workspace for experimental music and sound art
Sound artists and composers Marja Ahti (SW/FI) and crys cole (CA/DE) will develop a new collaborative work that grows from their individual practices. During the residency, they will create an installatory body of work that brings auditory and visual elements into dialogue, giving sound a material presence of its own. Conceived for installation contexts with the possibility of performative intervention, the project examines the transformative relationships between sonic material and the spaces it inhabits. Their research engages not only with the sonic energies of materials but also with their presence as perceived through visuality, scent, temperature, touch, perceptual intensity, and textual or poetic imagination.
crys cole (b. 1976, Winnipeg) is a Canadian sound artist based in Berlin. Her practice spans electroacoustic composition, performance, sculpture, and installation. Working with subtle, imperfect sounds—often generated through haptic gestures and seemingly mundane objects and materials—she creates texturally nuanced works that continually retune the ear. cole has performed extensively worldwide in both solo and collaborative contexts, working with artists such as Annea Lockwood, Tetuzi Akiyama, David Rosenboom, Francis Plagne, Taku Unami and Leif Elggren, among others. She maintains ongoing duos with Oren Ambarchi and with James Rushford as Ora Clementi. Her work has been commissioned and published by labels and institutions including Black Truffle (AU/DE), Ultra Eczema (BE), Second Editions (DE), Boomkat (UK), Issue Project Room (US), WDR3 (DE), Radiophrenia (SCT), Ina GRM (FR), and more. She has exhibited in Canada, Russia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, the UK, and Thailand.
Zoé Febvre–Utrilla
Graciela Muñoz Farida
Pedro Oliveira
