In the dark recesses of earth and loam, intertwining tendrils of thread connect us, feed us, and leach us dry.
What is individualism in the world of fungi?
A fungal deity holds its court of mycelium subjects, that through sound and movement attempt to find identity, community, and freedom.

This visual and auditory performance explores how puppets are brought to life in the hands of classically trained musicians. 

The 45-minute piece is a new commission developed and composed by Sono Figures Society in collaboration with five musicians from the renowned chamber music collective Damkapellet.

In collaboration between these two female/non-binary-trans groups within the scene for music and performing arts in Scandinavia, this original work for chamber quintet and massive marionette puppet unfolds into a journey filled with weirdness, unpredictability, and music in motion. 

Sono Figures Society is a Copenhagen based ...

In the dark recesses of earth and loam, intertwining tendrils of thread connect us, feed us, and leach us dry.
What is individualism in the world of fungi?
A fungal deity holds its court of mycelium subjects, that through sound and movement attempt to find identity, community, and freedom.

This visual and auditory performance explores how puppets are brought to life in the hands of classically trained musicians. 

The 45-minute piece is a new commission developed and composed by Sono Figures Society in collaboration with five musicians from the renowned chamber music collective Damkapellet.

In collaboration between these two female/non-binary-trans groups within the scene for music and performing arts in Scandinavia, this original work for chamber quintet and massive marionette puppet unfolds into a journey filled with weirdness, unpredictability, and music in motion. 

Sono Figures Society is a Copenhagen based group comprised of Norwegian composer, musician and puppeteer Marte Røyeng, German vocalist, puppeteer and puppet maker Sarah Buchner (based in Denmark) and Danish-American textile and costume designer Nat Johns. They met over their shared fascination for contemporary puppet theater and experimental sound, aiming to contribute through cross-disciplinary artistic innovation within the Nordic scene for experimental music and theater.

Damkapellet is a music collective formed in 2016 to bring diversity to the Danish music scene by highlighting and performing music by artists who define themselves as women, non-binary or transgender. The collective debuted on 8 March the same year at KoncertKirken, Copenhagen, celebrating International Women’s Day. As an ensemble, Damkapellet embraces large parts of art music, from newly composed music and improvisation to opera, Baroque, children’s performances, and performance art. Today, Damkapellet consists of 15 members from Copenhagen, Malmö, and Oslo.
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Swiss musicians Vincent Yuen Ruiz and Xaver Rüegg will present a work created around the ideas of resonances, repetitions and the use of white noise textures. Flowing music takes place and blurs the structures of composition and improvisation. They explore the lower ends of the tonal spectrum and revisit the possibilities of this wonderful instrument....

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