Extended Bodies

Extended Bodies is an audio-visual event focusing on the interface between humans and the contemporary environment. The performances present a range of artistic perspectives exploring how radioactivity, mining, construction and chemical proliferation shape our environment.

iko - Ephemeral Equilibrium: A Sound Exploration of Environmental Degradation, Mutation and Regeneration.

Inspired by the story of the Fukushima butterfly and its genetic mutations following the nuclear disaster in 2011, "Ephemeral Equilibrium” explores the fragility of the natural world and its vulnerability to human activity. "Ephemeral Equilibrium" is a call to action, inviting listeners to consider their own impact on the environment and the role they can play in fostering a more sustainable future.

Callum Murray - Concrete

“Concrete" is an improvised musical performance, in which found sound material from nature, musical instruments and electronics are processed by a computer algorithm. This algorithm improvises, along with the performer, to create a concrete - a musical surface which has intricate detail, and is built from an aggregate of many materials.

Danilo Ricci - Cycle of Stone

Through a performance based around the electrical signals of plants, "Cycle of Stone" explores the chronological phases of human interference in our environment. Sometimes in the form of alterations, sometimes in the form of more positive, generative intervention in balance with the eco-system, we are constantly interacting with the environment.

Leonard Maassen - 2.0

"2.0” engages with the permeability of human bodies to environmental influence. By exploring bodily self-perception through sound, the performance asks us to listen to what our bodies tell us about the processes and presences occurring in the extended environment.