• A Festival of Ideas
  • May 7 – 10, 2026
  • Guelph

Performance: L CON in collaboration with Nina Vroemen // Karen Ng

Sunday, May 10, 2026; 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Performance
A woman with long dark hair manipulates electronic equipment spread out on a table in front of her.

Co-presented with the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI)

L CON in collaboration with Nina Vroemen

Sound artist and songwriter Lisa Conway (L CON) and multidisciplinary artist Nina Vroemen present an experimental audio-visual reel-to-reel tape loop set, incorporating elements of improvisation and composition, and exploring a variety of analog and digital technologies.

Karen Ng

Following the highly anticipated release of her debut LP Backwards Blue on
boutique label Halocline Trance, Karen Ng delivers an improvised solo
saxophone and electronics set utilizing a variety of material extracted from the
album. Using free improvised vocabulary mixed with interactive patches, Ng
explores the world of dynamics and relationships between the acoustic and
electronic in a live setting.

Location

ImprovLab,
Winegard Walk,
Guelph, ON.

Cost

Free