Soundcheck in Studio 1
Architectural Surfaces, Shotgun Microphones, Suspended Speakers, Steel, Polyester, Aluminium, Foam, Cables, Lithium Ion Battery, Audio Interface, Microphone Cables, Buckles, Straps, Feedback, Gaffer Tape, Cushions, Live Audience
Live performance (42 minutes)
2022
Rather than occurring before the audience arrives, a (kind of) soundcheck is performed while the audience is present. This soundcheck departs from the conventional goal of optimizing listening conditions and instead involves complicating the relations between inhabitation, listening, and movement. An ASMR Harness is used to amplify contact between its user and the surfaces of a built environment to research and perform architectural intimacy. Rather than understanding amplified anomalies as intrusions to the live performance, the piece considers feedback, delay, and distortions as collaborative entities which inform bodily movements.
Site Specific Performance for MA SODA at Uferstudios Studio 1
Berlin, Germany
April 2022
Listening Techniques and Performance by Brad Nath
Light Design and Tech Support by Fluxgeist
Costume Development by Tanja Bombach
Mentoring by Diego Agulló and Mona Mahall
Tutoring by Janez Janša
Photographs by Alicja Hoppel
Video Recorded by Froilán Urzagasti