PUNKT 2025 from 4th to 6th of September – returning in 2025 with another boundary-pushing programme of concerts, seminars, and live remixes
The pioneering Punkt Festival returns in 2025 with another boundary-pushing programme of concerts, seminars, and live remixes. Highlights include the album release and live premiere of Nordic Music Prize winner Benedicte Maurseth’s Mirra, and a grandiose celebration of Trygve Seim’s ECM classic Different Rivers, performed by Seim and his 10-piece ensemble.
• Ghosted (Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin) and MOCH (Patricia Brennan / Noel Brennan) in rhythmic explorations.
• Traditional songs from Ethiopia, Armenia, Sweden and beyond, reimagined by Sofia Jernberg and Alexander Hawkins.
• Live premieres of Andrea Giordano’s Àlea and Erik Honoré’s Temporary Empire.
• Scottish dream pop from Mercury Prize nominee C Duncan.
• Live Remixes by Jo David Meyer Lysne, Andrea Giordano / Jan Bang, Even Sigurdsen Røstad and others t.b.a.
Ticketing info
All seminars are free-entry.
Students and staff at UiA gets heavily discounted tickets.
PUNKT SEMINAR
The renowned Punkt Seminar, held at the striking Kunstsilo in Kristiansand, continues its tradition in 2025 as a vital part of the Punkt Festival. Once again, the seminar will be curated and led by David Toop, a celebrated figure in experimental music and sound art.
This year’s program features presentations and performances by a distinguished lineup of artists, including Mariam Rezaei, Oren Ambarchi, crys cole, Sofia Jernberg & Alexander Hawkins, Makoto Oshiro, and Kate Carr.
The Punkt Seminar is a space for curiosity and conversation, where artists and audiences come together to explore cutting-edge ideas in sound, art, and technology. It runs alongside the festival’s concerts and live remixes, offering a deeper dive into the creative processes and concepts that shape contemporary music and performance.
As part of Punkt’s collaboration with CreaTeME—the University of Agder’s Centre for Excellence in Creative Use of Technologies in Music Education—the seminar promises to be a space for inspiration, innovation, and interdisciplinary exchange.
Schedule
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