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SONICA x SHAPE+ x NiANSA Residency: Lamina, Ana Ščuka, Maša Knapič

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NiANSA x SONICA x SHAPE+ REZIDENCA: LAMINA ft. ANA ŠČUKA & MAŠA KNAPIČ

6. 6. 2025 at 8 PM

NIANSA GATHERING, Rakov Škocijan

Performaces & artist talk

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SONICA and the SHAPE+ platform are excited to collaborate with the NiANSA Gatherings festival, which takes place in the beautiful natural surroundings of Rakov Škocjan and brings a new artist residency with French musician and artist Lamina and Slovenian visual artists Ana Ščuka and Maša Knapič. Expect a truly unique and hypnotic sound performance with sculptures and visuals that will create emotional and sensory resonances within their imaginary sound ecosystems.

LAMINA (SHAPE+, FR)

Lamina is the musical project of Brussels-based French artist Clarice CalvoPinsolle. Her name echoes a creature from Basque mythology — half-human, half-animal — who lives in forests, caves, and near streams. Much like this mythical figure, Lamina evolves within a nocturnal, organic, and ever-shifting sonic universe, shaped by inner landscapes where raw textures, liquid effects, and field recordings intertwine. Her work is rooted in a deeply ecofeminist approach, particularly inspired by hydrofeminism, a philosophy that regards water as a force of connection, memory, and transformation. Water, a recurring element in her compositions, becomes a carrier of emotional and sensorial resonance, a living material with which she engages in dialogue. Her pieces form imaginary sound ecosystems that are fluid and vulnerable, inviting sensitive and introspective experiences.

Lamina has released her music on labels such as Complex Holidays, Mus Joutra, Wabi-Sabi, Orila, and Mappa, and recently released her first vinyl record on Twin System.

Lamina is an artist of the SHAPE+ platform for innovative music and interdisciplinary art, co-funded by the European Union and Pro Helvetia.

https://www.instagram.com/laminalalamina/ 

https://lalamina.bandcamp.com/

ANA ŠČUKA (SI)

Ana Ščuka (1998) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana (2022). She is self-employed in culture and works as a craftswoman and creator in various fields. At the sustainable clothing brand Made in Anselma, the ceramics boutique Juha, the ceramics studio Foh and is an active user of the Garage on Metelkova in Ljubljana. She explores materials and their potential in design, artistic expression and the general reuse of discarded materials. In addition to her craft skills, she also focuses on performance art, sound and musical instrument design.

Her work was shown abroad as well as in Slovenia where she works and creates. She is the recipient of the Young Creator Award Vallauris and the Primavera Charter.

MAŠA KNAPIČ (SI)

Maša Knapič completed her studies in painting at Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana. Drawing from a fixation on images and the exhibition medium, she creates works referencing stage sets to highlight event/s absence. She explores the boundaries of control and autonomy. Her works spans site-specific installations, using different media as props to question the relationship between the part and the whole, the visible and the invisible, and the viewer as a witness of decentralized narratives. She’s part of 2orde, a curatorial collective with Carmen Santesmases, and co-founded of Das Garage, a nomadic exhibition space, with Neža Perovšek.

 

Lamina is an artist of the SHAPE+ platform for innovative music and interdisciplinary arts, co-funded by the European Union and Pro Helvetia.

 

SHAPE+ is a European platform for innovative music and interdisciplinary arts, co-funded by the European Union and Pro Helvetia. However, the views and opinions expressed are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the EACEA can be held responsible for them.

 

MORE ON FESTIVAL NiANSA GATHERINGS:

https://niansa.zone/ 

 

Production: SONICA AND MoTA-Museum of Transitory Art

Co-production: NiANSA Gatherings, SHAPE+ Platform

Financial support: City of Ljubljana

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Museum of Transitory Art

MoTA –

Museum of Transitory Art

MoTA is a multidisciplinary platform dedicated to advancing the research, production and presentation of transitory, experimental, and live art forms.

MoTA is a museum without a permanent collection or a fixed space. Instead, its programs are realised in different locations and contexts in temporary physical and virtual spaces.

MoTA organizes and supports transitory art in the form of continuous events, exhibitions and educational programs both locally and internationally. As its name indicates, MoTA examines what a museum can be today and in the future.

MoTA is in constant search for the new, the uncertain, and the undefined.

MoTA works on several continuous programmes & projects. We run MoTA Point – a Space for Art & Ideas, we curate and produce the annual SONICA Festival, in addition to regular music programmes such as SONICA Series and SONICA Classics.

Within the years of running our residency programme, we’ve established T.R.I.B.E. – a network of residency spaces in the Balkans & Eastern Europe.

We’ve also initiated the research and archive platforms ArtistTalk.eu and Mediateque MoTA & Tomaž Brate. Our educational programmes serve a broader audience with ongoing workshops, talks, symposia, and internships.