BETWEEN MUSIC
Driven by an infinite curiosity
and the desire to challenge existing norms
About
Between Music creates and produces unique art projects and innovative performance concerts in a hybrid of music, live performance, visual arts and new technology. The group masters a vast range of aesthetics, skills and genres, but finds the most potential in the ever-fluctuating spaces between them.​
Vision
We aim to highlight and open up to the shared human existence and interconnectedness of all living beings, using art to transcend rational language and its dualistic perception of the world. From this foundation, we seek to challenge existing norms and habits.
Collaboration
Between Music's work involves an international, interdisciplinary network of artists, physicists, engineers, instrument makers, neuroscientists, and biologists, as well as several universities from Denmark, North America, and Europe. These collaborations help inspire and ensure the high quality that characterises Between Music’s artistic work.
Creative Method
Our explorations are based on the physical and sensory body. By placing the body in unfamiliar or extreme situations (such as learning to sing and play underwater or improvising music for 24 hours straight), ​new insights and critical reflections on humanity's role and place in the world are provoked.
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Creative goal
We strive for the extraordinary. When we experience something beyond the ordinary — something unusual or unexpected — our brain does not immediately decode or categorise it. In that very moment lies a perfect opportunity to sense, experience, and perceive the world anew and to question existing norms and habits. ​ Time for deep engagement – a sustainable perspective Time and deep immersion are core elements of Between Music’s approach. We strive to explore every expression and technical possibility to its fullest potential. By focusing on a limited number of productions, we ensure they have a long touring life and inspire many outreach projects, such as smaller sub-projects, talks, and workshops. Right to Art We consider art an essential part of human existence and find it concerning that so many people feel detached from or excluded from artistic experiences due to economic factors, accessibility, or social status. It is a core mission of Between Music to make our art accessible to a wide range of social classes, cultures, and ages. For example, by offering venues an additional concert free of charge if organisers invite disadvantaged members of the community as the audience, or by adapting performances and installations so they can be presented in rural areas where there may not be a theatre, venue, or gallery.
WHO ARE WE
Robert Karlsson: Innovative Director and musician
Robert Karlsson works with the Danish music ensemble Between Music as the innovative director, co-artistic director and performer.
He received his Diploma Degree in viola and violin at the Royal Academy of Music, Denmark in 2004.
Working in genres ranging from classical music to avant-garde rock and minimalist theater music, Robert Karlsson has created his very own sound and niche as multi-viola player on the Danish music and theater scene.
As innovative director, artistic co-creator and technical developer, Robert Karlsson has an infectious sense of play, invention and discovery.
Laila Skovmand: Artistic Director, composer and performer
The backbone of Laila Skovmand’s artistic work is a boundless curiosity and open-mindedness giving impetus for vocal and compositional inventions.
As a performance artist, singer and composer Laila Skovmand deliberately places herself in the gap between genres and media. From here she investigates the liminal states of human experience in order to question and challenge assumptions and narrowed perspectives.
Her artistic process derives from an intuitive method, combined with the skills of a craftsman and an almost scientific search for new sound and expressive possibilities.
OUR FREELANCE TEAM
Laila Skovmand
Artistic Director
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BE IN TOUCH
BETWEEN MUSIC
Gudrunsvej 82
8220 Aarhus C
Denmark
+45 26 21 02 63
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Between Music produces under the auspices of KKArt
VAT nr: DK-13278989
Kochsgade 31D, 2
5000 Odense C, Denmark
+45 66 17 97 58
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Board of Liquid Breathing (Between Music):
Helle Bjerg, Eva Ørum, Birgit Skovmand Larsen