Guidé·es par les mains d’une orfèvre, nous plongeons dans l’humus automnal à cheval sur nos paupières mi-closes. Gargouillement, grésillements, Kokhlias nous promène du figuratif à l’abstrait, entre fourmilière et synthèse modulaire, du déluge intérieur à l’éclaircie électrique.
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Artiste sonore et musicienne, née en Sibérie et basée à Genève, Olga Kokcharova s’intéresse à tout ce qui est audible indépendamment du médium, privilégiant une prise de son minutieuse mais expérimentant aussi dans des circonstances où le matériel d’enregistrement est mis à l’épreuve, pour se servir des sources ainsi obtenues afin de créer des compositions ou improvisations électroacoustiques multi-canal, des bandes son, des performances ou des installations sonores dans l’espace public.
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Guided by the hands of a goldsmith, we dive into the autumnal humus straddling our half-closed eyelids. Gargling, sizzling, Kokhlias takes us from figurative to abstract, between anthill and modular synthesis, from the inner deluge to the electric thinning.
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Sound artist and musician, born in Siberia and based in Geneva, Olga Kokcharova is interested in everything audible independently of the medium, privileging a meticulous sound recording but also experimenting in circumstances where the recording material is set to use the sources thus obtained to create multi-channel electroacoustic compositions or improvisations, soundtracks, performances or sound installations in the public space.
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credits
released December 6, 2019
buchla 200e & field recordings at coletto ( it ), plateau ( ch ) & pougny ( fr )
featuring voices & presences of bouddha, chiroptera, culicidae, electricity, eliomys quercinus, g®, gilles, gryllidae, loulan, marion, orianne.
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mastered by Jean-du-Lac, august 2019
cover by Emma Souharce
released december 2019
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