SAVAF
Vol. 01 · 2026
Catalogue · 2024 → 2026
Warsaw · Poland

A foundation producing immersive audio-visual art — interactive installations, spatial sound works, multimedia projects, and light & image experiments that explore the intersection of perception, space, and sound.

Productions Installations Spatial sound Multimedia Light & image experiments

The foundation produces work where sound and image are not adjacent — they are the same residual phenomenon, encountered in space.

Mission · est. 2024 · Warsaw
Catalogue · I

Productions

2024 → 2026
16 frames · 10 cities
SVAF · 16 / 2026
Frame 16 · Nashville
AES Show Nashville 2026 Chopin Residue Inside the Immersive Experience panel poster
Panel · talk AES Show · Nashville 2026.10.30

Chopin Residue — Inside the Immersive Experience, AES Show Nashville 2026

Panel and listening session · 3D Genelec listening room · Gaylord Opryland Resort
AES Show Nashville 2026 11.1.6 Dolby Atmos · Genelec room Oct 30 2026 · 4PM

Chopin Residue: Inside the Immersive Experience — a panel and listening session at the AES Show Nashville 2026, the Audio Engineering Society's flagship convention (October 30 – November 1). The team behind the Immersive Edition takes the album apart in the 3D Genelec listening room: production, mix and mastering of the Dolby Atmos 11.1.6 edition, heard on a reference system.

Panellists: Morten Lindberg, Michael Romanowski, Jacek Gawłowski and Mariusz Szypura. Presented with the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Sound And Vision Art Foundation and The Black Element Label.

Artist
Mariusz Szypura
Panellists
Morten Lindberg · Michael Romanowski · Jacek Gawłowski · Mariusz Szypura
Convention
AES Show Nashville 2026
Production
Audio Engineering Society
Cooperation
Adam Mickiewicz Institute · Ministry of Culture and National Heritage · Black Element Label · Sound And Vision Art Foundation
Place
Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center · 3D Genelec listening room · Ryman 4, Level 0 · Nashville
SVAF · 15 / 2026
Frame 15 · Warsaw
Dolby Atmos presentation Audio Video Show · Warsaw 2026.10.24

Chopin Residue - Immersive Edition, Audio Video Show 2026

Dolby Atmos presentation from Blu-ray · SMC Hall, Level -1 · PGE Narodowy (National Stadium)
Audio Video Show 28th edition 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos · Lyngdorf room Oct 24 2026 · 3:30PM

A presentation of the Chopin Residue Immersive Edition on Blu-ray in Dolby Atmos at Audio Video Show 2026, the 28th edition of the Warsaw audio and video show at PGE Narodowy. The album is played in the Hisense room on a Lyngdorf system (MP-60 processor, MXA-8400 amplifiers) in a 7.1.4 layout, with a Hisense XR10 projector.

Hosted by Piotr Metz, with Mariusz Szypura and Jacek Gawłowski, who mixed and produced the Atmos edition. Entry with an Audio Video Show ticket via ticket.audioshow.pl.

Artist
Mariusz Szypura
Host
Piotr Metz
Presenters
Mariusz Szypura · Jacek Gawłowski (Atmos mix and production)
Show
Audio Video Show 2026
Production
Audio Video Show
Cooperation
Black Element Label · Sound And Vision Art Foundation
Place
PGE Narodowy · SMC Hall, Level -1 · Al. Ks. J. Poniatowskiego 1 · Warsaw
Audio Video Show 2026 Chopin Residue Immersive Edition Dolby Atmos presentation at PGE Narodowy Warsaw poster
SVAF · 14 / 2026
Frame 14 · Poznań
Meet the Music · Chopin Residue Simultaneous Experience listening session at Muzyka na Nowo, Poznań poster
Listening session Muzyka na Nowo · Poznań 2026.10.22

Chopin Residue — Meet the Music, Simultaneous Experience

Both discs played at once · Meet the Music series · Muzyka na Nowo, ul. Nowowiejskiego 13/15
2 discs played simultaneously Meet the Music listening session Oct 22 2026 · 7PM

A listening session of Chopin Residue in its Simultaneous Experience form: both discs played at the same time, deconstructions and reworks layered in parallel, the way the album was designed to be heard. Eighteen tracks and twenty-five collaborators folded into one evening of parallel listening.

Part of the Meet the Music series at Muzyka na Nowo, Poznań — the club that took over the former Muchos at ul. Nowowiejskiego 13/15. Tickets via muzykananowo.pl.

