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Chopin Residue by Mariusz SzypuraSimultaneous ExperienceNovember 2025
Chopin Residue is a multidisciplinary project led by Mariusz Szypura that reimagines the music of Fryderyk Chopin through systematic processes of deconstruction, reinterpretation, and material transformation.
The double album features original compositions and reinterpretations by Szypura and a diverse group of experimental musicians, creating a layered dialogue between classical material and contemporary sound.
It is not a tribute, but a study in transformation, residue, and creative possibility. By combining experimental composition, collaborative reinterpretation, and material visualization, the project establishes a polyphonic dialogue between classical source material, contemporary sound practice, and visual expression.

Artist: Mariusz Szypura
Title: Chopin Residue
Label: Black Element Label
Cooperation: Unsound, Adam Mickiewicz Institute 
Format: 2LP / 2CD / 2MC / Digital

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RedefiningSound installation at Malta BiennaleMarch – May 2026
Presented as part of the exhibition “Redefining. Polish-Ghanaian Textile Narratives”, curated by Natalia Bradbury, the sound installation formed an integral sonic layer within the Polish Pavilion at Malta Biennale 2026. The exhibition brought together large-scale textile works by Marta Nadolle and Eliza Proszczuk (Poland) and Ernestina Mansa Doku (Ghana), exploring themes of cultural exchange, material memory, and collective identity.

The sound composition, developed by Mariusz Szypura, functioned as an immersive auditory environment that interacted with the spatial presence of the textile installations. The audio unfolded as a fluid, spatial structure—subtle, textural, and continuously evolving—responding to the physicality and rhythm of the fabrics. It created a meditative yet dynamic field in which sound and material coexisted, reinforcing the exhibition’s conceptual framework rooted in the philosophy of Ubuntu—“I am because we are.” 

The Polish Pavilion was awarded the Golden Falcon for Best Pavilion at Malta Biennale 2026, recognizing the exhibition’s powerful integration of visual and sonic languages and its exploration of transnational narratives.

Artists: Ernestina Mansa Doku, Marta Nadolle, Eliza Proszczuk
Sound Installation and music: Mariusz Szypura
Curator: Natalia Bradbury
Title: Redefining. Polish-Ghanaian Textile Narratives
Production: OmenaArt Fundation
Cooperation: Sound And Vision Art Foundation
Place: Old Armoury of the Knights, Valetta/Birgu, Malta
Chopin Residue – Los AngelesDolby Atmos Pre-Release Listening SessionJanuary 2026
At Fab Factory Studios, a special pre-release presentation of Chopin Residue took place on January 31.  The event presented the album ahead of its official digital release, in its complete Dolby Atmos 11.1.6 format, mixed for immersive listening on Fab Factory’s state-of-the-art Atmos stage in Studio A, featuring a Dolby–certified 11.1.6 Atmos monitoring system with high-end PMC speakers and professional mixing infrastructure.  The immersive Atmos mix was engineered by Jacek Gawłowski, with production led jointly by Gawłowski and Szypura, and was designed specifically to showcase the spatial depth and dynamic detail of the work in a multi-speaker environment.
 Dolby Atmos Pre-Release Listening Session Hosts: Mariusz Szypura, Jacek Gawłowski  Cooperation: Black Element Label, Adam Mickiewicza Institute Place: Fab Factory Studios, Studio A, 7240 Fulton Ave, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA

Artist: Mariusz Szypura
Title: Dolby Atmos Pre-Release Listening
Production: Sound And Vision Art Fundation
Cooperation: Black Element Label, Adam Mickiewicz Institute 
Format: Dolby Atmos 11.1.6
Place: Fab Factory Studios, Los Angeles, USA

Chopin Residue – OsakaAudiovisual installation, live performanceNovember - December 2025
Presented at BALC Gallery in Osaka, the installation unfolded as a fully immersive audiovisual work built around a nine-channel sound field and large-scale video projections. Sound and image interacted dynamically, creating a spatial environment in which texture, movement, and form continuously overlapped.
The presentation was accompanied by a live performance by Mariusz Szypura, Sugar Yoshinaga (Buffalo Daughter), and vibraphonist Masayoshi Fujita, extending the exhibition through improvisation and real-time reinterpretation.

Artist: Mariusz Szypura
Title: Chopin Residue –  installation and live performance
Audio: Sugar Yoshinaga, Masayoshi Fujita, Mariusz Szypura, 
Production: Sound And Vision Art Fundation
Cooperation: Black Element Label, Unsound, Polish Cultural Institute in Tokyo, Adam Mickiewicz Institute
Place: BALC Gallery, Osaka, Japan

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Chopin Residue – New YorkExhibition, audiovisual installation, live performanceNovember 2025
Chopin Residue by Mariusz Szypura is a multidisciplinary exhibition that reinterpreted the legacy of Fryderyk Chopin through contemporary sound and visual art. Shown at Fridman Gallery, the exhibition featured visual works paired with original music inspired by Chopin’s heritage. As part of the exhibition opening, selected pieces were performed live by the album’s artists, including Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), John Stanier (Helmet, Battles, Tomahawk) and Zoh Amba. This activated the space and offered a unique, site-specific interpretation of the project’s themes. 


