Cercle trencat: Improvisation with sound devices and experimental instruments

Cercle trencat is an experimental improvisation concert performed by Eli Gras using a variety of amplified acoustic sound devices. Some of these devices rotate or produce sound sequences, while others, made from steel strings, rods and metal strips, disrupt the hypnotic flow of these cyclical sonic patterns. The session will also feature a poetry collaboration with Alba Tor.

Activity curated by bcnimprofest
With the participation of Eli Gras and Alba Tor


Eli Gras (Barcelona, 1971) is a multidisciplinary artist whose career began in the 1980s and has spanned a wide range of musical genres, including Greek music, choral music and radio art. She has been a member of groups such as Motor Combo and Obmuz, collaborating with numerous experimental musicians, including Pelayo Arrizabalaga, Pierre Bastien, Nuno Rebelo, David Fenech, Adele Madau, Alain Wergifosse and H.J. Roedelius. She has also developed conceptual, sound-based and performative projects such as Esmolets, Peeled Piano, Saló Sonor, Wad-Ras and TheShowerSisters.

She has received a Crea grant (for Wad-Ras) and undertaken residencies at WORM, De Perifeer, L’Estruch and Les champs des possibles, among others. She has released Dadaist pop, electroacoustic and free improvisation recordings and produced singular concept editions, both as a solo artist (Grass Velvet, Museum of the Dry Bugs, Xylotheque, Tasmanian Robinet and Baranda) and with other groups (Pelayo Arrizabalaga, Motor Combo and Obmuz), on labels such as Gagarin Records and La Olla Expréss. She has also contributed to various compilations, including Bongo Joe, Inpolysounds, Ego Twister and Monster K.

Her visual and sound works have been exhibited at institutions including Centre d’Art La Panera, De Perifeer and Drap-Art. Her current focus is on experimental instrument-making, electroacoustic music, free improvisation and video, alongside her work as a lecturer, workshop leader and technical producer.

She is the founder of the La Olla Expréss label and the NoNoLogic International Festival.

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