FESTIVAL ARTISTS
UNM’S ART FRIEND FINDER
LINDBERG
✨Putting the twerk in networking✨
📍 Buffering in Oslo
🎹 Drag alias:
”Trans Liszt”
🤑 Most unhinged stunt you’ve done for art?
”Took out all the money in my account to use the coins as mouthwash and the bank notes as a sheet mask in a solo performance. Perhaps the most expensive self care I ever treated myself to.”
📍Currently tuning chaos in Copenhagen
Your art in 3 emojis:
“🪕🧠🌩️”
What’s your go-to pre-show ritual?
“Tuning. Detuning. Retuning. Forgetting why I was tuning.”
EMILIJA
ZAK
📍Head in the clouds in Vilnius
Most unhinged thing you’ve done for art?
“Put a pinhole camera on a bridge above the railway and someone thought it was a bomb, called police, and Lithuanian Police Anti-terrorist Operations Unit ARAS arrived to detonate a pinhole…”
Your art in 3 emojis:
“🌬️🧭🎛️🛠️ (couldn't resist the 4th one)”
ZAK
📍Head in the clouds in Vilnius
Most unhinged thing you’ve done for art?
“Put a pinhole camera on a bridge above the railway and someone thought it was a bomb, called police, and Lithuanian Police Anti-terrorist Operations Unit ARAS arrived to detonate a pinhole…”
Your art in 3 emojis:
“🌬️🧭🎛️🛠️ (couldn't resist the 4th one)”
GREGOR
KULLA
🥁When the sound vibe meets a circus & eastern philosophies🥁
Meet #faggling
📍Pondering gender studies and queer culture in Vienna
What’s the sound of your vibe?
“🤡”
KULLA
🥁When the sound vibe meets a circus & eastern philosophies🥁
Meet #faggling
📍Pondering gender studies and queer culture in Vienna
What’s the sound of your vibe?
“🤡”
LAURI
MARJAKANGAS
🍂The chamomile of the music world – calming, yet powerful🍂
Meet Mr. Chamomile
📍Currently waiting sparks to explode in Helsinki
What’s your party trick?
“My Party trick is a hat trick:
Entrance – Make it grand.
Mingling – Sip, snack, and socialize.
Outrance – Vanish into the night like the social caterpillar you are."
JOHAN
ALMSTRÖM
“Church organ is the new black (you heard it here first).” 🖤🖤🖤
Meet Tarkovskijfororgan aka Johan Almström
📍Making cold statements from Gothenburg
What is the most unhinged thing you've done for art?
“Gotten naked on stage and caressed a guitar.”
💘Who is your creative crush?💘
“The danish writer Asta Olivia Nordenhof.”
ALMSTRÖM
“Church organ is the new black (you heard it here first).” 🖤🖤🖤
Meet Tarkovskijfororgan aka Johan Almström
📍Making cold statements from Gothenburg
What is the most unhinged thing you've done for art?
“Gotten naked on stage and caressed a guitar.”
💘Who is your creative crush?💘
“The danish writer Asta Olivia Nordenhof.”
LÄNDSTRÖM
❤️🔥Serving art music with a side of high heel boots! ❤️🔥
Meet the acousticbitch aka Linnea Landström
📍Based in Stockholm
What’s a red flag in your creative process?
“Taking a nap (bored by my own music...)”
What’s your outfit giving tonight?
“LEGS!”
WILSON
TANNER SMITH
Failing upwards, making too many voice memos, laughing at the wrong time..
Meet justhappytobehere aka Wilson Tanner Smith
📍Currently reflecting in Helsinki
What’s the sound of your vibe?
"Good grocery store music"
Most unhinged thing you’ve done for art?
"Ritual cleansing but the soap was two cheeseburgers"
**Body Credit for photo goes to Wilson’s brother
TANNER SMITH
Failing upwards, making too many voice memos, laughing at the wrong time..
Meet justhappytobehere aka Wilson Tanner Smith
📍Currently reflecting in Helsinki
What’s the sound of your vibe?
"Good grocery store music"
Most unhinged thing you’ve done for art?
