This week I am in Kampala, Uganda with Sounding Situations presenting our performance installation Rwandan Records at KITF. Rwandan Records is a sound installation, recording studio, radio play, archive and live concert all at once. It combines pre-colonial history with stories from the present and invites the audience to immerse themselves in the stories shared by
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IIPM Hate Radio French Tour
During the last four weeks I have been on tour with Hate Radio, visiting three theatres in different regions of France. I have been working alongside Jens Baudisch & Milena Kipfmueller, serving the production´s technical needs with a personal emphasis on sound and video. Show dates were March 26th – 29th in Besançon (Les 2
Merge / Buzzing Bridge at Hoch X in Munich
Last week, in my capacity as technical manager & lighting designer for Sounding Situations, I was in Munich where we were performing Merge / Buzzing Bridge at Hoch X. Show dates were March 22nd and 23rd. Information about the show can be found on the company website here. Please excuse the quality of the photo,
Gob Squad awarded the Silver Lion
Gob Squad have been awarded The Silver Lion at La Biennale di Venezia 2024, recognising 30 years of performance work. Wonderful news! You can read about the award here. We will open the 52nd Festival with the first of two performances of Creation (Pictures For Dorian), on June 15th at the Teatro Piccolo Arsenale. I
reworks IV
A collection of pieces from 2019 – 2024. You can listen / buy on my Tzara Music Bandcamp : reworks IV I took this photo at the Aquarium du Québec in 2007. At the time I had a bit of a thing for walruses.
reworks III
Music for two installation projects. Tracks 1-5 are from Gob Squad´s video installation “Elephants In Rooms” that premiered in the foyer of HAU1 in Berlin on the 3rd of June 2022 and continued until June 9th. It features Jeff McGrory on guitar and FX. More information can be found on my website – chrisumney.com/elephants-in-rooms/ Tracks
The Golden Records Studios
During the summer of 2022 I created the sound design for a series of podcasts called “The Golden Records Studios” for Matthaei & Konsorten. I had previously worked with the company and their director Lukas Matthaei on the Die Sumpfgeborene performance film at the beginning of 2021. The podcasts, which are in German, can now
reworks II
Volume 2 features three long drone pieces from the summer of 2021. Inspired by my partner Justyna, this period marked the beginning of my interest in using specific frequencies as starting points for developing drone pieces. This month´s photo is from a hotel room in Vancouver. It was taken in 2009 on the same round-the-world
Creation (Pictures For Dorian)
This week I´m in Innsbruck with Gob Squad as technical manager and lighting designer. We are presenting Creation (Pictures For Dorian) at the Tiroler Landestheater, with performances in repertoire until November 11th. Details can be found here. Photos : Annelies Kanz & Birgit Gufler (c)
reworks I
Whether I´m at home or traveling, I´m always making music. Some of the resulting sketches are developed for projects that I´m working on but most remain unused. Occasionally I´ll listen through to some, in quite a random way, and much of the time I think, with a little work, they could become something. After much
Landpartie 2023
Next week I will be with Grotest Maru in residency at Schloss Bröllin creating a site-specific version of Schwarm. This will be presented on Saturday September 23rd as part of their Landpartie 2023. Information about the show can be found here on the Grotest Maru website. Photos : Landpartie 2023 Peter van Heesen (c) –