Leif Elggrentag:,2008:/112008-08-19T10:08:45ZLeif Elggren (born 1950, Linköping, Sweden), is a Swedish artist who lives and works in Stockholm. Active since the late 1970s, Leif Elggren has become one of the most constantly surprising conceptual artists to work in the combined worlds of audio and visual. A writer, visual artist, stage performer and composer, he has many albums to his credits, solo and with the Sons of God, on labels such as Ash International, Touch, Radium and his own Firework Edition. His music, often conceived as the soundtrack to a visual installation or experimental stage performance, usually presents carefully selected sound sources over a long stretch of time and can range from mesmerizingly quiet electronics to harsh noise. His wide-ranging and prolific body of art often involves dreams and subtle absurdities, social hierarchies turned upside-down, hidden actions and events taking on the quality of icons.
Together with artist Carl Michael von Hausswolff, he is a founder of the Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland (KREV) where he enjoys the title of king.Movable Type 3.35Live Events | August 2008tag:www.leifelggren.org,2008://11.15232008-08-04T14:03:44Z2008-08-19T10:08:45Z Something Must Break in the framework of the alternative music festival OFF in Myslowice, Poland. 7th - 11th of August 2008 YELLOW & BLACK Exhibition at Jr. Konsthallen, Linköping, Sweden 16 Aug - 5 Oct 2008...Fieldwww.field.nuSomething Must Break in the framework of the alternative music festival OFF
in Myslowice, Poland. 7th - 11th of August 2008
YELLOW & BLACK
Exhibition at Jr. Konsthallen, Linköping, Sweden
16 Aug - 5 Oct 2008]]>
Current Projects & Recent Activities tag:www.leifelggren.org,2008://11.14282008-04-17T05:28:07Z2008-08-19T13:18:49Z ETT STRÄCK I RÄKNINGEN LOTTA MELIN LEIF ELGGREN KRISTINE SLETTEVOLD Opening 24.04.2008 KL. 16-21 Performance: 24/4 KL 19-20 25/4 KL 19-20 26/4 KL 16-17...Fieldwww.field.nu ETT STRÄCK I RÄKNINGEN
LOTTA MELIN
LEIF ELGGREN
KRISTINE SLETTEVOLD
Opening 24.04.2008 KL. 16-21
Performance:
24/4 KL 19-20
25/4 KL 19-20
26/4 KL 16-17
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Touch Music & TouchRadio | Publishing & Licensingtag:www.leifelggren.org,2007://11.662007-08-21T16:33:36Z2008-03-02T12:46:00ZLeif Elggren is exclusively published by Touch Music [MCPS]. He has also contributed a piece to TouchRadio....Fieldwww.field.nu
Touch Music [MCPS].
He has also contributed a piece to TouchRadio.]]>
Leif Elggren is exclusively published by Touch Music [MCPS].
He has also contributed a piece to TouchRadio.
Touch Radio
Live in London - 20:11
Live concert as a part of the xxxxx23, Limehouse Town Hall, London, March 23rd, 2006.
"This basic sound material was recorded in my biological mother's uterus with my not-yet developed teeth used as a fundamental and simple recording device a few days before my birth. This sound material was kept recorded and hidden until recently inside one of my wisdom teeth, but has now been brought to daylight and exposure."]]>
The Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargalandtag:www.leifelggren.org,2007://11.722007-08-20T17:28:07Z2007-08-26T10:25:25ZKing Leif l is one of the Kings of Elgaland-Vargaland, along with Carl Michael l. More information about the Kingdoms can be found here...Fieldwww.field.nu
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King Leif l is one of the Kings of Elgaland-Vargaland, along with Carl Michael l. More information about the Kingdoms can be found here
The Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland [KREV] were proclaimed in 1992 and consist of all Border Territories: Geographical, Mental & Digital. You are currently visiting the KREV digital territory as a citizen or as a tourist. You are encouraged to browse the digital territory of the Kingdoms - follow the links on the right.
Elgaland-Vargaland is the largest – and most populous realm on Earth, incorporating all boundaries between other nations as well as Digital Territory and other states of existence. Every time you travel somewhere, and every time you enter another form, such as the dream state, you visit Elgaland-Vargaland.
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Discographytag:www.leifelggren.org,2007://11.692007-07-21T16:36:20Z2008-06-13T09:48:08ZLeif Elggren product can be found in the TouchShop here A full list of Firework Edition Records releases can be found here...Fieldwww.field.nu
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A full list of Firework Edition Records releases can be found here]]>
Talking to a Dead Queen
Fylkingen Records
FYCD 1008, 1996
CD - 1 track - 63:17
Dedicated to my aunt who had the gift of being able to fall asleep anywhere and anytime.