"Ritual cleansing but the soap was two cheeseburgers"
**Body Credit for photo goes to Wilson’s brother
MERILYN
JAESKI
“Every sound deepens the experience, merging the senses and expanding the perception of the world.” ✨✨
Meet Merilyn_J aka Merilyn Jaeski
📍Making creative explorations in Tallinn
What’s a red flag in your creative process? 🚩🚩🚩
“It is the feeling of wanting to finish a project as fast as possible. When I see that happening, it is best to change my creative strategy and try to find a new angle or a fresh perspective.”
JAESKI
“Every sound deepens the experience, merging the senses and expanding the perception of the world.” ✨✨
Meet Merilyn_J aka Merilyn Jaeski
📍Making creative explorations in Tallinn
What’s a red flag in your creative process? 🚩🚩🚩
“It is the feeling of wanting to finish a project as fast as possible. When I see that happening, it is best to change my creative strategy and try to find a new angle or a fresh perspective.”
SÓl
EY
🐈🛝👾🦜👽🫀🧞♂️👾🔥🤖💽⚧🛁🧬👾
Meet glitchness aka Sól Ey
📍Combining souls in Copenhagen
Best thing that ever happened at an afterparty?
“Almost got arrested because we went to the swimming pool after clubbing 🤷♀️”
What’s a red flag in your creative process?
“Need more swimming pool”
YUTO
OBATA
“I really like to vibrate myself.” ☄️☄️☄️
Meet U2 aka Yuto Obata
📍Expanding the sonic possibilities in Helsinki
💃What’s your party trick?
“Bon Dance”
If your art had a drag name, what would it be?
“Kuso Yuto”
OBATA
“I really like to vibrate myself.” ☄️☄️☄️
Meet U2 aka Yuto Obata
📍Expanding the sonic possibilities in Helsinki
💃What’s your party trick?
“Bon Dance”
If your art had a drag name, what would it be?
“Kuso Yuto”
NIKKINEN
“Music of nature and human nature” 🍃🧝♀️👀
Meet wadduppitch aka Auri-Helena Nikkinen
📍Wandering in the nature near Helsinki
@aurihelenanikkinen
I make art because..
“I don't want to prevent my music from coming into existence.”
Your art in 3 emojis?
“ 🫂🍃💚”
MALTE DAG
RÖDSTRÖM
“Causing or likely to cause someone to become addicted.” 🌊
Meet yungnordiskmusik aka Malte Dag Rödström
📍Listening to the ocean in Wisby, Sweden
Who are you bringing as your +1 to the preparty 👥
“Njǫrðr;*”
Creative crush? 💙✨
“The arctic ocean”
RÖDSTRÖM
“Causing or likely to cause someone to become addicted.” 🌊
Meet yungnordiskmusik aka Malte Dag Rödström
📍Listening to the ocean in Wisby, Sweden
Who are you bringing as your +1 to the preparty 👥
“Njǫrðr;*”
Creative crush? 💙✨
“The arctic ocean”
EIRA
HUSE
“May I steal your attention to join my search for a state of flow?” 🧐
Meet flymetothemoon aka Eira Huse
📍Getting in Oslo 🐟
Who’s lighting the disco ball in your work?💃🪄
“The society around us, nature, animals, other people’s music and art, literature, as well as the performers I work with. And the subconcious, I guess…”
HUSE
“May I steal your attention to join my search for a state of flow?” 🧐
Meet flymetothemoon aka Eira Huse
📍Getting in Oslo 🐟
Who’s lighting the disco ball in your work?💃🪄
“The society around us, nature, animals, other people’s music and art, literature, as well as the performers I work with. And the subconcious, I guess…”
JAMES
LAYTON
👇“Repetition, stillness, time — but not Feldman.” 👇
Meet permutator_ aka James Layton
📍Currently staring at mundane objects in Oslo
I make art because..
“I have to”
What’s your ideal party exit strategy? 💃
"French leave"
EVAGORAS
SOLIAS
APOKIDS
“May contain traces of narrative.”🧵🪡
Meet spaghettiwhisperer aka Evagoras Solias Apokidis
📍Capturing spaces between talks in Copenhagen
“What’s the sound of your vibe?”
