In Erinnerung
Audiovisuelle Installation, 11'
6.1 surround
Wir suchen Stille und werden erinnert. An die Stadt erinnert. Sie winkt uns zu, mit ihren Schatten die sie wirft, und wir werden erinnert, an die Technologisierung, die um unsere Augen und Ohren zieht. Wir versuchen, uns im Wald nahe zu kommen und werden abgelenkt, wurden erinnert. Wir werden erinnert. Wir suchen unsere Seelen in einem gestörten Waldbad, werden erinnert. Und wurden erinnert.
- Januar 2023
[english] In Remembrance
Audiovisual Installation, 11'
6.1 surround
We seek silence and we‘re getting reminded. Reminded of the city. It beckons us, with the shadows it casts, and we are reminded, of the technologization that moves around our eyes and ears. We try to get close to ourselves in the forest and we are distracted, reminded. We‘re getting reminded. We search our souls in a disturbed forest bath, are reminded. And we‘re getting reminded.
- January 2023
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In Erinnerung
stereo 11'
selektiv
stereo 1'12''
short composition based of field recording samples transformed in midi-data, processed with granular synthesis
- Oktober 2022
bleached but not dead yet
sound installation 7' 30''
8.2 surround
[english] The rainforests of our underwater world, the coral reefs are in danger of extinciton. This work is about the coral bleaching events. Mainly focussing on facts about the Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs.
Sadly, there've been four bleaching events in the last seven years, and right now, there's another ongoing even though in a year of La Niña, when more rain and cooler temperatures were supposed to provide a moment of respite for sensitive corals to recover. Briefly recapped: "the ocean is becoming too warm and acidic for the organisms that live there and the acid is killing coral and many thousands of species." - climatefoundation.org
The composition is phrased in a timeline over the last 30 years. (1993-2022) The six mass bleaching events are shown in a sudden way, 15 seconds each, no more visuals on the ground - whispers of hard climate crisis facts and almost no soundscapes. Mass bleaching events happend in 1998, 2002, 2016, 2017, 2020 and right now, 2022.
The sound installation is filled with found articles spoken by Gabriela Jones and Daryl Jones, hydrofon recordings, found footage of coral reef sounds, underwater soundscapes and over 30 sea dwellers.
What is coral bleaching?
"When corals are stressed, they expel the zooxanthellae* that live inside their tissues. Without the algae to provide colour, corals appear transparent and reveal their white skeletons.
This is called coral bleaching. Bleached corals are not dead, but are more at risk of starvation and disease." - barrierreef.org
Narrators: Gabriela Jones, Daryl Jones
Visuals: Found Footage, Sina Joelle
Photos: Stefano Christen
*zooxanthellaeCorals get most of their bright colours from microscopic algae that grows inside the polyps’ tissues. This algae, called zooxanthellae, helps corals by removing waste and using it to produce food in a process known as photosynthesis.
- Mai 2022
im: pr' ov
Performance 10'
stereo
Voice and Mixer, Julie Beriger
Percussion and live electronic, Felipe Arteaga
Roli Seaboard with field recordings, flurina mia
à suivre #41, Freitag 27.05.22
Photos: Stefano Christen
short audiosnippet of our live performance
3' 32''
stereo
környezet
Performance 12'41''
stereo
[deutsch] Field Recordings gesammelt vom April bis November 2021. Komponiert und aufgeteilt in 4 Stücke à 3 Minuten. Improvisiert mit Synthesizer und Live-Elektronik. Naturklänge, minim bearbeitet, in Verbindung mit synthetischen Klängen, komplexe Räume entstehen. Eine Art Klangtagebuch.
[english] Field recordings collected from April to November 2021. Composed and divided into 4 pieces of 3 minutes each. Improvised with synthesizer and live electronics. Natural sounds, minimally processed, in combination with synthetic sounds, complex spaces emerge. A kind of sound diary.
- Februar 2022
on the edge
Video 3' 10''
stereo
- Dezember 2021
Vom Minimalismus zur Reizüberflutung
Performance 8' 22''
6.1 surround
[deutsch] Eine Ruhe, eine Fläche, eine Farbe. Übersichichtlich, minimalistisch, geordnet. Ein Weg zur Reizüberflutung. Ein Gedränge, eine Stimme, ein Geräusch, ein Flüstern, der Klang rauscht am Ohr vorbei, woher plötzlich diese vielen Flächen. In einer Zeit, geprägt von diversen Eindrücken und unendlichen Plattformen der Selbstdarstellung. Eine unauffällige Kamera auf sich und andere gerichtet. Dies ist eine Performance über ein Erlebnis, das Leben, meiner Selbst.
> Videodokumentation für Kopfhörer
Livestream vom Freitag, 22.01.2021, performative Arbeit mit Surround-System, über sechs Lautsprecher und einen Subwoofer
From minimalism to sensory overload
[english] One calm, one surface, one color. Clear, minimalist, orderly. A path to sensory overload. A crowd, a voice, a noise, a whisper, the sound rushes past the ear, where are these many surfaces coming from. In a time marked by diverse impressions and endless platforms of self-expression. An unobtrusive camera focused on myself and others. This is a performance about an experience.
> videodocumentation for headphones
Livestream from Friday, 22.01.2021, performative work with surround system, six speakers and a subwoofer.
- Februar 2021
Climate Activist Being Trapped In A Daydream
composition 5' 06''
stereo
- Dezember 2021
resonant
composition 3' 00''
stereo
- Mai 2021
glas
composition 4' 05''
stereo
[english] "make a piece with only glass sounds, no loop allowed"
- April 2020
fragile - pianoimprovisation
Improvisation 7' 13''
stereo
[deutsch] "in einem leeren, stillen raum lief ich 15 minuten alleine umher, habe den film zusammengeschnitten, stellte meinen macbook neben das klavier und versuchte, zum bewegtem bild zu improvisieren."
[english] "in an empty, silent room I walked around alone for 15 minutes, edited the film together, put my macbook next to the piano and tried to improvise to the moving picture."
- März 2020