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Jon​á​š Gruska - Kraskovo II

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Kraskovo II / 48.498713343, 19.988862276

"The recordings from the church in Kraskovo are studies into the current state of its musical instruments. As two people are generally needed to play the organ (one pumping air, the other to play), I substituted carefully placed rocks for myself in the position of player – rocks found in the vicinity of the church. I, as the moving element, took charge of manually pumping air into the tattered bellows, creating the highly specific rhythmical component of the pieces. These are composed from a polyphonic drone and a precisely controlled pulsating section, which brings energy for the pipes which produce the sound. Variations in the dynamics and speed of the bellows’ action create a range of diverse modulations of the drone, thus becoming the main source of change. The last recording is a study of the belfry. With gentle movements, I explore by hand the hearts of the bells and the quiet resonances which are created when these are rubbed. The bells thus reveal their potential as a quiet instrument in contrast with their standard form, ringing out into the landscape. Unlike the organ recordings, this piece is layered from multiple attempts."
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Jonáš Gruska is a sound hunter and enthusiast, a curator at the LOM label, and leading design engineer of the eponymous LOM laboratory, which today also serves as a cultural space in Petržalka, a district of Bratislava. We can distinguish two central currents in his work. Firstly, there is a detailed interest in unique acoustic phenomena, most often vibrations and resonances, as heard in his series of Site Specific Resonances. In the same category is an extensive catalogue of field recordings, which allows us an insight into Jonáš’s listening perspective. More than the context, what is foregrounded here is an infectious excitement and equal level of interest in the sonic manifestations of living and non-living objects. It might be the wailing of the Bratislava trams (Kvílenia Bratislavy, LOM, 2014), the Sounds of Slovnaft (Zvuky Slovnaftu, 2015), sounding fields and the Slovak village idyll (Chočské vrchy a doliny, The Peaks and Valleys of Choč, 2016), or an electromagnetic recording of the train journey between Bratislava and Prague (Vlakom, By Train, 2016). Secondly, digital textures are merged with sounds of the real world; the real becomes fictional, while the borders between the organic and the inorganic become blurred. Spevy (LOM, 2017) and Žaburina (LOM, 2018) are sonic explorations of chaotic and endlessly mutating communities which have long managed to evade our notice. Both of these currents are then connected by Jonáš’s knowledge of recording technology, which he develops systematically under the heading of LOM Instruments.

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"Nahrávky z kostola v Kraskove sú štúdiami súčasného stavu jeho zvukových nástrojov. Keďže pre organové nahrávky boli štandardne potrebné dve osoby (jeden pumpuje, druhý hrá), zastúpili ma v pozícii hráča kontrolovane ukladané kamene, nájdené v okolí kostola. Ja, ako hybný element, som sa staral o manuálne dúchanie do deravého mechu a vytváral tak špecifickú rytmickú vrstvu skladieb. Tie sa skladajú z elementu polyfónneho drónu a precízne kontrolovanej pulzácie časti prinášajúcej energiu pre aparát píšťal vytvárajúci zvuk. Dynamické a rýchlostné variácie v dúchaní vytvárajú škálu rôznorodých modulácií drónu a sú hlavným zdrojom zmeny. Posledná nahrávka je štúdiou zvonice. Pomocou jemných pohybov ručne skúmam srdcia zvonov a tiché rezonancie vytvárané ich trením. Zvony tak odhaľujú svoj potenciál tichého nástroja, na rozdiel od štandardnej, do krajiny bijúcej polohy. Táto nahrávka je oproti organom navrstvená z viacerých skúšok."
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Jonáš Gruska je zvukový nadšenec, lovec zvukov, kurátor vydavateľstva LOM a vedúci konštruktér rovnomenného laboratória, ktoré dnes slúži už aj ako kultúrny priestor. V jeho tvorbe možno vystopovať dve základné línie. Na jednej strane je to detailný záujem o jedinečné akustické fenomény, najčastejšie vibrácie a rezonancie, čo môžeme počuť v jeho sérii Site Specific Resonances. Do tejto kategórie patrí tiež pomerne obsiahly katalóg terénnych nahrávok. Skôr než samotný kontext tu do popredia vystupuje nákazlivé nadšenie a rovnocenný záujem o zvukové prejavy všetkých živých či neživých objektov. Môžu to byť „kvílenia“ bratislavských električiek, znejúce lúky a idyla slovenskej dediny alebo elektromagnetický záznam cesty vlakom medzi Bratislavou a Prahou. V druhej línii sa zvuky reálneho sveta zlievajú s digitálnymi textúrami, z reálneho sa stáva fiktívne, pričom sa zmazávajú hranice medzi organickým a anorganickým. Spevy (LOM, 2017) a Žaburina (LOM, 2018) sú tak zvukovým prieskumom chaotických spoločenstiev, ktoré sa dokázali dlhodobo skrývať pred naším pohľadom. Obe línie navyše podporuje Gruskova znalosť nahrávacej technológie, ktorú systematicky vyvíja pod hlavičkou LOM Instruments.

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from Gemer Gothic Route, released August 31, 2019
Recorded by Jonáš Gruska
Photography by Nina Pacherová

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