Lena C.
Currents and Crossings
2025 Resonance Residency, Coswig(Anhalt)/Berlin, DE
Live performance, audio-visual work
Currents and Crossings is an experimental sound project that explores how water connects people and landscapes, both hor- izontally across space and vertically through time. The project consists of an audio-visual work and a live performance.
The audio-visual piece was presented at the Open Studio event on June 15, 2025 during the residency. It combines field record- ings and video materials from the Elbe River and its natural surroundings. The visuals respond to the sounds, bringing the audience into an immersive and mysterious soundwalk through nature.
Finally, a composition was performed on June 20 at PAS Berlinas the summary of the project. Using field recordings and elec-tronic synthesis, the piece wove together voices from the Elbe River, the landscapes around Coswig, and coastal sounds from Taiwan recorded in the past. The performance embodied water as a metaphor for travel, with the performer physically activating fragments of the piece on five recorders, such as Zoom, placed around the audience and used as sample play- ers. This staging gave the work a theatrical feature and traced a journey of how water cur- rents move across bodies and places. It mirrored the artist’s process of exploration and the relational nature of sound.Finally, a composition was performed on June 20 at PAS Berlinas the summary of the project. Using field recordings and elec-tronic synthesis, the piece wove together voices from the Elbe River, the landscapes around Coswig, and coastal sounds from Taiwan recorded in the past. The performance embodied water as a metaphor for travel, with the performer physically activating fragments of the piece on five recorders, such as Zoom, placed around the audience and used as sample play- ers. This staging gave the work a theatrical feature and traced a journey of how water cur- rents move across bodies and places. It mirrored the artist’s process of exploration and the relational nature of sound.
Residency hosted by Sorora e.V., funded by LiveMX, supported by Karne Kunst, and co-funded by the European Union.
My stay was supported by National Culture and Arts Foundation Taiwan 台灣國家文化藝術基金會