🐒
Your art in 3 emojis:
“🗣️👁️👤”
SOLIAS
APOKIDS
“May contain traces of narrative.”🧵🪡
Meet spaghettiwhisperer aka Evagoras Solias Apokidis
📍Capturing spaces between talks in Copenhagen
“What’s the sound of your vibe?”
🐒
Your art in 3 emojis:
“🗣️👁️👤”
RÄSÄNEN
"A name to remember." 💅
Meet quaint_queertertones aka Leevi Räsänen
📍Remembering.. in Helsinki
What’s your party trick? 👐
“Clapping without the hands touching each other.”
What’s a red flag in your creative process? 🚩🚩
“The pace of it follows an exponential curve.”
DIANYI
ZHANG
“I don’t just write music—I translate lived emotion into sound” 🛰💡
Meet Deep Zhang aka Dianyi Zhang
📍Currently revealing inner landscapes in Copenhagen
What’s a red flag in your creative process? 🚩
“When technique begins to overshadow intention”
How do you say ‘hi’ in your work? 👋
“Through breath-like gestures and quiet repetition”
ZHANG
“I don’t just write music—I translate lived emotion into sound” 🛰💡
Meet Deep Zhang aka Dianyi Zhang
📍Currently revealing inner landscapes in Copenhagen
What’s a red flag in your creative process? 🚩
“When technique begins to overshadow intention”
How do you say ‘hi’ in your work? 👋
“Through breath-like gestures and quiet repetition”
FERDINAND
SCHWARZ
“էօ ҍҽąɾ ąղժ ղօէ էօ օաղ 𓂃 𓂃 𓂃 “
Meet slowmusicforslowpeople aka Ferdinand Schwarz 🌿
📍 Currently based in Oslo
I make art because... 🌞👂
“of your creative ears. ~"
Creative crush? 💗
“a person: sustained sound ≋
an idea: sustained sound ≋
a thing: sustained sound ≋”
SCHWARZ
“էօ ҍҽąɾ ąղժ ղօէ էօ օաղ 𓂃 𓂃 𓂃 “
Meet slowmusicforslowpeople aka Ferdinand Schwarz 🌿
📍 Currently based in Oslo
I make art because... 🌞👂
“of your creative ears. ~"
Creative crush? 💗
“a person: sustained sound ≋
an idea: sustained sound ≋
a thing: sustained sound ≋”
POLINA
POHOZHA
“My pieces are my little deaths, but please, do not translate it to french.” 💀💀💀
Meet whatistheflux aka Polina Pohozha
📍Finding little galaxies in Gothenburg
What’s your party trick? 💫
“Asking people if they want to donate their organs to science.”
Who are you bringing as your +1 to the preparty? 👯
“My anxiety.“
MILDA
VENCKUTE
⚡️⚡️⚡️Transforming shadow into resonance.⚡️⚡️⚡️
Meet electrovision aka Milda Venckutė
📍Finding inner states in Vilnius
I make art because… 🌸
“I make art to express sensations that words can't capture.”
What’s the sound of your vibe?
“Soulful, tender, deeply felt.”
VENCKUTE
⚡️⚡️⚡️Transforming shadow into resonance.⚡️⚡️⚡️
Meet electrovision aka Milda Venckutė
📍Finding inner states in Vilnius
I make art because… 🌸
“I make art to express sensations that words can't capture.”
What’s the sound of your vibe?
“Soulful, tender, deeply felt.”
CATALINA
LAZURCA
“Open up like a clementine” 🌳🍊👑
Meet clementine aka Catalina Lazurca
📍Growing clementines in Aarhus
What’s the sound of your vibe?
“🍊”
What’s on your rider?
“tea&clementines”
LAZURCA
“Open up like a clementine” 🌳🍊👑
Meet clementine aka Catalina Lazurca
📍Growing clementines in Aarhus
What’s the sound of your vibe?
“🍊”
What’s on your rider?
