Activation Exercises: US launch concert for Stanisław Welbel’s new album, released digitally and on a limited cassette by the label Antenna Non Grata, featuring a guest appearance by Marie-Andrée Pellerin.
Stanisław Welbel : Activation Exercises
[ANG MC38/2025]
released March 12, 2026
Stanisław Welbel : Activation Exercises | Antenna Non Grata
The tracks were recorded between March 15 and 29, 2024 at the Ansible Institute
at Cafe Tissardmine, Moroccan Sahara. The Ansible Institute is a transitory
speculative fiction research laboratory, facilitated by Martina Raponi and [M]
Dudeck.
Each track was created during so-called activation exercises with each of
the participants during Expedition 2 of the Ansible Institute: [M] Dudeck,
Martina Raponi, Marie-Andrée Pellerin, Brandon Gibson-DeGroote, Antoinette
Dyksman, Ralo Mayer, Niki Sperou, Stanisław Welbel, and the host at Cafe
Tissardmine: Karen Hadfield.
Stanisław Welbel (b. 1982, based in Warsaw) is a curator, art historian, and a musician. He plays saxophones and electronic instruments. He regularly performs with the Warsaw Improvisers Orchestra and used to play with the Warszawsko-Lubelska Orkiestra Dęta. His previous solo album Poems was published by Szara Reneta. Poems | Stanisław Welbel | Szara Reneta
Marie-Andrée Pellerin is a multidisciplinary artist from Montreal based in Austria. Her artistic projects deal with territories, meteorology, science fiction literature and speculative methods. She works with video, sound art, performances, as well as textile art (tufting). Her art projects are carried in site-specific contexts and residencies, through interdisciplinary collaborations with authors, musicians and scientists from different fields.
25 april 2026, door 7pm, concert 8pm
Sunview Luncheonette
257 Nassau Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222