Artist
Mariusz Szypura
Format
Simultaneous Experience · two discs played at once
Series
Meet the Music
Production
Muzyka na Nowo
Cooperation
Black Element Label · Sound And Vision Art Foundation
Place
Muzyka na Nowo · ul. Nowowiejskiego 13/15 · Poznań
SVAF · 13 / 2026
Frame 13 · London
Listening session Dolby London · Soho 2026.09.27

Chopin Residue — Dolby Atmos listening session, London

The Immersive Edition heard in full · Dolby London Screening Room, 25 Noel Street
Dolby Atmos 11.1.6 Immersive Edition RSVP invited audience Sept 27 2026 · 1:30PM

The afternoon after the Cadogan Hall premiere, the Immersive Edition of Chopin Residue was played in full on the Dolby Atmos 11.1.6 system of the Dolby London Screening Room in Soho — the first time the released Blu-ray mix was heard in the United Kingdom on a reference Dolby stage.

The session was presented by Sound And Vision Art Foundation and The Black Element Label with the support of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland. Immersive team: Morten Lindberg (production), Jacek Gawłowski (mix and production), Michael Romanowski (mastering), Mariusz Szypura (production, music and concept).

Artist
Mariusz Szypura
Format
Immersive Edition · Pure Audio Blu-ray · Dolby Atmos 11.1.6
Immersive team
Morten Lindberg · Jacek Gawłowski · Michael Romanowski · Mariusz Szypura
Production
Sound And Vision Art Foundation · The Black Element Label
Support
Adam Mickiewicz Institute · Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland
Place
Dolby London Screening Room · 25 Noel Street · London W1F 8GX
Chopin Residue Dolby Atmos listening session at Dolby London Screening Room, 27 September 2026 poster
SVAF · 12 / 2026
Frame 12 · London
Chopin Residue UK Premiere live at Cadogan Hall London, Polish Jazz Festival 2026 poster
Live concert Cadogan Hall · London 2026.09.26

Chopin Residue — UK Premiere live at Cadogan Hall

One-night ensemble concert · Polish Jazz Festival 2026
8 performers on stage UK Premiere live in London Sept 26 2026 · 6PM

The first UK performance of Chopin Residue: a one-night ensemble concert at Cadogan Hall, London, presented as part of the Polish Jazz Festival 2026. On stage: Adrian Utley, John Stanier, Sean O'Hagan, Leszek Możdżer, Charlie Draper, Pat Stawiński, Miłosz Pękala and Mariusz Szypura. One hour, no interval.

The album's deconstructed preludes — written for the residue left when the piano is removed — were performed live by an ensemble of its collaborators, with Leszek Możdżer as special guest. Presented with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland.

Artist
Mariusz Szypura
Performers
Adrian Utley · John Stanier · Sean O'Hagan · Leszek Możdżer · Charlie Draper · Pat Stawiński · Miłosz Pękala · Mariusz Szypura
Festival
Polish Jazz Festival 2026
Production
Polish Jazz Festival
Cooperation
Adam Mickiewicz Institute · Ministry of Culture and National Heritage · Cadogan Hall · Black Element Label · Sound And Vision Art Foundation
Place
Cadogan Hall · 5 Sloane Terrace · London SW1X 9DQ
SVAF · 11 / 2026
Frame 11 · Warsaw
Listening session UMFC · Warsaw 2026.06.11

Chopin Residue — Dolby Atmos pre-release at UMFC

Pre-release listening session of the immersive edition · Karol Szymanowski Auditorium and Cinema Hall
Dolby Atmos 11.1.6 immersive edition Pre-release listening session June 11 2026 · 3PM

The Adam Mickiewicz Institute and the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music presented a pre-release listening session of the immersive Dolby Atmos edition of Chopin Residue — its immersive 11.1.6 mix crafted by Morten Lindberg, Michael Romanowski, Jacek Gawłowski and Mariusz Szypura — heard for the first time in full spatial form before the public release.

Held on June 11, 2026 at the Karol Szymanowski Auditorium and Cinema Hall at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, the session opened the immersive edition — a co-production of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute — to an invited audience.

