Merche Blasco interviewed me in February 2020 on my work with objects and gestures, on how I use everyday actions and sonic transformations and the role of narration in my pieces. In this video the interview is combined with several…
Author: cathyvaneck
We Are Prepared
This piece has been composed for and developed together with Steffi Weismann, Katarina Rasinski and Ariana Jessulat of Maulwerker. We are prepared is based on a similar set-up as Empty Chairs. Again chairs equiped with loudspeakers and sensors are used,…
Erster Versuch den Wind zu drehen
Soft wind sounds are diffused by two metal tubes. With the help of your breath you can change the weather: by blowing against the black anemometer the wind turns. If the human breath results in a change in the weather…
Empty Chairs
Empty Chairs stages three empty chairs, each with a loudspeaker attached. A system of live recorded sounds and electronic processing brings them to life. A performer interacts with the chairs by moving them, placing them in new formations, and trying out different…
Wings
One loudspeaker and three microphones are placed opposite eachother. The volume is turned up, and acoustic feedback occurs between the microphones and speaker. Three performers manipulate the feedback by shifting foam-board panels around, creating new spaces with every movement and…
La Nature dans le Miroir
As a human being I try to observe nature by catching it. I make pictures of beautiful landscapes and recordings of bird sounds. But this process of catching is also transforming nature. I use trails made in the landscape so I…
In Paradisum
There is not much to say about this performance: I simply try to find the perfect sound for eating an apple In Paradisum (2019)performance for apple, performer and live electronics
Cheering for others makes you a leader
Pompons and cheers such as hurrah, yippie, yeah are the elements for this performance. With the help of sensors my gestures control the electronic processing of all the hurrah-sounds. The performance can also be understood as an investigation in what…
Breeze
Five music stands are placed in a semi circle. Crumpled oversized sheets of paper stand on the music stand. The leaves move slowly and sound soft when the visitor comes in. Big sheets of paper on the stands are slowly…
Hearing Sirens
A usual fashion to hear music nowadays is through headphones. The mp3-player made more music transportable than ever before and public spaces are crowded nowadays with people, living in their own acoustic world. My project is about reversing this situation….