FRIDAY 20 April:

Venue: Västerås Art Museum (free admission at Art Museum) 12.00 - 15.00

German Vinogradov (RUS) 12.00 ASEA torget (outside)

Dror Feiler solo (SWE) 13.00 inside exhibition hall

Tima Teshu (RUS) 13.40 inside exhibition hall

Abdelnour/Thorman/Stackenäs/Strid (LBN-FRA/SWEx3) 14.00 Hörsalen

Seminar: Re-Viewing Improvisation Venue: Kino Elektra, Culturen 15.30 - 17.00 (app.)

A discussion with Brian Olewnick (USA) and Nina Polaschegg (AUT)  15.30 - 17.00 app.  Kino Elektra

Moderator: Johan Redin (SWE) 

Venue: Culturen, Box 1, Box 2, Box 3, Square 15.30 - 03.00

Erik Oscarsson Quartet (SWEx4) 17.00 Box 1 

Sofia Jernberg, Christof Kurzmann (SWE/AUT-ARG) 18.00 Box 1

Raionbashi & Kutzkelina (GER/GER) 19.00 Box 3 

Thymeshift feat. Hilmar Jensson (SWEx3/ISL) 20.00 Box 1 

Andrea Neumann, Birgit Ulher (GERx2) 21.00 Box 3

Lotte Anker, Craig Taborn, Gerald Cleaver (DNK/USA/USA) 22.00 Box 1

Joel Grip solo (SWE) 23.00 Box 3

Oceans of Silver & Skulls (SWEx2/USA/GRB) 24.00 Box 1 

Aaron Dilloway (USA) 01.00 Box 3 

Culturen Performance: 

Liza Morozova (RUS) during the evening Culturen Square

Art performance by MAID IN SWEDEN (SWEx3) during the evening Culturen Square

Festival in-house artist: 

Nadine Byrne (SWE), sculpture, video

Festival Artists:

Art performance by MAID IN SWEDEN (SWEx3)  

Multi artist and award-winning barista James Brewster presents: 

Fragment - electroacoustic café - festival extended version (GRB) Culturen Kafé Koppar, 16.00- 01.00 see specific schedule at the café 

Box 2: EXPERIMENTATION IN DIALOGUE (selected by Tomas Nygren) 16.00 - 01.00 see separate schedule

Sound Art Pioneers from EMS archives in collaboration with EMS and Statens Musikverk

Swedish experimental film and video art programme

Box 2: Photography by Heiko Purnhagen  

SATURDAY 21 April:

Venue: outside Västerås town hall tower, Fiskartorget or close surroundings 

Jan-Erik Eklund interprets Anthony Braxton on Västerås Town Hall Carillion

at 11.30 - 11.50  note: exact starting time (free admission) 

Venue: Västerås Castle (festival pass/castle ticket requred inside castle) 11.40 - 12.30 (app.)

Nadine Byrne (SWE), performance (outside) (free admission) 12.00 - 12.20 app.

Venue: Västerås Castle Rikssalen (festival pass/castle ticket requred inside castle) 12.40 - 15.00 

Konstantin Adjer (RUS) performance inside or outside  12.20 app.  

Daniel Higgs solo (USA) 12.40 Rikssalen

Sophie Agnel solo (FRA) 14.00 Rikssalen

Venue: Culturen, Box 1, Box 2, Box 3, Square 15.30 - 02.00 

Ikue Mori (JPN-USA) 16.00 Box 1

Zomes (Asa Osborne) (USA) 17.00 Box 3 

Stine J. Motland, Jon Rune Strøm, Mats Gustafsson (NOR/NOR/SWE-AUT) 18.00 Box 1 

Martin Küchen, Seijiro Murayama (SWE/JPN) 19.00 Box 3

Lisa Ullén, Nina de Heney, Okkyung Lee (SWEx2/KOR-USA) 21.00 Box 3

Last Seen Headed: Raymond Strid, Joëlle Léandre, François Houle (SWE/FRA/CAN) 20.00 Box 1 

Yun Kan 10 (SWEx10) 22.00 Box 1

Mats Gustafsson solo (SWE-AUT) 23.00 Box 3 

SMEGMA (USA) 24.00 Box 1  

Festival in-house artist: 

Nadine Byrne (SWE), sculpture, video

Performance by Nadine Byrne (SWE) and Tanya Byrne (SWE)

Festival Artists:

Art performance by MAID IN SWEDEN (SWEx3)  

Multi artist and award-winning barista James Brewster presents: 

Fragment - electroacoustic café - festival extended version (GRB) Culturen Kafé Koppar, 16.00- 01.00 see specific schedule at the café 

Box 2: EXPERIMENTATION IN DIALOGUE (selected by Tomas Nygren) 17.00 - 01.00 see separate schedule

Sound Art Pioneers from EMS archives in collaboration with EMS and Statens Musikverk

Swedish experimental film and video art programme

Box 2: Photography by Heiko Purnhagen  

Venue: Festival after party - Swedish Art Mafia Studio  - late!: after culturen concerts (01.00-05.00) 

Festival ticket or separate ticket in entrance (60 SEK), RSVP Only, Before 10 April, age limit: 20 yrs 

DJ's: Lisa Nordwall (SWE),  Chinaski Nymark (SWE)