Artist
Mariusz Szypura
Format
Dolby Atmos 11.1.6 immersive edition
Invitation
Adam Mickiewicz Institute · Fryderyk Chopin University of Music
Production
Adam Mickiewicz Institute · co-production of the immersive edition
Cooperation
Black Element Label · Sound And Vision Art Foundation
Place
Karol Szymanowski Auditorium and Cinema Hall · Fryderyk Chopin University of Music · Warsaw
Chopin Residue Dolby Atmos pre-release listening session at Fryderyk Chopin University of Music Warsaw poster
SVAF · 10 / 2026
Frame 10 · Copenhagen
Chopin Residue Dolby Atmos panel at AES Europe 2026 Copenhagen poster
Panel · talk DTU · Copenhagen 2026.05.30

Chopin Residue — Dolby Atmos panel at AES Europe

AES Europe 2026 · panel on creation, production and mastering of the immersive edition
AES Europe 2026 11.1.6 ch Dolby Atmos case study 4 panellists

A panel conversation on the creation, production, and mastering of the immersive Dolby Atmos 11.1.6 edition of Chopin Residue — recording, mixing, and spatial design across two parallel discs designed for simultaneous playback.

Presented at the AES Europe 2026 Convention at the Technical University of Denmark on May 30, 2026, the session brought together the engineers and artists behind the immersive release for a public case study on the album's spatial architecture.

Artist
Mariusz Szypura
Panellists
Michael Romanowski, Morten Lindberg, Jacek Gawłowski, Mariusz Szypura
Convention
AES Europe 2026 Convention
Production
AES Europe
Cooperation
Black Element Label · Adam Mickiewicz Institute · Sound And Vision Art Foundation
Place
Technical University of Denmark · Auditorium 31 · Copenhagen

Carried out with the support of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute under the NetWorks programme. The Institute is promoted by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. www.iam.pl / www.culture.pl

SVAF · 09 / 2026
Frame 09 · Malta
Sound installation Polish Pavilion · Valletta 2026.03 → 2026.05

Redefining — sound installation at Malta Biennale

“Redefining. Polish-Ghanaian Textile Narratives” · curated by Natalia Bradbury
Golden Falcon Best Pavilion · Malta Biennale 2026

Presented as part of “Redefining. Polish-Ghanaian Textile Narratives”, the sound installation formed an integral sonic layer within the Polish Pavilion at Malta Biennale 2026. The exhibition brought together large-scale textile works by Marta Nadolle and Eliza Proszczuk (Poland) and Ernestina Mansa Doku (Ghana), exploring cultural exchange, material memory, and collective identity.

The sound composition by Mariusz Szypura unfolded as a fluid spatial structure — subtle, textural, continuously evolving — responding to the physicality and rhythm of the fabrics. A meditative yet dynamic field rooted in the Ubuntu philosophy: “I am because we are.”

Artists
Ernestina Mansa Doku, Marta Nadolle, Eliza Proszczuk
Sound
Mariusz Szypura
Curator
Natalia Bradbury
Production
OmenaArt Foundation
Cooperation
Sound And Vision Art Foundation
Place
Old Armoury of the Knights · Valletta / Birgu · Malta
Redefining — Polish Pavilion at Malta Biennale 2026 poster
SVAF · 08 / 2026
Frame 08 · Los Angeles
Chopin Residue Dolby Atmos pre-release listening session Los Angeles poster
Listening session Fab Factory Studios · LA 2026.01.31

Chopin Residue — Dolby Atmos in Los Angeles

Pre-release listening session · Studio A · Fab Factory
11.1.6 ch Dolby Atmos mix PMC monitoring 2026.01 pre-release

At Fab Factory Studios, a special pre-release presentation of Chopin Residue took place on January 31, 2026 — presenting the album ahead of its official digital release in its complete Dolby Atmos 11.1.6 format, on Fab Factory's Atmos stage in Studio A.

The immersive Atmos mix was engineered by Jacek Gawłowski, with production led jointly by Gawłowski and Szypura — designed specifically to showcase the spatial depth and dynamic detail of the work in a multi-speaker environment.

Artist
Mariusz Szypura
Hosts
Mariusz Szypura, Jacek Gawłowski
Production
Sound And Vision Art Foundation
Cooperation
Black Element Label · Adam Mickiewicz Institute
Place
Fab Factory Studios · Studio A · North Hollywood, Los Angeles
SVAF · 07 / 2025
Frame 07 · Osaka
Live performance BALC Gallery · Osaka 2025.12

Chopin Residue Live at BALC Gallery, Osaka

Concert with Sugar Yoshinaga (Buffalo Daughter), Masayoshi Fujita, Mariusz Szypura
3 musicians Improvisation + real-time reinterpretation

An integral part of the Osaka presentation was an accompanying concert performed by Mariusz Szypura, Sugar Yoshinaga (Buffalo Daughter), and vibraphonist Masayoshi Fujita. The concert extended the exhibition experience, blending improvisation with real-time reinterpretation of Chopin motifs.

