Diapason

La ricerca di Christina Kubisch è caratterizzata in parte da un’analisi dello spazio acustico e della dimensione temporale dell’evento sonoro  e in parte dalla ridefinizione del rapporto tra materia e forma. In questa occasione l’artista ha realizzato appositamente un mix sonoro composto da una serie di vecchi diapason utilizzati per il lavoro Tuning forks.

Born in Bremen, Germany (1948). Lives and works in Berlin. She studied painting,  music (flute and composition) and electronics in Hamburg, Graz, Zürich and Milano, where she graduated. Performances, concerts and works with video in the seventies, subsequently sound installations, sound sculptures and work with ultraviolet light. Her compositions are mostly electroacoustic, but she has written for ensembles as well. Since 2003 she works again as a perfomer and collaborates with various musicians and dancers. Numerous grants and awards, such as the Award of the German Industrial Association (BDI), composition grant of the city of Berlin, Carl Djerassi Honorary Fellowship,California,  IASPIS residency grant, Stockholm. Since 1974 solo exhibitions in Europe, USA, Australia, Japan and South America. Numerous participations in international festivals and group exhibitions such as: Pro Musica Nova, Bremen 1976 and1980, Für Augen und Ohren, Berlin 1980, Biennale of Venice, 1980 and 1982, Gaudeamus Music Festival 1984, documenta 8, Kassel 1987, Ars Electronica, Linz 1987, Steirischer Herbst, Graz 1987, Biennale of Sydney 1990, Donaueschinger Musiktage, 1993 and 1997, Prison Sentences, Philadelphia 1995, Sonambiente, Berlin 1996 and 2006, in medias res, Istanbul 1997, festival d’art sonor, Barcelona 1999, Sonic Boom, London 2000, Visual Sound, Pittsburgh 2001, Singuhr-Hörgalerie, Berlin 2002, activating the medium festival, San Franciso 2003, sounding spaces, Tokyo 2003, Musik und Raum, Lucerne Festival 2004, Resonance – The Electromagnetic Bodies Project, ZKM, Karlsruhe 2005, Her Noise, South London Gallery, London 2005, Stockholm New Music  2006, Sound/Bytes_, Oldenburg 2007. Her music has been released with various labels such as Cramps Records, Edition RZ, ampersand, semishigure, Die Schachtel, Olof Bright, AA Records.   Christina Kubisch has been visiting professor in Maastricht, Paris and Berlin. She is a professor for sound art at the Academy of Fine Arts, Saarbrücken, Germany, since 1994 and a member of the Akademie der Künste Berlin since 1997. She lives in Hoppegarten near Berlin.