Umweltraum((a)) - Sonica 2024
Jakob von Uexküll's Umwelt theory states that there is not one objective of our world, but is made up of the subjective impressions of each living creature. If we were to draw a soap bubble around each being and step into one of those bubbles, our sense of time and space as we know it would vanish. This new collaborative work from immersive artist Laura Mannelli and sound artist Sonia Killmann riffs on Umwelt theory, depicting a dystopian ecosystem, contrasting machinic visuals with an interactive organic soundtrack. The installation also features a performance composed by Sonia Killmann.
A Cryptic Commission 2024. Supported by Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg and Ministry of Culture of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Developed at Cove Park.
For bookings contact Claire Moran at claire@cryptic.org.uk
Image by Siyao Li
Roots - Glasgow Science Festival 2022
"Roots" is an installation recently exhibited in the Botanic Gardens of Glasgow. As part of the Glasgow Science Festival Sonia Killmann cerated an installation inspired by the communication of plants through electrical signals. The music jerks the imagination and mimics what the sound of plants communicating and conversing might be; of course there is no way of actually deciphering the infinite wisdom of their roots.
Single Journey - Explorathon 2019
Single Journey is an installation that took place in an old subway carriage at the Riverside Museum in Glasgow (Explorathon 2019). Listeners would experience ambient music outside the carriage, while the inside of the carriage featured a long modern-day field recording of a Glasgow Subway journey. Both tracks would then merge into an immersive underground soundscape.
Freiraum
Created in Max/MSP, this installation is a never-ending loop of sounds and visuals that never repeat in the same way again. As the randomised field recordings feed into a particle system, which creates a signal that then feeds back into itself. By doing so, the visuals and field recordings create an endless immersive experience, which can be joined and left and any moment in time. This Installation took place at Sound Thought: Signal in February 2019.
