AMELIE DUCHOW
LOGOS MATER (AV performance)
/GER-ITA/
Amelie Duchow, a German audiovisual artist, investigates the experimental relationship between sound, space, and visual perception. Her conceptual approach unfolds as an interplay of subtle, multilayered microsounds and intensive electronic structures transmuting into immersive visual articulations that challenge perceptual boundaries.
How does a language sound beyond the meaning of its words?
How much does the sound of a language influence us?
How does the sound of a language resonate with us?
The sound composition of LOGOS MATER is inspired by phonetic and acoustic elements that explore the essence of the world’s languages. To this end, Amelie Duchow invites people worldwide to participate in the project through a web platform where they can record their voices. The artist analyzes and transforms these vocal contributions, giving rise to a creative process of sound alteration. https://www.extrasync.net/logosmater/index.html
Each sound in the composition derives directly from these contributions, giving the project a unique and constantly evolving identity. Thus, each live performance of LOGOS MATER incorporates the latest recordings received, establishing a global connection through the language of sound.
LOGOS MATER‘s composition transcends words and seeks to connect people through a universal language: sound. It attempts to communicate beyond cultural and geographical boundaries, establishing a unique and ephemeral dialogue that unites us, if only for an instant.
The performance invites the audience to reflect on the significance of languages in shaping our individual and collective identities and on the fact that humanity today is facing a massive extinction: languages are disappearing at an unprecedented pace as over 40% of the world’s approximate 7000 languages are at risk of disappearing.
The project has been recognized as one of the winners of the open call for raster media for soundtrack Europe 2025.
Duration: 60 min
Language: without words
Performance:
Fri, 3.07 at 21.30 in Rakvere Theatre’s Big Hall (BUY TICKET, ticket sale starts at 15th of April at 12.00)
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Amelie Duchow is a member of Female Pressure, a transnational database and network of women working in electronic music and visual arts.
Her debut album, TONSTICH, was released on Sync, an audiovisual platform and label she co-runs with media artist Marco Monfardini. Together, they created the SCHNITT project, which operates in the transitional space between electronic music, digital art, and technology. Their audiovisual performances and installations have been showcased worldwide in museums and festivals such as L.E.V Festival (Spain), Mutek Montreal (Canada), Elektra Festival (Canada), e-Phil (Germany), Biennale Némo (France), Act Festival (South Korea), and Sonica Festival (United Kingdom).
Amelie Duchow, along with Gianluca Sibaldi and Marco Monfardini, forms EXTRAsync, an interdisciplinary platform dedicated to audiovisual research and the development of multimedia projects, software, and audio/video devices.
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Audio/video performance artist: Amelie Duchow
Concept and music: Amelie Duchow and Marco Monfardini
Computer system and programming: Gianluca Sibaldi
Production: sync | EXTRAsync
