Duration of performance 40 minutes
Tobias Koch
’s site-specific performances articulate the varying unseen auditory con
nections between space and sound. Koch’s digitally rendered compositions
become amplified by the surrounding acoustic frequencies or architectural
matter which develops in a series of live instrumentations by the artist.
The audience's perception shifts between listening and understanding the
tangible spatial dimensions of the space throughout the performance’s du
ration. Leveraging improvisational techniques\, he brings a musical focus
to the physical environment in which the performance takes place. His appr
oach results in a score that is distinctly anchored in a heightened viscer
al experience\, shared by both Koch and the audience.
Tobias Koch i
s a Basel and Turin-based composer and sound artist working across perform
ance\, visual arts\, film\, and music. He exhibited and performed his work
at Unsound Festival\, Biennale Son\, Leopold Museum Vienna\, Palazzo dell
e Esposizioni Roma\, Trauma Bar Berlin\, Istituto Svizzero Roma\, Centre C
ulturel Suisse Paris\, and various institutions throughout Europe. He prev
iously scored works presented at MoMA New York\, documenta 14\, Frieze Art
Fair\, Tate Modern\, Centre Pompidou\, Volksbühne Berlin\, and others. H
is sound design and music compositions were featured in several award-winn
ing films at Film Festival Cannes\, Locarno Film Festival\, IFFR Rotterdam
\, Berlinale\, and Toronto International Film Festival. His latest score f
or the feature film Drii Winter (A Piece Of Sky) was awarded the Georges D
elerue Award\, and the film was Switzerland’s official submission to the
Academy Awards 2023.