Quantongue Lessons /  Luke Deane & Ragnar Árni Ólafsson

Laugardagur 31. janúar 2026
18:00-19:00
Norðurljós

Quantongue Lessons eftir Ragnar Árna Ólafsson og Luke Deane er eins konar þáttaröð sem tekur á sig ólík form eftir tilefnum og getur þar tekið á sig form vídeólistar jafnt sem lifandi flutnings. Fyrsti þáttur raðarinnar var frumsýndur á Myrkum músíkdögum 2025 í formi stuttmyndar, en að þessu sinni tekur Quantongue Lessons á sig form lifandi flutnings með nærveru Ragnars og Luke.

Í þáttum Quantongue Lessons spinnur Ragnar á gítarinn, með röddinni og hvers kyns hlutum eða myndefni og Luke syngur fallega og stundum á vísvitandi ljótan hátt. Þeir tala líka hreinskilnislega saman um það sem þeim dettur í hug og stundum er þetta skrítið og afhjúpandi.

Quantongue Lessons vekur okkur, á óvæntan hátt, til umfjöllunar um hina sameiginlegu nútíð sem flytjendur og áhorfendur deila sín á milli. Því hefur verið lýst sem „hreinu brjálæði“, „næsta stigi“ og „spennandi blöndu af algjöru frelsi og nákvæmni“.
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Ragnar Árni Ólafsson and Luke Deane have created odd and surprising compositions together consistently over the past decade, beginning with seminal work In Hail (2016) which explored notions of reversed-time both musically, audibly and on-stage, and Ænd (2020), a composition which took place across a 30 year extended present, and therefore was both an initial research, and something that was already finished. Their joint fascination with time, relativity and what constitutes the "present moment" has led them to create a unique part-improvised TV Show. Ragnar improvises using his guitar, voice and any objects or subjects in the room, and Luke sings beautifully and sometimes in a suddenly deliberately ugly way. They also talk candidly to each other about whatever comes up at the front of their minds, and sometimes this is strange and revealing. This work wakes us up, in an unexpected way, and shows us unique impressions of our shared present as performers and viewers. It's been described as "pure insanity", "next-level" and "a thrilling combination of total freedom and meticulous precision".

The project is a kind of series consisting of different improvised elements, video art, dialogues and more. The first episode of the series premiered at Dark Music Days in 2025.

Flytjendur / Performers

Ragnar Árni Ólafsson - gítar, rödd, rafhljóð / guitar, voice, electronics
Luke Deane - hljómborð, rödd, rafhljóð / keyboard, voice, electronics

Efnisskrá / Programme
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