submerged

23.03.2025

14’

for 3 string instruments and live mixing and spatialisation of field recordings

12.2 speaker setup

performed by: Anaïs Moreau (Cello), Clara Levy (Violin), Julia Robert (Viola)

"Submerged" explores the theme of anthropogenic underwater noise pollution combined with Violin, Clara Levy, Viola, Julia Robert and Cello, Anais Moreau tuning into it, to be one sonic environment. Submerged reflects the unsettling impact of human activity on marine ecosystems, where industrial sounds and vessel traffic distort the natural acoustic landscape. Through extended techniques, the strings mimic the fragmented and dissonant nature of underwater noise, explore and improvise to the sound world. As the instruments intertwine, they embody both the disturbance and the resilience of life beneath the waves, offering an auditory reflection on the urgent need for ecological awareness.

big thanks to: Anaïs Moreau, Clara Levy, Lucie Nezri, Julia Robert, Claudio F Baroni, Onceim Ensemble Paris, Echonance Festival, Institute of Sonology, Konrad Boehmer Foundation, Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag