Sound, image and movement mesh together through interactivity to produce sonically wild and visually striking performances. Greg Kowalski’s real-time video projections seem to be born of Andrea Pensado’s harsh sonic creations (and vice-versa), all of which come into being through the movements of the performers. This interaction, which constitutes the essential element of Qfwfq's artistic language, is achieved through the use of motion tracking systems. The simultaneity of their work makes it neither sound art, video art or performance art. With Qfwfq no one element is more preeminent than the other, rather none could exist without the other.

Qfwfq’s roots go back to Krakow, Poland where they were living and where they gave their first performance together in 1997. The same year they moved to Argentina where the duo took shape and was active mostly in Buenos Aires; they moved to the US in 2002. Currently, they perform mainly on the East coast. Qfwfq has been featured in Germany, Poland, France, Holland, Belgium and Canada. 


The name Qfwfq belongs to a character in Cosmicomics by Italian writer Italo Calvino. We chose it because of its beautiful sound and visual qualities. We accept all pronunciations.  

In addition to performances, Qfwfq have created installations and have given lectures.

 

PERFORMANCES

UPCOMING SHOWS:

4/1/10 119 Gallery, Lowell MA.

4/24/10 Open Sound, Third Life Studio, Cambridge MA.

 

SOME PAST SHOWS:

2/13/10 Hansel & Gretel - Audio visual theater at Pozen center. Mass Art, Boston.

1/23/10 Mobius, Boston MA.

12/20/2009 Sun Worship III, Buoy gallery, Kittery Point, Maine

12/16/09 Novylon, Antwerp, Belgium

12/13/09 Useum, Gent, Belgium.

12/11/09 State-X New Forms, The Hague, The Netherlands.

11/7/2009 Whitehaus Jamaica Plain

9/2009. Sonic Circuits Festival Washington DC

8/21/2009 Frantasia Festival Livermore Falls, Maine.

5/2/2009. Dead Video/Live Video. Boston Cyberarts Festival. Mass College of Art, Boston MA.

4/29/2009. Montague Phantom Brain Exchange at Rendezvous, Turner Falls          MA.

2/27/2009 XFest at 119 Gallery, Lowell MA.

2/21/2009. Open Sound series at Third Life Studio, Cambridge MA.

2/13/2009 Visual Noise Show at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts,          Boston.

10/11/2008 Festival des Musiques Insolentes, Barjols, France.

9/19/2008 Warsaw Autumn Festival. Performance at the National           Philharmonic. Warsaw, Poland.

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