Artist: Mariusz Szypura
Title: Chopin Residue – exhibition, installation and live performance
Audio: Lee Ranaldo, John Stanier, Zoh Amba, Mariusz Szypura, 
Production: Sound And Vision Art Fundation
Cooperation: Black Element Label, Unsound, Polish Cultural Institute in New York, Adam Mickiewicz Institute
Place: Fridman Gallery, New York, USA

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Co-financed from the funds of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland
Chopin Residue Nonaptych – Prelude Op. 28 No. 20Art InstallationApril 2025
The installation Chopin Residue Nonaptych – Prelude Op. 28 No. 20, presented during the opening event of Top Charity Art at the Museum of King Jan III’s Palace in Wilanów, is a multimedia fusion of visual art, sound, and light. At its center is a large, monochrome artwork made from thread — a byproduct of manually cutting nine vinyl records. These same records, from which the threads were created, are played back during the installation — each on a separate turntable — in the historic Baroque interiors of the north gallery. Dynamic lighting, synchronized with the music, casts shifting shadows and evokes a sense of movement within the artwork’s structure. The installation is fully immersive, with sound and light precisely coordinated to create a unified sensory experience. The presentation marks the opening of the exhibition featuring artworks selected for the charity auction during the Grand Gala of the TOP CHARITY Auction 2025. Following the event, the artwork was moved to the Orangery, where it will be exhibited as a stand-alone visual piece.

Artist: Mariusz Szypura
Title: Chopin Residue Nonaptych – Prelude Op.28 No. 20
Curators: Mat Schulz and Gosia Płysa
Audio: Mariusz Szypura feat. Charlie Draper
Production: Sound And Vision Art Fundation
Cooperation: OmenaArt Foundation, Top Charity Art 2025, Black Element Label, Unsound Festival
Place: North Gallery at Museum of King Jan III’s Palace in Wilanów

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Chopin Residue – Lathe-Cut Session ILive Act / PerformanceApril 2025
The process of cutting records—later transformed into threads and materials for the artworks—is performed live at Bunkier Sztuki in Kraków. The artist isolates themselves within the gallery space, working with a vinyl cutting machine to cut records in real time. The entire process is open to the audience and simultaneously recorded and documented on video.
The thread produced as waste during the lathe-cut vinyl process is created from nine vinyl records per track, resulting in a total of 81 records for the nine tracks. This thread is, in essence, the negative of the vinyl groove. If the record contains the sound, the thread embodies the unsound—or antisound—a residual trace left behind in the act of recording.
The thread will be used to create nine large-format artworks in the cycle Chopin Residue: Nonaptych.

Artist: Mariusz Szypura
Title: Chopin Residue – Lathe Cut Session I
Curators: Mat Schulz and Gosia Płysa
Audio: Mariusz Szypura
Production: Sound And Vision Art Fundation
Cooperation: Black Element Label, Unsound
Place: Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków
êkhos (ἦχος)Audiovisual installationNovember 2024The êkhos (ἦχος) exhibition at Lincoln Center in New York, presented as part of the Unsound Festival NYC 2024 is the stereoscopic anaglyph audio-video installation embodies noise (understood as ekhos in ancient Greek) in a graphic performance organically reacting to the sound. Understanding of music over time became more and more synesthetic. The visual and audio experience switching in terms of senses leads to a kind of artistic confusion. The more we immerse ourselves in the project, the more we start to see the music and hear the visuals. 

Artist: Mariusz Szypura
Title: êkhos
Curators: Mat Schulz and Gosia Płysa
Audio: )))echo~echo((( [Mariusz Szypura & Paweł Krawczyk]
Cooperation: Sound And Vision Art Fundation, Black Element Label
Production: Unsound Festival
Place: Lincoln Center, New York, USA
in:humanAudiovisual instalationJuly 2024
in:human by Mariusz Szypura is an immersive art installation at the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, blending music and video art in an interactively designed space. It features the Simultaneously Double Disc Play Experience, mixing film music, electronic, experimental rock, and contemporary classical genres. Modern LED monitors display accompanying videos, creating a cohesive visual experience. The space is designed for active audience engagement, allowing visitors to choose their surroundings and the multi-channel music they experience. in:human fosters discussions on artificial intelligence's impact on society and the role of technology, art, and music in contemporary culture.

Artist: Mariusz Szypura
Title: in:human
Curator: Natalia Bradbury
Music curator: Piotr Metz
Cooperation: Sound And Vision Art Fundation, Black Element Label
Production: Crystal Lake Group
Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw

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Silver Rocket – Infinity FidelityDolby Atmos and Simultaneous ExperienceFebruary 2024
The latest Silver Rocket production - titled "Infinity Fidelity" - from the first sounds absorbs with dense, melodically and harmonically monumental tones, in which also contributes the innovative system in which the album was recorded and produced. Here, Mariusz Szypura's fascination with technology - as a producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist - met with the experience of Jacek Gawłowski, a Grammy winner who is one of the pioneers and leading sound directors and producers in Europe working with advanced Dolby Atmos technology. This cooperation resulted in a deeply immersive experience that listening to "Infinity Fidelity" brings. "Infinity Fidelity" consists of two discs meant to be played simultaneously, enhancing the human-machine effect. It's an experience where the present mixes with the future and the past, and the world of humans blends with the universe of robots and artificial intelligence. In the compact and vinyl versions, each disc can also be listened to separately - representing contrasting reflections.

Artist: Silver Rocket
Title: Infinity Fidelity
Label: Black Element Label / Warner Music
Cooperation: Sound And Vision Art Fundation
Format: 2LP / 2CD / 2MC / Digital / Dolby Atmos

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