I AM performance at Baltic Art Form
Baltic Art Form and Analema Group presents KIMA
4 June, 6 pm-11 pm
Performance ‘I AM’ for four performers and audience in three languages from the Baltic countries
By Evgenia Emets and Ben Zucker
Analema Group presents the participatory sound and visual performance KIMA, exploring sounds of the languages from the Baltic region through a multi-lingual poem by Evgenia Emets and a composition created in collaboration with Ben Zucker, performed by the audience and a choir.
Analema Group presents a site specific, immersive interactive art performance at the Gala Night of the Baltic Art Form. ‘KIMA: I AM’ will explore the relationships between music and light, sound and color, spoken word and written image.
The audience will be invited to co-create together with a choir a vocal and visual space within the Saint Sepulchre Church. Participants will become part of the recitation of a poetry piece which is both sonic and visual, their voices will become colour, light and form. A composition will emerge from all the voices taking part in the performance.
A poem ‘I AM’ created in visual and sonic form reflects on the Baltic culture through the three languages, Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian, their common roots and their differences. The poem is present in the space as a graphic score and inspiration for the performers. Members of audience will be given a fragment of poetry at the beginning of the evening and will be invited to participate in co-creating a sonic version of the poem.
Poem and performance created by Evgenia Emets, vocal interpretation by Ben Zucker.
Performance by: Evgenia Emets, Kate Smith, Mārtiņš Baumanis, Uran Apak.
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Address: St Sepulchre's Church, Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2DQ
Evgenia Emets is a poet and artist. Sound, word, poetry, drawing are the primary elements of her current work. Through installation and performance work she creates experiences, which invite to question the boundaries of perception. Participants come into a direct experience with layers of reality, observing their own physical, psychic and emotional responses. She graduated with an MA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins College of Art, London in 2008. She is currently based in London. She worked in Moscow with Stella Art Foundation throughout 2005-2008, exhibiting internationally with projects 108, Europe, The Elements of Light. In 2007 she moved to London launching experimental work: Okean X (2007) and Manta Ray (2008). She is Artistic Director and Founder of Analema Group, which created projects throughout 2010 - 2015: A-Field, Root A, Khaos and Kima. www.evgeniaemets.vision
Recent phrases Ben Zucker has begun using in
describing his work include “object relations”, “situation creation”, and
“human algorithms”. Said work includes concert music, improvisation, electronica,
and performance art; it has taken him recently to premieres and shows at the
New York Fringe Festival, Northwestern University New Music Conference, the
Banff Centre, and the Audio Branding Academy Congress in Berlin (where he was
recognized as a “Young Composer Talent!”). Ben is a recent graduate of Wesleyan
University, and currently resides in London, where he is an MA student at
Brunel University.
Mārtiņš Baumanis is a sound explorer, currently pursuing a MMus in Leadership at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He uses his voice, electronics, the piano and anything in between to create meaningful sounds, both as a composer and a performer. Originally from Latvia, he maintains an important connection to the ever singing and musically prodigious Baltic country. Sound for him is a way to break barriers, to shoot right through the inhibitions and reservations of people. Sound can avoid all the rituals of human interaction and get straight to the point, straight to one's inner being, and in this elusive ether work very efficiently to perform social actions and bring people closer to each other.
Kate Smith is a
multi-genre vocalist earning her Masters in Leadership at Guildhall School of
Music. Her most recent operatic role was Cinderella in Thousand Furs,
performed at Kings Place as part of the Tete a Tete Opera Festival (August
2015). Prior to moving to London, she worked as a video producer and singer in
Beijing, China. In addition, she produced and performed her own cabaret shows
focused on the history and music of Weimar-era Germany, and Shanghai jazz from
the 1920s. http://katesmithmusic.com/
Uran Apak is a multimedia artist
and voice tutor. He holds an MA in Sonic Arts from Goldsmiths University.
Uran’s Istanbul based Nu
Park project
focuses on theatrical, audio-visual and improvised performance. Uran's London
based project WILDEAST is a fusion of Turkish
influences with electronic music. Uran also sings and performs with TIC - The Improvisers'
Choir. Since 2013, Uran has been facilitating the Voice DNA workshop that
allows people to discover their unique voice. Uran is also an award-winning
film composer and is currently working on his solo music.
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