Recorded live on November 2, 1994 at Finnboda, Stockholm.
Mixed and adapted at Studio Nybygget.
The sound source is a Cu-pipe (3.760x12 mm) conected to an amplifier.
The aim is to get a message through to the other side. The CD is dedicated to Elggren's aunt who had the gift of being able to fall asleep anywhere and anytime.
Paul Pignon - voice
The Cobblestone Is The Weapon Of The Proletariat
Firework Edition Records
FER 1051, 2004
CD - 13 tracks
The basic sound material for the ten cobblestone songs on this CD is from one recording made while throwing a cobblestone (once!) on the street outside Firework Edition, Stockholm June 15, 2001. The title refers to a bronze sculpture by the Russian artist Ivan Shadr (1887-1941) called The Cobblestone Is The Weapon Of The Proletariat (1927).
In the booklet: a part of a conversation between Jim Haynes and Leif Elggren in relation to the Activating the Medium at SFMOMA, San Francisco February 2003.
Is There A Smell On The Other Side?
Firework Edition Records
FER 1062, 2007
CD - 1 track - 65:25
"Oh yes, this eternal materialisation, this chance of a body, an opportunity. As I write this they report in the media that the population in Sweden has just become nine million bodies. Nine million bodies that come from where? From where? ? I remember that when my kids were big enough we could, in one way or another, communicate verbally. I used to ask them where they came from. ? Where do you come from? Do you know? Do you remember? I was wondering if they had some small reminiscences left, some small memories or so. They were still so close. So close to that incomprehensible. So close to that threshold just recently passed."
Discography:
Cu (7” with prints in a box, Phauss/Firework Edition, 1982)
Phauss & Firework (7”, Radium 226.05, 1984)
The Light/Dark Room (7”, Radium 226.05, 1984)
UGN The Sons of God (LP, Radium 226.05, 1986)
Small Vehicle (stolen) The Sons of God (cassette, Firework Records, 1988)
Flown over by an old King (LP, Radium 226.05, 1988)
Ventilation, The Homecoming (track on ”Testament”, box with 5x7”, RRRecords, USA, 1991)
Warszawa 1 The Sons of God (track on ”Apo Mikhanis Music”, LP, Ano Kato Records, Greece, 1991)
Mission The Sons of God (CD, Anckarström, 1991)
The New Immortality (7”, Firework Edition/Anckarström, 1992)
Resurrection The Sons of God & The Hafler Trio (CD, Touch, UK, 1993)
Beograd The Sons of God (track on Textures, CD, LIMUR, Sweden 1993)
Talking to a Dead Queen (CD, Fylkingen Records, 1996)
Proclamation The Sons of God (CD, Firework Edition Records, 1996)
Zzz... together with Thomas Liljenberg (CD, Firework Edition Records, 1996)
KREV National Anthem No. 1 together with CM von Hausswolff (CD, Ash International, UK, 1996)
The Internationale (7", Firework Edition Records, 1996)
Stockholm/Oslo 39, 40, 41, 42 (track on "siksi cd 4 96 promo", CD, siksi, Finland, 1996)
The Codfish Suit together with Thomas Liljenberg (CD, Firework Edition Records, 1997)
Ebola/Swedish Dreamers together with Thomas Liljenberg (7", Firework Edition Records, 1997)
Elohim (basic electric version) (track on "Links Outta Here", CD, Generator Sound Archive, USA, 1997)
The New Immortality #2 (7", Firework Edition Records 1998)
Kapotte Muziek by L.E. (7", Korm Plastics, Holland 1998)
In Sleep the Knives are Sharpened (10", some, Iceland 1998)
RGB (CD, siRcom, Scotland 1998)
Introduction on The Ghost Orchid (CD, Ash International, UK, 1999)
9.11 together with Thomas Liljenberg (CD, Firework Edition Records, 1999)
The Object The Sons of God (CD, Firework Edition Records, 1999)
Pluralis majestatis (CD, Firework Edition Records, 1999)
Mother!!? (track on Antitrade, an Ash International compilation CD, UK 1999)
The Party together with Thomas Liljenberg (CD, Firework Edition Records,1999)
A Whole in the Palisade (track on Nature is Perverse, CD, Fylkingen Records, 2000)
Detecting HDT (track on ElektNoiz#4, CD, Japan, 2000)
45 minutes from underneath the beds (CD, Absurd #6, Greece 2000)
Two Thin Eating One Fat together with Thomas Liljenberg (CD, Firework Edition Records, 2000)
