KOEFF is Johanna Rosenqvist's solo project after she left the Swedish Power Electronics-duo INSTITUT. She has since performed live at several different locations; Clubs, Art Galleries, Festivals with a series of acts with household machines. During the Spring Cleaning Tour 2003 a vacuum cleaner was lead instrument, at a more recent gig at the Malmö Kulturförening the gear was more back to basics: small electronic devices + lots and lots of stomp-boxes = massive feedback!
"KOEFF" is an abbreviation of the mathematical term,"coefficient". In this case, since Johanna is a known horse lover, the usage of the term refers to the world of horse dressage, where the "koeff"in a referee protocol marks higher scores to a seemingly simple figure like f ex pacing. It seems easy but it is hard to keep an excited horse at ease: That is really to put a horse through his paces!
Latest news!:
KOEFF & Malin Arnell at Disclosure - exhibition as discourse as disco at Dogzstar, Istanbul, Turkey, 17 september 2011, see info
Heimatiné with Hans T Sternudd & Pär Thörn at People, Places, Stories, 28 september 2011 in Kalmar, Sweden
Live shows as KOEFF:
- "Spring Time Cleaning Tour" February-March 2003, Malmoe, Simrishamn, Lund
- "Friedhof der Namenlosen/Hommage à frl Tost" at SEKT, Stockholm, 17 March, 2003
- "Internationale" at Gallery Podest June 6th 2003
- TBP feat KOEFF; "Mental Dry Cleaner" at Arvika Festival, July 10-12, 2003
- "We never sleep" Opening of exhibition Parasomnia by Anna Linder, at Konstakuten, Stockholm, 12 sept 2003
- REHAB-festival, Fylkingen, Stockholm, October 4th 2003
- SEKT, Stockholm, 1st March 2004, (with High Heel Sisters)
- "HOMESICK – bloodbath and birdsong" (black version) with the belacqua project (TBP) at the Malmoe performance festival, April 17th 2004 and "HOMESICK – bloodbath and birdsongs" (red version) at "Korsvägssymposiet" Riddarhyttan June 4th 2004
- LADYFEST, Malmoe, 1st May 2004
- Participating in "Scandinavian Performance Art in NRW – 2004" Maschinenhaus Essen, Germany, 16th July 2004 (with High Heel Sisters and Lina Selander. Producer Anna Linder)
- Participating in "Är detta kammarmusik?!", Fylkingen, Stocholm November 19th 2004
- KOEFF feat. Myling, concert with Sanctum, arranged by Rf Svavel, at Kulturhuset, Jönköping, December 22nd 2004
- KOEFF performed with B.J.NILSEN plus LARS "LACH'N" JONSSON and PETER ANDERSSON, a concert arranged by Annan Musik at the Museum of Art, Norrköping December 3rd 2005
- KOEFF executes performance "Demostenes" at a releaseparty for the magazine Subaltern, café "På besök" in Malmö, 5 April 2006
- "PERFORMANCE ARCHAEOLOGY"-releaseparty at SEKT, Stockholm, Monday 10 april 2006.
- KOEFF and R A K E T A at Fylkingen 14 March 2007. For more info see www.fylkingen.se/node/9
- Missljud, Cuteface&Bruteface, Vampirebarbie and KOEFF all played at Partytierisch, Lund, 11 Janury 2008
- KOEFF and Hans T Sternudd performed "kiss me kiss me kiss me" at THE SPACE BETWEEN, Malmö, 7 June 2008.
- KOEFF at MOTVIKT, Malmö, 12 June 2008 See part of show at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pktonvRwFOs
- a Mini Industrial Vacation at Utkanten, Malmö 4th of July 2009 (www.wormgod.net/)
- The Fylkingen Showcase at Norbergfestivalen July 28-Aug 1st 2009
- performing "I want my skin back" with Hans T Sternudd at 10th Open Performance Art Festival, Beijing, China, 29 Aug 2009 and at Stammtisch, Berlin, Germany, 11 Oct 2010
- Weekend tour with IRM, Shift, Grunt and Pestdemon to Malmö (Singsang at Skånes konstförening) - Göteborg (at Utmarken) 4-5 Sept 2009
- KOEFF celebrated Art's Birthday Party, Stockholm, 15 jan 2010, see http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=3676&artikel=3302413
- DISSONANS 010 at Fylkingen Stockholm 4 dec 2010, see http://fylkingen.se/node/1359
- KOEFF is part of Klaustrostudio Darkstars (with Myling) at Lucia Obscura by the Black Fashion Bureau, Gothenburg, 11 dec 2010, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz1AJ7_VUvY and for better sounding mp3: Darkness feeds you
Discography:
Koeff "Liminal Looks" on 3" CD by Unrest Productions, 2008. More info at: http://www.unrestproductions.co.uk/
Sound Art II, a dvd-collection of Swedish sound artists, promotion material from STIM
"LARM: From mouth cavity to laptop", 2xCD-compilation (KD023), at Kning disc 2007
book "LARM - Ljud i nordisk konst – från munhåla till laptop" (red. Maria Bjurestam et al), published at Kabusa, Gothenburg 2007. More info at: www.kabusabocker.se/LARM.html
"PERFORMANCE ARCHAEOLOGY"
(CD, Firework Edition Records 2006) FER1058 web.comhem.se/elggren/fer/fer.html
"KOEFF" (mc, Vemod records, 2005)
"SWEETNESS WILL OVERCOME", CD-compilation on Segerhuva 2005. More info at: http://www.segerhuva.se
”Internationale” MC released July 2004, SOLD OUT
releases as Institut:
- "Great Day To Get Even" CD on Cold Meat Industry 2000
- "Unto The Last Man" 2x7" on Cold Meat Industry 2001
- "Motionstruktures" 10" on Sin Organisation/Nail Records 2002
- "Live like Traitors, Die like Traitors" CD on Cold Meat Industry 2003
compilations (as Institut):
- "Estheticks of Cruelty" DCD on Cold Meat Industry 1999
- "Nihil" 2x12" on Cold Meat Industry 2000
- "Krach Test" 3xCD-R on Ad Noiseam 2002
