World Premiere release and celebration of the single "New Nature" by Sound Artist Lenka Morávková
04.06.2024 / 01:49 | Aktualizováno: 04.06.2024 / 01:59
The Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles, in collaboration with the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles, is delighted to invite you to the celebration and release of the "NEW NATURE," the first single from the debut album of Bohemian Cristal Instrument by the renowned musician and sound artist Lenka Morávková. The single will be accompanied by a teaser featuring stunning VFX by Metalvx, the team behind the 3D visuals for Grimes's Coachella show.
Our guests will have the exclusive privilege of being the first to preview this new work before including the teaser and new, stunning promo pictures, before its official publishing.
On Thursday, June 6th at 7 pm come to the Czech Consulate and learn more about the fascinating project centered around a one-of- a-kind instrument made from Czech glass while enjoying Czech beer, wine, and great non alcoholic drinks (delicious protein sweeten ice teas).
During the evening, you will have a rare opportunity to play the instrument yourself and learn about its history from its creator, Lenka Morávková, and doctoral lecturer, TEDx speaker, and VIP Gluck fellowship awardee.
WHEN & WHERE:
Thursday, June 6, 7:00 PM
Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles
10990 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1120, Los Angeles, CA 90024.
RSVP:
Please confirm your attendance by Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at: CzechConsulateLA@gmail.com
ABOUT THE EVENT:
"New Nature" is a suggestive electronic ambient meditation on posthuman philosphy, where technology, humans, and nature create a new unity. In this hopeful eco-fiction, Lenka Morávková, as a music composer, is coding new nature without existing borders and translated her futuristic visions into a strongly emotional and powerfully built ambeint electonic masterpiece.
Lenka will share the behind the scenes of the New Nature release and present a lecture and workshop based on her TEDx talk. She will play an acoustic set and even will let the guests to experience playing the instrument on their own.
Celebrate with us the release of the single NEW NATURE from the upcoming album at this special event and come to enjoy her release show at Stray LA on June 15 , which will include VIP reception and full band experience with Bohemian Cristal Instrument accompanied by mesmerizing visuals.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Lenka Morávková hails from Northern Czech Republic, a region famous for its glass industry. Before the conception of her Bohemian Cristal Instrument, she had already produced several striking new media installations based on the sound of the glass during the deepest decline of the glass manufactures. Following Lenka’s original design, the glass sound sculpture is a unique version of the legendary Cristal Baschet instrument. With it, she introduces an entirely new sonic adventure, yet one still strongly connected to her local tradition.
Lenka Morávková, who now mainly resides in Los Angeles, has a compelling background as an electronic producer (MY NAME IS ANN) and academic researcher (Electronic culture and Semiotics, Journalism, UCLA, PhD program of Ethnomusicology and Digital Composition at UCR). With her Bohemian Cristal Instrument, she has quickly acquired international acclaim . She has given a TEDx talk, performed at the prestigious The Broad Museum in Los Angeles alongside Grammy-nominated singer Bora Yoon, and her video in the blooming desert of California went viral, reaching more than 2 million views. In the summer of 2017, she headed out on her first European tour, including a one-off collaboration with William Close and The Earth Harp Collective (Guinness Book of Records, America Got Talent) as one of the headliners at Colours of Ostrava 2017, performing on the main stage for 5,000 people. BCI has performed at Eurosonic Noordeslag 2019 in Netherlands, the largest and the most prestigious European showcase festival and performed at Summit LA , a world class event for leading innovators. Last year, she presented her full band experience at one of the biggest festivals in the US, Lightning In A Bottle.
In 2018, Lenka released the debut EP UNICODE and created an immersive light and laser show for her concerts. With BCI, she gained the attention of both alternative and Hollywood movie composers. The most notably, Lenka Morávková with BCI was featured on the soundtrack for the new Dreamworks movie Teenage Kraken (2023) by Grammy awarded movie composer Stephanie Economou, participated on a soundtrack for sci fi series HALO under Bear McCreary, on album LUME by Hollywood movie composer Jeff Rona, on the soundtrack by Jonathan Snipes (Clipping) for Tresspassers, by Benjamin Wynn (Deru) for Impulse, Michael Choi for AI Her and Caller ID Entity by director Eric Zimmerman
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