{"id":1405,"date":"2026-06-03T16:25:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lunchmeatfestival.cz\/2026\/?p=1405"},"modified":"2026-06-10T13:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:42:17","slug":"kmrunick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lunchmeatfestival.cz\/2026\/kmrunick\/","title":{"rendered":"KMRU &amp; Nick Verstand\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>As Nature\u00a0<\/em>is a multisensory mirage, consisting of tectonic ambient sonics by KMRU, a kinetic audiovisual situation by Nick Verstand, and a specifically crafted scent by Mareike Bode.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KMRU&#8217;s field recordings blur the lines of concrete and abstract, with Nairobi-born Berlin-based sound artist masterfully incorporating field recording into the body of sound, outputting waves of drones,\u00a0noise,\u00a0and harmonic structures.\u00a0\u00a0With releases on Editions Mego, Touch, and Subtext, his work focuses on listening practices, ecology, and sonic memory beyond conventional auditory frameworks in his work.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nick Verstand has worked with diverse contexts, from iconic light design of Iris van Herpen&#8217;s fashion shows to collaborations with Bj\u00f6rk, Doja Cat, Caterina&nbsp;Barbieri, and&nbsp;Marie Davidson,&nbsp;among others. Here, his sculptural approach to light design is manifested through the ever-evolving relation of lights, fog, airflow, and fabrics.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Commissioned by <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rewirefestival.nl\/\">Rewire Festival,<\/a><em> <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barbican.org.uk\/\">Barbican,<\/a><em> &amp; Lunchmeat Festival Prague.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>KMRU<br><a href=\"https:\/\/kmru.bandcamp.com\/album\/kin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bandcamp \u2192<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/kamarujoseph\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/mikep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Soundcloud \u2192<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/_kamaru_\/\">Instagram \u2192<br><\/a><br>Nick Verstand<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nickverstand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram \u2192<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nickverstand.com\/\">Web \u2192<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mareike Bode<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mareikebo.de\/\">Instagram \u2192<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Nature\u00a0is a multisensory mirage, consisting of tectonic ambient sonics by KMRU, a kinetic audiovisual situation by Nick Verstand, and a specifically crafted scent by Mareike Bode.\u00a0\u00a0 KMRU&#8217;s field recordings blur the lines of concrete and abstract, with Nairobi-born Berlin-based sound artist masterfully incorporating field recording into the body of sound, outputting waves of drones,\u00a0noise,\u00a0and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lunchmeatfestival.cz\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lunchmeatfestival.cz\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lunchmeatfestival.cz\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lunchmeatfestival.cz\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lunchmeatfestival.cz\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1405"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lunchmeatfestival.cz\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1423,"href":"https:\/\/lunchmeatfestival.cz\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405\/revisions\/1423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lunchmeatfestival.cz\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lunchmeatfestival.cz\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lunchmeatfestival.cz\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lunchmeatfestival.cz\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}