“tea&clementines”
SOFIA
KIVINIEMI
“Focusing on sound and tone color – in this economy? Hell yes.” 🌞🤝
Meet artrat aka Sofia Kiviniemi
📍Creating soundscapes in London
What’s the sound of your vibe?
“(\_/)……(\_/)
(•ᴥ•) ♡ (•◡•)❗
~noise~ “Whoa, nice vibes!””
Your art in 3 emojis:
“🤔🦻🤪”
KIVINIEMI
“Focusing on sound and tone color – in this economy? Hell yes.” 🌞🤝
Meet artrat aka Sofia Kiviniemi
📍Creating soundscapes in London
What’s the sound of your vibe?
“(\_/)……(\_/)
(•ᴥ•) ♡ (•◡•)❗
~noise~ “Whoa, nice vibes!””
Your art in 3 emojis:
“🤔🦻🤪”
ÁSA ÖNNU ÓLAFSDÓTTIR
“Feeding back the feedback” 💅
Meet socalledsoundartist aka Ása Önnu Ólafsdóttir
📍Between New York and Reykjavík
What’s a red flag in your creative process?🚩
“Everything working like I imagined.”
What’s your go-to pre-show ritual?👠
“Arriving late to the venue and frantically connecting the electronics.”
“Feeding back the feedback” 💅
Meet socalledsoundartist aka Ása Önnu Ólafsdóttir
📍Between New York and Reykjavík
What’s a red flag in your creative process?🚩
“Everything working like I imagined.”
What’s your go-to pre-show ritual?👠
“Arriving late to the venue and frantically connecting the electronics.”
FELIX
TETZ
"An organ-machine is plugged into an energy-source-machine." 🤖🤖🤖
Meet "#Milk-machine" aka Felix Tetz
📍Figuring out machines in Hamburg
Creative crush?
“"I bring the effects of a machine, not mere metaphors." My creative crush is Anti-Oedipus.”
SPOORMAKER
“Minimalist at heart - Microtonal maximalist in practice” 🔊👅💓
Meet resonancejunkie aka Gustav Spoormaker
📍Between Piteå & The Hague
What are you bringing to the preparty?
“Too many notes!”
Your art in 3 emojis:
“🎹❌🤢”
VOZGIRDAITE
“In search of that perfect vacuum cleaner sound” 🏃🏃🏃
Meet @kimkardashian aka Liepa Vozgirdaitė
📍Now based in Vilnius
What’s a red flag in your creative process? 🚩
“Taking my lobster for a walk every 15 minutes”
Most unhinged thing you’ve done for art? 🥵
“Studying composition”
ANDRES SKREPRUD
HELLESØY
“May cause spatial confusion, puzzled faces and deep listening.” 👈👀
Meet spatialking aka Andreas Skreprud Hellesøy
📍Exploring in Gjøvik, Norway
Your art in 3 emojis:
“🌋🎢🥲 “
What’s on your rider?
“64 speakers and a dream.”
HELLESØY
“May cause spatial confusion, puzzled faces and deep listening.” 👈👀
Meet spatialking aka Andreas Skreprud Hellesøy
📍Exploring in Gjøvik, Norway
Your art in 3 emojis:
“🌋🎢🥲 “
What’s on your rider?
“64 speakers and a dream.”