UGN/MAT (CD, Ash International, UK 2000)
FEAR (the scuffle of angels) (track on the CD emre [dark matter], siRcom, Scotland, 2000)
60 sec From Underneath the Beds (cassette, 10x10 compilation, Banned Prod. LA, USA, 2000)
Cutting Crowns (7”, Meeuw Muzak, Amsterdam, 2001)
Latrine (CD, Firework Edition Records, 2001)
The Soya Bean (track on Insofar Vapor Bulk, Russia, CD, 2001)
Othello as Noise Opera by Tetsuo Furudate (voice of Othello, CD, Les Disques du Soleil et de l´Acier, France 2001)
Excerpt from Latrine (track on Sample Minds, CD, Austria 2001)
The Sons of God Drive Chairs (7", Firework Edition Records, 2001)
In Every Seem There Is A Hidden Message (track on The North Is Protected, 10", Helsinki/Venezia, 2001)
SOYA (track on compilation CD for Bananafish No 16/2002, San Francisco)
J.H. (track on compilation CD for John Hudak, Alluvial Recordings, Minnesota, USA, 2001)
Sleepwalking (track on International Compilation CDR3, Japan 2002)
The Sons of God Refurnish (CD, Firework Edition Records, 2002)
EXTRACTION (CD, Firework Edition Records, 2002)
As if I never had existed (track on the CD International Art Exhibition, BOXmedia/Heaven Gallery, USA, 2002)
The Paving Stone is the Weapon of the Proletariat No. 3 (track on the CD Friends of the Bumblebee, Sweden 2002)
The Cobblestone is the Weapon of the Proletariat (track on the CD Geologists and Professional Tourists, N&B Research Digest, Russia, 2002)
The Paving Stone is the Weapon of the Proletariat No. 5 (track on the CD Das Dreidimensionale Möbiusband, Flying Swimming, Japan, 2003)
Virulent Images Virulent Sound (CD, Firework Edition Records, 2003)
The Cobblestone is the Weapon of the Proletariat No. 8 (track on the 7” “Untitled”, Die Stadt, Germany, 2003)
My Mothers Hair (detail) (track on the CD Avantoscore 2003, Avanto, Finland, 2003)
Royal Organ (track on the CD Spire, Touch, UK, 2003)
COLY I (revisited) (track on the CD Ilios-Encyclopedia-RW, Antifrost, Spain, 2004)
M (track on the CD The Hidden City, Sweden 2004)
The Cobblestone is the Weapon of the Proletariat (CD, Firework Edition Records, 2004)
Connecting the Cross The Sons of God (CD, Firework Edition Records, 2004)
The Most Powerful Woman In The World (8” lathe cut, Kning Disk/iDEAL, Sweden, 2005)
FOR FEAR (track on the CD Fear Drop 12, France 2005)
We are all born to become angels (3", Kning Disk, Sweden, 2006)
Gottesdienst together with Henrik Rylander (CD, iDEAL recordings, Sweden, 2006)
45 minutes from underneath the beds (CD, utan titel, Greece 2006)
Is there a smell on the other side? (CD, Firework Edition Records, 2006)
Zzz... (excerpt) together with Thomas Liljenberg (track on the double CD Music Overheard, ICA Boston, USA, 2006)
NAMIBIA (a straight line from the North) together with Pär Thörn (MC, namenlos, Sweden, 2007)
Sixth Day (track on the CD Destroy Athens, 1st Athens Biennial, Greece, 2007)
Hiv (track on the CD Merge #18, Merge, Sweden, 2007)
CUNT 69 together with Thomas Liljenberg (CD, Firework Edition Records, 2007)
The Sudarium of St Veronica together with Claude Mellan (CD, Firework Edition Records, 2007)
The Summerhouse together with Michael Esposito and Emanuel Swedenborg (CD, Firework Edition Records, 2007)
KREV National Anthem #2 (Mariachi version) (7", Ash International, UK, 2007)
KREV National Anthem #3 and #4 (Klezmer, Kabukabu) (7", Ash International, UK, 2007)
Live in LA together with CM von Hausswolff and Per Svensson (CD, Firework Edition Records, 2007)
The Invoice together with Peter Cederblom and Per Svensson (7", Firework Edition Records, 2008)
THEA I The Sons of God (CD, Firework Edition Records/Ars & Modus, 2008)]]>
Biography & Photostag:www.leifelggren.org,2007://11.702007-06-21T16:36:44Z2008-08-13T14:30:10Z Leif Elggren (born 1950, Linköping, Sweden), is a Swedish artist who lives and works in Stockholm....Fieldwww.field.nu
Leif Elggren (born 1950, Linköping, Sweden), is a Swedish artist who lives and works in Stockholm.]]>
Leif Elggren (born 1950, Linköping, Sweden), is a Swedish artist who lives and works in Stockholm.
