KLANGHAUS ARTIST IN RESIDENCY Austria 2016

KLANGHAUS
Artist in Residency | Live Performance | Childrens Workshop
Austria
2016

ARTIST IN RESIDENCY

The intention of the artist in residency was to respond directly to the surrounding environment and create a sound piece in situ, or connected with place and space. During my residency I collected field recordings from my immediate surrounds, taking walks into the luscious forest: church bells, farmers on tractors, birdsong, insects, thunderstorms: remixed into a sound scape and performed live with electric cello and electronics titled “Shades of Green”.

CHILDRENS’s WORKSHOP

During the workshop I introduced children to the idea of electric strings, and electronics, but with an explanation of my deep studies in classical music and the importance of theory.

Practically, I invited children to the stage to make short soundscapes together. Some children are naturally shy, but it was a great experience to nurture the curiosity and freedom existing in the child’s mind and to make some really innovative and experimental soundscapes together.

Artists: Lissie Rettenwander (AT)- Zither, Voice, electronic devices; Markus Krispel (AT)- Saxophon; Carlos Zingaro (PT)- Violin; Jean-Marc Foussat (FR)- Synthesizer; Kai Niggemann (D)-Synthesizer; Mia Zabelka (AT)-Violin, Voice, electronic devices; Benjamin Skepper (AUS)-Violoncello, electronic devices, red shift orchestra (AT/D), One.Night.Band

This project is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

Special thanks also to YAMAHA MUSIC Germany for facilitating logistics with my SVC-50 electric cello
and
Mia Zabelka for her curation and organisation.