The composer on the award-winning album: "Musikdrömmen was crucial"
When Paula Sundin received the Award for Experimental of the Year at the Manifest gala, she chose to highlight STIM's project grant Musikdrömmen in her acceptance speech. A grant that has played a central role in the work on the album Glass Feathers.
The award-winning work on Glass Feathers moves in the borderland between acoustics and electronics, where harmony and timbre take center stage. Through a collaborative practice an album was created that explores the meeting between different artistic practices.
– Musikdrömmen made it possible to record and release the album in collaboration with NMC Recordings and Huddersfield Contemporary Records. It gave us the opportunity to bring together composers and musicians and to carry out the recording, says Paula Sundin.
The album sits within a narrow art-music genre where funding is often hard to obtain. Without the grant the project likely would not have happened.
– For us, Musikdrömmen was crucial for getting the music released, marketed and distributed internationally.
Paula Sundin became aware of Musikdrömmen via STIM's own channels when the grant was launched. To others considering applying she has a clear piece of advice:
– Apply! Musikdrömmen makes it possible to carry out projects that would otherwise be difficult to realize, especially in musical areas poorly served by the market where funding is often hard to find. At a time when resources for culture are shrinking, this type of support is extremely important for the professional music scene to be able to be characterized by quality and diversity.
The jury's citation: Experimental of the Year
Paulina Sundin – Glass Feathers (Huddersfield Contemporary Records)
"With a collaborative practice as a starting point, the winner invites some of Sweden's leading musicians to an album of music created at the intersection of different artistic practices, together with invited composer colleagues. With its award-winning work focusing on harmony and timbre, the boundary between acoustics and electronics is explored."
