15 minutes // bio-politics performance

Performance at the Resonate Festival in April 2015, a bio-politics spoken word & improv music introduction in to the Violin Revealed notation system and graphic scores // This is the first public performance of the Violin R in which Manja is explaining the circumstances and context in which the system occurred // As a subtext of the bio-politics performance she is bringing sensitive insights of a musician thinking out side of the box, provoking us to rethink everyday life...

Tale of the Mirzana //

Tale of the Mirzana is an improv fairytale inspired by a Kazakhstan folk story // Maja Radovanlija, guitar, sound objects // Katarina Vukadinović, voice, sound objects // Ivana Grahovac, cello, sound objects // Manja Ristić, violin, sound objects, editing // Cover art by Ola Volo ((( olavolo.com )))

It is played without any pre-conception or clear musical form // 4 woman and a fireplace, instruments and house objects // Maja, Ivana, Katarina and Manja are diving in to the unusual noise and rhythm textures, improv virtuosity, jazzy solos and tribal grooves.

velicon & violin at Spectrum East //

Jasna Veličković and Manja Ristić at the Spectrum East event #2 in Belgrade // Veličković is known by pushing the limits of contemporary composition for over a decade, and as a first peek of a genius she brings us her own instrument VELICON - a custom-designed magnetic interface consisting of permanent magnets in the form of spinning metal balls and vibrating coils // Ristić applies wide range of unusual resonances conceptualized in her improv-notation system Violin Revealed //