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Mantis Festival Autumn 2022


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Welcome to the 
MANTIS Festival 
of Electroacoustic Music 

26th – 27th November 2022

John Thaw Studio Theatre, Martin Harris Centre
University of Manchester

With Guest Artists

Rocio Bolaños - Bass Clarinet 
Giorgos Gargalas – Voice (beatbox)
Constantin Popp 
WEȽ∝KER

Featuring works by

Anastasios Asonitis, Penelope Bekiari, Mark Mushet and David Berezan, Ricardo Climent (with Giorgos Gargalas, Hongshuo Fan, Alena Mesarosova and Manu Ferrer), George Edmondson, Hongshou Fan, Nicolas Garcia-Peguinho, Ella Kay, Sarah Keirle, Eddie Lansley, Rufus Murphy, Cameron Naylor, Jake Parry, Rachel Beckles Willson, Ryan Woods, Keyi Xu

All the works will be diffused over our 32-loudspeaker surround sound system in the John Thaw Studio Theatre, Martin Harris Centre, the University of Manchester.


SATURDAY 26th NOVEMBER

CONCERT 1 18:00 h

Ricardo Climent Noh · Virtual  - with Giorgos Gargalas – Voice (beatbox)

George Edmondson Loss

Eddie Lansley Prosthesis 

Nicolas Garcia-Peguinho Always with you

Rufus Murphy Hybrid Spaces

Penelope Bekiari    Synopsis

Ryan Woods If we could hear


CONCERT 2 20:00 h

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Jake Parry     The Grain of the Voice

Anastasios Asonitis Exhibits

Keyi Xu Particles and Ripples 


SUNDAY 27th NOVEMBER 

INSTALLATION 10:00-13:00 h

ROOM G16

Constantin Popp     PLANET XERILIA - VR EXPERIENCE


CONCERT 3 14:00h

Hongshuo Fan Conversation with the Cloud  - with Rocio Bolaños - Bass Clarinet 

Ella Kay Visions of a Living Room 

Rachel Beckles Willson The jukebox that drowned 

Sarah Keirle Plémont 

Cameron Naylor     Spent 

Mark Mushet and David Berezan Hydrology 






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