Musicians
Sugar Yoshinaga · Masayoshi Fujita · Mariusz Szypura
Production
Sound And Vision Art Foundation
Cooperation
Black Element Label · Unsound Festival · Adam Mickiewicz Institute · Polish Cultural Institute Tokyo
Place
BALC Gallery · 2 Chome-1-6 Tosabori · Nishi Ward · Osaka · Japan
Chopin Residue Live at BALC Gallery Osaka poster
SVAF · 06 / 2025
Frame 06 · Osaka
Chopin Residue Audiovisual Installation Osaka poster
Audiovisual installation BALC Gallery · Osaka 2025.11 → 2025.12

Chopin Residue — 9-channel sound field, Osaka

Audiovisual installation · large-scale projection · lathe-cut thread canvas
9 ch independent sound field Lathe-cut thread canvases Dynamic light × video

At BALC Gallery, the installation was presented in its full audiovisual form. At the centre of the composition: a nine-channel sound field, in which each source operated independently, creating a complex spatial mosaic of textures.

The experience was complemented by large-scale video projections, produced using dynamic lighting and footage captured on pre-prepared canvases made of thread — material generated as waste during the lathe-cut vinyl record process.

Artist
Mariusz Szypura
Curator
Paweł Pachciarek
Audio
Mariusz Szypura
Production
Sound And Vision Art Foundation
Cooperation
Black Element Label · Unsound Festival · Adam Mickiewicz Institute · Polish Cultural Institute Tokyo
Place
BALC Gallery · Osaka · Japan
SVAF · 05 / 2025
Frame 05 · New York
Exhibition · Installation · Live Fridman Gallery · NYC 2025.11

Chopin Residue at Fridman Gallery, NYC

Live performances by Lee Ranaldo, John Stanier, Zoh Amba
Lee Ranaldo Sonic Youth John Stanier Helmet / Battles Zoh Amba saxophone

Chopin Residue by Mariusz Szypura is a multidisciplinary exhibition that reinterprets the legacy of Fryderyk Chopin through contemporary sound and visual art. Shown at Fridman Gallery, the exhibition includes visual works paired with original music inspired by Chopin's heritage — each piece created especially for this project by different artists.

As part of the opening, selected pieces were performed live by Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), John Stanier (Helmet, Battles, Tomahawk), and Zoh Amba — a unique site-specific interpretation.

Artist
Mariusz Szypura
Musicians
Zoh Amba · Lee Ranaldo · John Stanier · Mariusz Szypura
Curators
Mat Schulz · Gosia Płysa
Production
Sound And Vision Art Foundation
Co-financing
Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Republic of Poland
Cooperation
Black Element Label · Unsound Festival · Adam Mickiewicz Institute · Polish Cultural Institute New York
Place
Fridman Gallery · 169 Bowery · New York · USA
Photo
Evan Ray Suzuki
Chopin Residue Exhibition and Live Performance at Fridman Gallery NYC poster
SVAF · 04 / 2025
Frame 04 · Warsaw
Chopin Residue Nonaptych Prelude Op. 28 No. 20 at Wilanów Palace poster
Art installation Wilanów Palace · Warsaw 2025.04

Nonaptych — Prelude Op. 28 No. 20

Multimedia installation · Museum of King Jan III's Palace · TOP CHARITY Art 2025
9 turntables simultaneously Synchronised light × music Baroque north gallery

Chopin Residue Nonaptych — Prelude Op. 28 No. 20, presented at the Museum of King Jan III's Palace in Wilanów. Multimedia fusion of visual art, sound and light. At its centre is a large, monochrome artwork made from thread — a byproduct of manually cutting nine vinyl records, played back during the installation on 9 separate turntables inside the historic Baroque interiors of the north gallery.

Dynamic lighting synchronised with the music casts shifting shadows, evoking movement within the artwork's structure. The presentation marked the opening of the TOP CHARITY Auction 2025 Grand Gala.

