Where: HafnarHaus

When: Friday, October 9th, 5 PM

Qælia Radio: Interspecies Sound

For the IIL Open Lab this Friday 9th of October, Radio Qælia ~ Interspecies Sounds will be off-site at HafnarHaus Studios (Entrance at Tryggvagata 17, Reykjavík, Wasabi Room). Between 17.00 and 18.00 pm Radio Qælia will share some experimental sound bites, interviews with artists and field recordings, and live-test broadcasting tools to create an interspecies radio experience.

Guest speakers and interviewees include @huanzhe_ (Drifting record, pic 2), seaweed, @heimirfr , Icelandic pollinators, Simon Toolin Remiszewski (Elsewhere project, pic 4), students from the Iceland University of the Arts (odinn.fb pic 6), and more!

Qælia is an Icelandic-French collaboration between Thomas Pausz (Intelligent Instruments Lab researcher) and Zoé Pasquier (K7 Technosensible co-founder). Rooted in Iceland’s rich radio culture and resonant environment, the project tunes in more-than-human sounds, embracing dissonance, polyphony and co-creation. This public Open Lab event is supported by the French Embassy in Iceland.

Bio:

Thomas Pausz (FR/IS) is a speculative designer and PhD researcher based in Reykjavík. He is currently conducting the projects Sensing Living Ecosystems and Vegetal Media at the IIL, designing and testing interspecies instruments tailored for Icelandic greenhouses and vegetal ecosystems. Thomas’ recent exhibitions include Double Capture at Sequences Festival, (Reykjavík, 2025), A Parliament of Owls at Radius Centre For Contemporary Art (Delft, 2025), Haunted Ecologies at Stanley Picker Gallery (London, 2024), and Species Without Spaces at Modular Laboratory (Caen, 2024).

Zoé Pasquier (FR) has worked for several years at the intersection of media creation and emerging technologies, with a critical and sensitive approach to their impact on culture and ecologies. In 2023 she founded K7 Technosensible, a critical media project that uses, tests and repurposes AI through digital writing and audiovisual formats. As a researcher and designer, Zoé also works with cultural institutions, design studios and creative schools on narrative design and the creation of editorial formats.

We look forward to seeing you!
Free entry.