11/09/2026
We are back in B&W Hallerne on Kulturnatten 2026.
⚡DA NIENTE
⚡Friday Oct 9 18:00-24:00
⚡A massive sound & light installation in the vast industrial halls on Refshaleøen
Experience DA NIENTE, a landmark work of Danish electronic music by Gunner Møller Pedersen (GMP), revisited and responded to by SØS Gunver Ryberg.
A conversation across generations and timelines emerges in this immersive installation, staged by Båll & Brand in collaboration with Strøm and The Royal Danish Theatre.
In DA NIENTE (1977), GMP explores feedback sounds and the soundscapes that emerge when a system begins to generate and transform itself, giving rise to something appearing from nothing (‘da niente’).
SØS Gunver Ryberg has made a response and dialogue with GMP’s original composition in her signature style - with immense respect for the original work:
“I do not view this work as an adaptation in the traditional sense, but rather as an artistic conversation across generations. For me, it is about listening deeply to the piece, understanding GMP’s vision, and allowing my own musical expression to offer a contemporary perspective”, she says.
DA NIENTE will be reimagined in a site-specific light & sound production, using the full scope of the colossal halls:
The slow movement of massive pendulums, hanging from the 70 m high ceilings, will be traced by lasers, drawing their meditative slo-mo sway in phosphorous materials, turning time into something visible.
The pendulum installation is inspired by Léon Foucault’s famous experiment in the Panthéon in 1851, offering visual evidence of the Earth’s rotation.
Walk to the centre of the hall & feel how the quadrophonic sound setup turns the subsonic bass into a physical experience. Explore the lights emerging from the secret passages between the hundreds of cargo containers. Watch time glow in the dark.
This new production of DA NIENTE is part of Strøm’s project Lydskatten, dedicated to disseminating the history of Danish electronic music.
This is the third cooperation in the B&W Halls on Kulturnatten i København between Båll & Brand, Strøm, Det Kgl. Teater & GMP - and the end of the trilogy, preceded by SOM ILD & VAND and LAMENTATION DE MORUROA.