Artist
Mariusz Szypura
Audio
Mariusz Szypura feat. Charlie Draper
Curators
Mat Schulz · Gosia Płysa
Production
Sound And Vision Art Foundation
Cooperation
OmenaArt Foundation · TOP CHARITY Art 2025 · Black Element Label · Unsound Festival
Place
North Gallery · Museum of King Jan III's Palace · Wilanów
SVAF · 03 / 2025
Frame 03 · Kraków
Live act · Performance Bunkier Sztuki · Kraków 2025.04

Lathe-Cut Session — vinyl cut live

A performance of subtraction · 81 records → thread → artwork
81 records 9 per track 9 tracks 9 artworks

The process of cutting records — later transformed into threads and materials for the artworks — was performed live at Bunkier Sztuki in Kraków. The artist isolated themselves within the gallery space, working with a vinyl cutting machine to cut records in real time. The entire process was open to the audience and recorded on video.

The thread produced as waste from the lathe-cut vinyl process is the negative of the vinyl groove. If the record contains the sound, the thread embodies the unsound — the residual trace left behind in the act of recording.

Artist
Mariusz Szypura
Curators
Mat Schulz · Gosia Płysa
Audio
Mariusz Szypura
Production
Sound And Vision Art Foundation
Cooperation
Unsound Festival
Place
Bunkier Sztuki · Kraków · Poland
Chopin Residue Lathe-Cut Session at Bunkier Sztuki Kraków poster
If the record contains the sound, the thread embodies the unsound. — Lathe-Cut Session · Bunkier Sztuki · 2025
SVAF · 02 / 2024
Frame 02 · New York
êkhos at Lincoln Center Unsound Festival NYC 2024 poster
Audiovisual installation Lincoln Center · NYC 2024.11

êkhos (ἦχος) at Lincoln Center

Unsound Festival NYC 2024 · stereoscopic anaglyph audio-video installation
Anaglyph stereoscopy Unsound NYC 2024 Synesthetic A/V

The êkhos (ἦχος) exhibition at Lincoln Center in New York, presented as part of Unsound Festival NYC 2024, is a stereoscopic anaglyph audio-video installation that embodies noise — understood as ekhos in ancient Greek — in a graphic performance organically reacting to sound.

The visual and audio experience switching in terms of senses leads to a kind of artistic confusion. The more we immerse ourselves in the project, the more we start to see the music and hear the visuals.

Artist
Mariusz Szypura
Audio
)))echo~echo((( · Mariusz Szypura & Paweł Krawczyk
Curators
Mat Schulz · Gosia Płysa
Production
Unsound Festival
Cooperation
Sound And Vision Art Foundation
Place
Lincoln Center · New York · USA
SVAF · 01 / 2024
Frame 01 · Warsaw
Audiovisual installation CSW Ujazdowski · Warsaw 2024.07

in:human at CSW Ujazdowski Castle

Centre for Contemporary Art · Simultaneously Double Disc Play Experience
Multi-channel audio LED projection array Interactive spatial design

in:human by Mariusz Szypura is an immersive art installation at the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, blending music and video art in an interactively designed space. It features the Simultaneously Double Disc Play Experience, mixing film music, electronic, experimental rock and contemporary classical genres.

The space is designed for active audience engagement, allowing visitors to choose their surroundings and the multi-channel music they experience. in:human fosters discussions on the impact of artificial intelligence on society and the role of technology, art and music in contemporary culture.

Artist
Mariusz Szypura
Curator
Natalia Bradbury
Music curator
Piotr Metz
Production
Crystal Lake Group
Cooperation
Sound And Vision Art Foundation
Place
Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle · Warsaw · Poland
in:human Audiovisual Installation at CSW Ujazdowski Castle Warsaw poster
Method01

Sound as material

We treat sound the way an architect treats stone — as a material that occupies space, defines edges, and inscribes a memory in the room. Every production is dimensioned in channels, not just minutes. Time is the secondary axis; space is the first.

Method02

Image as resonance

The image is not illustration. It is what the room remembers after the sound has left. We work with stereoscopic anaglyph, large-scale projection, thread sculpture, lathe-cut vinyl — media where physical waste becomes the visual record.

Method03

Foundation as host

SAVAF is the producer, never the author. We commission, finance, and structure the artistic labour of others — including the body of work by Mariusz Szypura — and place it inside institutions willing to host it. We do not exhibit; we produce.

We do not exhibit. We produce. — Working method · SAVAF

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