Awakenings: Manja Ristić

concert at dawn

For those still floating between waking and dreaming, on the last morning of the Biennale, Manja Ristić will set up a space for relaxation & release – a concert at dawn.

Manja’s work can be experienced as a form of “sound diary”, a place where she records landscapes and inner processes by means of abstract sound narratives. She is based on the island of Korčula in the Adriatic, where she explores the different sounds “under and above the sea”.

In the layered architecture of her field recordings, natural environments figure as starting points for subtle improvisations. Sound, in this context, becomes “a medium for connecting with the world, a research platform, a mirror of micro-evolution” reflecting the traces that space leaves in her soundscapes.

Manja captures the ephemeral moments in space and time, creating “an archive of disappearances and an archive of emergences... a phantasmagorical gallery”, a place that encourages an introspective listening through intertwined narratives of nature, space and internal conditions.

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Manja Ristić is a violinist, sound artist and researcher. Her sound explores the space beyond contemporary music. She is focused on an interdisciplinary approach to the art of sound, field recording, instrumental electroacoustics and experimental radio arts. Last year, her solo and collaborative projects made their way to Bandcamp and ACL’s list of best experimental and field recordings albums.

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Manja Ristić, violin, electronics, sound objects and field recordings

program collaboration - KONTEJNER and MaMa Multimedia Institute