Rome, 2089. A new sonic universe, a lonely vampire, a pacifist gladiatrix, wild hanniphants. Singing water fountains, metro tunnel choirs, glitchy trams, screaming bikes, lipstick clouds, auto-tuned hairdressers, distant cannons… The everyday sounds of Rome of 2014 becomes a musical expedition into a ficitional future Rome of 2089. A lonely…

I’m staying in Rome, Italy for all of June, through a residency at Circolo Scandinavo. Through the stay I will create a work, the process is documented with daily notes in the blog. Rome was a beautiful, post-apolyptic ruin already centuries ago. Way before it was cool. This is going to be awesome.

Only Connect is a sci-fi music festival in Oslo inspired by the ideas and the universe of the influential British author J.G. Ballard. This year’s festival is dedicated to Jon Bing (1944-2014), author, professor and science fiction enthusiast who got J.G. Ballard translated to Norwegian. Mr Bing was instrumental in creating this years festival but…