silent green Open Lab #1: Nino Dava + Conjunto Desenfreno Tropical

silent green presents

We are excited to establish a new format with silent green Open Lab for young Berlin musicians taking their first steps onto the stage — free from pressure or market-driven presentation. 

Supporting young talent and revealing artistic processes is very important to us at silent green — and that’s exactly what Open Lab is about. It is intentionally not a pure showcase but a space of possibility: for stepping into the public, for encounters, for resonance, and further development.

Both solo acts and ensembles/bands from Berlin were invited to apply, especially those whose approaches not only show individual artistic expression but also a desire to explore and transcend genre boundaries — between electronic music, improvisation, pop, spoken word, or performance.

Nino Dava
Nino Dava is a Tbilisi born, Berlin-based composer and sound artist whose practice merges field recordings, noise, electro-acoustic composition and site-specific sound installations. Her work explores the intersection of sound, public spaces, memory and noise as performance practice. 

In her latest works Dava shapes the form of heavy drone noise, synthetic vocals and prepared accordion. By introducing choral folk scales into the unpredictable sonic turbulence, the performer addresses noise as both a political construct and a tool to extend the listening experience in rather aggressive terms.

Nino Dava presents Mosquitos, Fireflies – 4 channel live noise Performance (partly improvised, partly composed) based on electromagnetic resonance, FM distortion, accordion amplification and vocal processing. 

Conjunto Desenfreno Tropical
With their musical and interdisciplinary performance, Conjunto Desenfreno Tropical embark on a search for the lost spirit of celebration and its sonic manifestations: An anthropophagic exploration and experimental approach, rooted in tropical and Latin American music, nourished by “modern” musical influences such as contemporary jazz, electronics, and psychedelic rock, aiming to create an encounter with a diffuse origin.

Tuesday, August 19
Kuppelhalle
8 pm
Admission free
 

The project is funded by the State of Berlin's program for the preservation and development of cultural infrastructure in the districts (Bezirkskulturfonds Mitte).