To mark the closing weekend of Bugs & Metamorphosis: Glitching Photography, we invite you to a unique concert set within the exhibition itself, where glitches and bugs are explored through the experimental music and sonic landscapes of Andreas Tilliander.

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In the early 2000s, Andreas Tilliander made a name for himself by embracing sounds that others might have chosen to polish away. With basic computer equipment and a deliberate sense of roughness, Tilliander became one of the leading figures in the Clicks & Cuts and Glitch music scenes. Today, the computer is no longer central to his music; instead, it’s the artifacts—noise from analog gear and crackling cables—that take center stage.

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Drawing inspiration from the exhibition’s themes—glitches and bugs, both as technical errors and as insects—the concert at Hasselblad Center will blend intentional sonic malfunctions with field recordings of crackling insects and insect-like sounds generated by electronic instruments.

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The concert opens with a discussion on glitch and music between Andreas Tilliander and Johannes Björk, editor of Paletten, musician, and literary scholar.

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Time: Saturday May 3, 13.00
Place: Hasselblad Center, in the Gothenburg Museum of Art

Admission included in the museum entrance. No pre-registration required.

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PARTICIPANTS

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ANDREAS TILLIANDER has toured the world since the early 2000s, performing sound art in intimate galleries in Tokyo and playing legendary clubs such as Berghain in Berlin and The Bunker in New York. In Sweden, he may be best known as the host of Elektroniskt on Swedish Radio P2, or as the right-hand man of Johan T Karlsson, also known as “Familjen.” Twenty years ago, Tilliander won a Swedish Grammy, and at the award ceremony, he met jazz trumpeter Goran Kajfeš. In April 2025, Andreas and Goran released a collaborative album. Their LP In Cmin has received glowing reviews for its fusion of experimental electronic music and jazz.

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JOHANNES BJÖRK is the associate editor of the art magazine Paletten, a musician, and a PhD candidate in comparative literature.

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Image credits:
Left: Andreas Tilliander. Photo: Anna Drvnik.
Right: Clare Strand, The Discrete Channel with Noise, 2020. © The artist.