ASTRID
SOLBERG
“Whispering at 25 frames per second, barely holding it together, ngl” 🙀🙀🙀
Meet clarinetoutoftunetruther aka Astrid Solberg
📍Oslo
What’s a red flag in your creative process? 🚩🚩
“sheet music”
Most unhinged thing you’ve done for art?🍝
“ate raw eggs and uncooked canned spagetti”
SOLBERG
“Whispering at 25 frames per second, barely holding it together, ngl” 🙀🙀🙀
Meet clarinetoutoftunetruther aka Astrid Solberg
📍Oslo
What’s a red flag in your creative process? 🚩🚩
“sheet music”
Most unhinged thing you’ve done for art?🍝
“ate raw eggs and uncooked canned spagetti”
ERNESTS VALTS
CIRCENIS
“My music might be quiet but I'm not. That's a lie depending on who's asking.” 🫢🫢🫢
Meet sorryimlate1234 aka Ernests Valts Circenis
📍Having a good time in Riga
Your art in 3 emojis:
“🛤️😶🌫️💀”
What’s your outfit giving tonight?👠
“Bichromatic realness werk the house down boots mama yes”
EMRE
“I like my music like an ocean...has waves and makes you wet” 💦💦💦
Meet asliem aka Asli Emre
📍Based in Copenhagen
What’s the sound of your vibe? 🪴
“Light and funny, such as a commercial break after an intense news report”
What’s your go-to pre-show ritual?👏
“Take a nice breezy walk alone”
EINARS
insomniac composer girl 🕷✨
Meet singing247 aka Iðunn Einars
📍Dreaming in Copenhagen
🖤Creative crush?🖤
“The idea of a scenius, and of being a beginner in something. “
HAJLTI
NORDAL
“There are many ways to draw a worm”🪱🩷⭐️
Meet guyincognito aka Hjalti Nordal
📍Preserving in Vienna
What’s your party trick? ✏️
“I can hold several pencils only using my lower lip.”
NORDAL
“There are many ways to draw a worm”🪱🩷⭐️
Meet guyincognito aka Hjalti Nordal
📍Preserving in Vienna
What’s your party trick? ✏️
“I can hold several pencils only using my lower lip.”
HULDA
RAGNIHILDUR HJÁLMARSDÓTTIR
“Looking, listening, wandering.” 👀👂🏃♀️
Meet peep.peep aka Hulda Ragnhildur Hjálmarsdóttir
📍Now based in Reykjavík
What’s the sound of your vibe?
“🦞🫧🪸”
Creative crush?
“ML Buch”
RAGNIHILDUR HJÁLMARSDÓTTIR
“Looking, listening, wandering.” 👀👂🏃♀️
Meet peep.peep aka Hulda Ragnhildur Hjálmarsdóttir
📍Now based in Reykjavík
What’s the sound of your vibe?
“🦞🫧🪸”
Creative crush?
“ML Buch”
MARIANA
ANNA
TIMOFEJEVA
"The Philosophy of Sound Through Pain and Silence"
Meet Liasm Asm aka Mariana Anna Timofejeva
📍Resonating in Daugavpils
Creative crush?
“My professor,my friend Jury and others”
What’s your ideal party exit strategy?
“Ghosting”
JÓN
ARNAR
EINARSSON
“Spreading vibrations and torn eardrums” 😵💫😵💫😵💫
Meet kissbone aka Jón Arnar Einarsson
📍Currently based in Reykjavík, Iceland.
Most unhinged thing you’ve done for art?
“Nakedness on stage…”
Best thing that ever happened at an afterparty? 👀
“Pluggin’ more giggs.”
ARNAR
EINARSSON
“Spreading vibrations and torn eardrums” 😵💫😵💫😵💫
Meet kissbone aka Jón Arnar Einarsson
📍Currently based in Reykjavík, Iceland.
Most unhinged thing you’ve done for art?
“Nakedness on stage…”
Best thing that ever happened at an afterparty? 👀
“Pluggin’ more giggs.”
DEÁK
“I am creating stillness in motion.” 🏃
Meet breathbeatsbabe aka Juli Deák
📍Currently based in Budapest
What’s your party trick?
“I am the queen of small talks.”
Best thing that ever happened at an afterparty? 🌞
“I escaped the party with Daniela Rathana to drink a beer at a train station.”
ÞÓRÐUR
HALLGRÍMSSON
Need a plumber? 👨🔧🔧🔩
Meet thordurhallgrim aka Þórður Hallgrímsson
📍Currently based in Amsterdam
What are you bringing to the preparty?
“straws”
What’s the sound of your vibe?😎
“low rumble”
HALLGRÍMSSON
Need a plumber? 👨🔧🔧🔩
Meet thordurhallgrim aka Þórður Hallgrímsson
📍Currently based in Amsterdam
What are you bringing to the preparty?
“straws”
What’s the sound of your vibe?😎
“low rumble”