional structures to explore new forms of musical expression. The current performance of KvB is funded by Zumikon Kulturstiftung.

https://soundcloud.com/kirschevonbubach

Ursula Sereghy is a Prague-based electronic music producer, instrumentalist, Shape Platform+ alumni (2023), and member of the Synth Library. Ursula’s music is shifting between beat oriented tunes and cozy soundscapes, using her voice, saxophone and heavy digital processing.

https://ursulasereghy.bandcamp.com/album/cordial

Sara Pinheiro is a sound-maker. Her work crosses practices of sound design for film with concrete and acousmatic music. It blends natural and artificial soundscapes via field recordings, foley practices and signal processing. She is a member of the live-coding group K-o-l-e-k-t-i-v and the noise trio SHLUK. She is also a regular collaborator of Synth Library and Arteacta, both in Prague.

https://soundcloud.com/sarapini https://sarapinheiro.com

DJ Koshka träumte noch in ihrer Heimat von der Techno Industrial Noise Szene. Seit 10 Jahren lebt sie in Berlin, verwirklicht ihren Wunsch, Emotionen in Form von Choreographie und düsteren Sound auszudrücken. Rhythmische Beats wechseln sich mit DARK Ambient Tönen ab. Sie performt mit Beat Maschinen, somatischen und selbstgebauten Synthies.

https://djkoshka.bandcamp.com/album/--2

GUESTS JOINING THE DISCUSSION Andrea Shettler (Polyphase) is a musician, activist, and English teacher currently working with Berlin’s next generation of event technicians and media designers at the technical college OSZ KIM. As project lead for Polyphase, she focuses on co-creating empowering spaces where underrepresented genders can develop their artistic work and connect through community-driven learning. She also supports educators across the DACH region in integrating music technology into their teaching, working on a freelance basis with various institutions and initiatives focused on creative digital education.

Polyphase is an initiative dedicated to providing opportunities for female and gender-expansive individuals to deepen their practices in sound and music while strengthening their agency and creativity. We do so through education and community in learning spaces where knowledge is shared through a feminist lens.

Zuzana Hamm alias FridaY is a musician, DJ, radio host, curator and event organiser, working in the electronic music industry since 2008. Currently, she works for the synthesizer company KOMA Elektronik and as a Berlin city manager for Resident Advisor, and she hosts a weekly morning show on Cashmere Radio. In the past, she's worked for electronic music events and festivals and co-organised Meetup Berlin, an event for FLINTA* producers and DJs, curated FOAD mix series and events and hosted shows for the London-based THREADS radio and Berlin's Etikett Radio. Her emerging platform bitumen lichen explores the commonalities between the natural and the industrial in the realms of sound and multimedia. Nadia Says (Your Mom's Agency) is an experience curator and the founder of Your Mom's Agency, a recognised platform running for 13 years, where artists, creatives, operators, and technologists, who share similar values on output quality, diversity, and inclusion, come together and make projects happen, be they club nights, art exhibitions, educational workshops, industry conferences… Says is also the co-founder of the budding NGO dif-eV.org, a resource and support community advocating for DEI in the music scene, as well as a music business lecturer, journalist, and podcaster.

Alexandra Cárdenas is an artist from Bogota, Colombia, based in Berlin, Germany, seamlessly weaves composition, programming, and improvisation in her live coding practice, crafting experimental electronic music. Fueled by a fascination with the algorithmic behavior of music, her journey explores the boundless possibilities of musicality within code. As a core global Live Coding and Algorave community member, Alexandra co-founded various TOPLAP nodes worldwide, including Toplap Mexico and Toplap Berlin. Teaching and performing worldwide with the free, libre, and open-source live coding languages SuperCollider and TidalCycles, she draws from a diverse educational background in composition, mathematics, and classical guitar studies, culminating in a Master’s Degree in Sound Studies and Sonic Arts at the Universität der Künste in Berlin. Fearlessly pushing boundaries, Alexandra invites audiences to probe the symbiotic relationship between technology and music. Her mission extends to fostering an inclusive world where technical and artistic education is accessible, cultivating a utopian landscape where code becomes a universal language of creative expression. Beyond her groundbreaking live coding contributions, Alexandra is deeply committed to empowering women in digital creativity. As a fervent advocate for gender diversity, she co-founded Livecodera, a transnational collective nurturing the skills of women-identifying live coders.

Marie Čtveráčková, a.k.a. Mary C is a sound artist, curator, lecturer, and music journalist. She worked as an editor at Czech Radio’s Radio Wave and hosted the music show Scéna s Mary C (The Scene with Mary C). She is a co-founder of Synth Library Prague, a space for sharing, creating, discussing, and experimenting in the field of electronic music and sound. As a curator of music education events, she has collaborated with various institutions including Goethe-Institut, MeetFactory and the SHAPE platform or with the Lunchmeat Festival. Within the scope of Synth Library Prague, she formed a collective of women musicians called Trigger, which also published a magazine of the same name. In her activities, she mainly deals with the socio-economic context of sound and music, accessibility, and breaking down stereotypes in the music scene and music technology and she explores possibilities of music education by creating music programs for schools in collaboration with cultural center Atrium. As a sound artist she collaborated on different theatre pieces or on art installations by acclaimed Czech artist Eva Kotatkova.

ORGANIZERS

Synth Library Prague is a community dedicated to sharing, creating, discussing, experimenting, learning, and unlearning—extending beyond the realm of electronic music. It is a haven filled with instruments, books, and countless sources of sound and inspiration, managed by artists and curators. Together, they aim to cultivate collaboration, mutual support, and respectful listening, while reflecting on context, rebuilding modular structures, and fostering a welcoming environment to test new instruments, ideas, and ways of living and organizing. The Synth Library operates thanks to the dedication of volunteers and the generosity of donations.

fem*noise is a network of feminist FLINTA musicians and visual artists navigating the experimental music scenes in Berlin and beyond. Founded in 2023, the group exists both in the digital realm and through live events and gatherings, creating spaces to reflect on shared experiences as feminist practitioners.