Composer and sound artist Andrea Pensado teamed up with digital artist Greg Kowalski in Krakow, Poland, in 1997 to form Qfwfq duo. The duo's main concern has been live sound-image interaction and the use of movement to articulate complex sounds and digital visual material. Their work is highly performatic and often involves the use of sensors and/or motion tracking devices. They moved to the US after having lived 5 years in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

On the pronunciation:
Attempts to pronounce the duo's name have led to many wonderful and creative utterances, all of which we accept, and enjoy, fully. For linguistic reasons we believe Croatians are most prepared to take on this 5 letter word. We suggest the following: "kfoofk" using the pronunciation key [oo] as in book.

 

LECTURES/WORKSHOPS

Lecture on the interactive installation "Memory of a Looking Glass" at the Krakow Academy of Music, Krakow, Poland, Oct. 2, 2008.

Lecture on sound-image-movement interactive systems. Krakow Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland. Oct. 15 2007.

Master class on Soft VNS (Very Nervous System), a motion tracking and real time video processing software that functions within the MAX/MSP environment. 119 Gallery, Lowell Massachusetts. April 15, 2007.

 

INSTALLATION

"Memory of a Looking Glass" at 119 Gallery, April 9 - May 17 2007
Lowell MA. Part of Boston Cyberarts Festival

Installation at Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw Autumn Festival, Poland, Sept. 22 - 27 2008.

 

PERFORMANCES

 

PAST SHOWS:

Festival des Musiques Insolentes, Barjols, France. Oct 11, 2008

Warsaw Autumn Festival. Performance at the Warsaw Philharmonic. Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 19 2008.

Frantasia Festival of Out Music and Art, Livermore Falls, ME. August 2008

Electric Eclectics Sound Art and Media Festival, Meaford Ontario, August 3, 2008

OPEN SOUND, Sommerville MA, May 31 2008

CONTAMINATE 3, Boston MA, April 4 2008.

FESTIVAL MOZGU 2007, Bydgoszcz Poland, November 23 2007.

AUDIO ART FESTIVAL 2007, Krakow Poland, November 18 2007.

Collaborative piece with Inter Alia, at Dance Complex Cambridge MA, November 10-11 2007

Gloucester New Arts Festival 2007, Gloucester MA, August 20 - 26 2007

New Interfaces for Musical Expression - NIME 2007 - New York, June 10 2007

Nom d'Artiste, Boston MA, March 11 2007

Monastery Artists Collective, Manchester NH, Feb 10 2007

119 Gallery, Lowell Mass, April 2006

Open Sound, Sommerville Mass, Feb 2006

119 Gallery, Lowell Mass, Sept 2005

UBU Gallery, Portland Maine, May 2005

Podewil, Berlin Germany, Oct 2004

The Spiderhole, Cambridge Mass, Jan 2004

The Piano Factory, Boston Mass, Sept 13 2003

Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires Argentina, Apr 5 2002

SURCOS Foundation, Buenos Aires Argentina, Dec 8 2001

IMPA la fabrica Cultural, Buenos Aires Argentina, Aug 3 2001

San Martin Theater, Buenos Aires Argentina, Nov 21 2000

Buenos Aires Museum of Fine Arts, Sept 16 and 13 2000

Rojas Cultural Center, Buenos Aires Argentina Nov 18 1999

Fundacion Proa, Buenos Aires Argentina, Aug 6 1999

Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires Argentina, Dec 26 1997