Five pieces recorded in Labruja, Portugal & Krakow, Poland in late 2023 / early 2024. You can listen / buy on my Tzara Music Bandcamp here.
Authorchris umney
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
Music For Installations II
These tracks were written in the Autumn of 2021 for a theatre installation “Das stille Leben der verlorenen Dinge” (The Quiet Living Of Lost Things) that was presented at the Kunstverein Wagenhalle in Stuttgart from December 2nd – 5th 2021. The installation featured lifelike figurines, mysterious objects and a recorded text that led the audience
Music For Installations I
Music for 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. Update : “Elephants In Rooms” will be presented at La Biennale di Venezia 2024. Information can be found
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
Nowa Huta
Nova Huta features two long drone pieces from the summer of 2021. Inspired by my partner Justyna, and time spent exploring the Nowa Huta district of Krakow, this period marked the beginning of my interest in using specific frequencies as starting points for developing drone pieces. You can listen / buy on my Tzara Music
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)
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) –
Western Society in Riga
At the end of this month I will be in Riga with Gob Squad. We will be performing Western Society there on August 31st and September 1st. The International Festival of Contemporary Theatre Homo Novus is the leading performing arts festival in Latvia and one of the biggest in the Baltic region. It introduces audiences
Global Amazonia
This summer I´ve had the very great pleasure to begin working with a company that are new to me. Since 1996 the Berlin-based Grotest Maru having been touring internationally, creating theatre for public spaces around the world. You can read more about the company on their website here. In early June I was invited to