Active since the late 1970s, Leif Elggren has become one of the most constantly surprising conceptual artists to work in the combined worlds of audio and visual. A writer, visual artist, stage performer and composer, he has many albums to his credits, solo and with the Sons of God, on labels such as Ash International, Touch, Radium and his own Firework Edition. His music, often conceived as the soundtrack to a visual installation or experimental stage performance, usually presents carefully selected sound sources over a long stretch of time and can range from mesmerizingly quiet electronics to harsh noise. His wide-ranging and prolific body of art often involves dreams and subtle absurdities, social hierarchies turned upside-down, hidden actions and events taking on the quality of icons.
Together with artist Carl Michael von Hausswolff, he is a founder of the Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland (KREV) where he enjoys the title of King.
Elggren spent five years at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm, specializing in drawing, design and bookprinting. In the late ‘70s he began to associate with performance groups, meeting people like Hausswolff and Thomas Liljenberg. With the latter he formed Firework in 1978, a duo that put up exhibitions and performances. Around the same time he purchased a press and started to publish art books.
In 1988 he formed the duo Guds Söner (The Sons of God) with Kent Tankred, whom he had met four years earlier. The duo excels in creating long, puzzling stage performances that give equal roles to physical action (or inaction) and soundtrack (live or taped) with themes such as violence, love, the quotidian, food and royalty.
Elggren released his first 7" records in 1982 and 1984 on Hausswolff's label Radium. A first solo LP, Flown Over by an Old King, came out in 1988. The inception of Firework Edition in 1996 allowed Elggren to release more of his music and the growing popularity of installation art in avant-garde music circles (thanks to its ties with experimental electronica) has given his work more international exposure since the late ‘90s. Other key solo works include Talking to a Dead Queen (1996) and Pluralis Majestatis (2000).
Together with Hausswolff, Elggren represented Sweden in the Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2001 (with Tommi Grönlund and Petteri Nisunen from Finland and Anders Tomren from Norway).
In 2007 he appeared (with John Duncan) at the Netmage festival in Bologna organized by xing and executed "Something Like Seeing in the Dark".
Leif Elggen is also a member of Guds Soner (or The Sons of God) with Kent Tankred.]]>
Features & Press Coveragetag:www.leifelggren.org,2007://11.712007-05-21T16:37:01Z2008-02-07T18:38:23ZFieldwww.field.nu
An interview with Leif Elggren in Bananafish (USA) can be found here
An interview with Leif Elggren in Dusted (USA) can be found here
An interview with Leif Elggren in Perfect Sound Forever (USA) can be found here]]>
YELLOW & BLACK
Exhibition at Jr. Konsthallen, Linköping, Sweden
16 Aug - 5 Oct 2008]]>
ETT STRÄCK I RÄKNINGEN
LOTTA MELIN
LEIF ELGGREN
KRISTINE SLETTEVOLD
Opening 24.04.2008 KL. 16-21
Performance:
24/4 KL 19-20
25/4 KL 19-20
26/4 KL 16-17
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The Cobblestone Is The Weapon Of The Proletariat
Firework Edition Records
FER 1051, 2004
CD - 13 tracks
The basic sound material for the ten cobblestone songs on this CD is from one recording made while throwing a cobblestone (once!) on the street outside Firework Edition, Stockholm June 15, 2001. The title refers to a bronze sculpture by the Russian artist Ivan Shadr (1887-1941) called The Cobblestone Is The Weapon Of The Proletariat (1927).
In the booklet: a part of a conversation between Jim Haynes and Leif Elggren in relation to the Activating the Medium at SFMOMA, San Francisco February 2003.
Is There A Smell On The Other Side?
Firework Edition Records
FER 1062, 2007
CD - 1 track - 65:25
"Oh yes, this eternal materialisation, this chance of a body, an opportunity. As I write this they report in the media that the population in Sweden has just become nine million bodies. Nine million bodies that come from where? From where? ? I remember that when my kids were big enough we could, in one way or another, communicate verbally. I used to ask them where they came from. ? Where do you come from? Do you know? Do you remember? I was wondering if they had some small reminiscences left, some small memories or so. They were still so close. So close to that incomprehensible. So close to that threshold just recently passed."