live sound event, 40 min
Thursday, 26 Sep, 20:00
Cukrarna, lobby

Nikola Tesla was a brilliant engineer and eccentric renowned as the inventor of radio and alternating current. However, his greatest love was not for technology but for a pigeon. Avian Love is a sound artwork inspired by Tesla’s deep love for his beloved pigeon, charged with electricity and electrifying emotions. Tesla explains, “There was one, a beautiful bird…I loved that pigeon as a man loves a woman, and she loved me. As long as I had her, there was a purpose to my life.”

Originally commissioned by Deutschlandradio Kultur – in this live adaptation of Avian Love – Colin Black electrifies the atmosphere of the space, igniting the imagination while leading you on an intimate sonic adventure. Through his artistry – which won Black the Sound Art Audience Award at the 2023 Prix Phonurgia Nova Award in France for this work – he skillfully weaves together elements to commemorate one of the most electrifying love stories of the twentieth century.

Photo: Matej Tomažin, Cona.

Colin Black is an internationally acclaimed sound artist having won the 2023 Prix Phonurgia Nova Awards, 2015 New York Festivals Awards and 2003 Prix Italia Award. Black has received multiple national and international commissions to create innovative major works for installation, performance, and broadcast in Australia, USA and across Europe. He completed his PhD at the University of Sydney and is currently an Adjunct Lecturer at Southern Cross University and a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Nova Gorica.