Iulia-Andreea Smeu *KITE (RO/CH).
I am a multidisciplinary artist based in Basel, Switzerland. Trained as a classical violinist in Bucharest (RO) and Bern (CH), changing direction into the field of freely improvised music and sound design led to embracing an extended artistic practice. Within my current work, electroacoustic sound intertwines with spoken word and visual elements to create embodied experiences that facilitate self-reflection, while experimenting with the potential of hybrid forms of expression and presentational formats.
I am interested in narratives that touch on aspects of identity and relation <identification / self-fragmentation / alienation> in the context of fictional futures and distorted subjective realities, speculating based on psychological research, phenomenology, and science fiction, while bringing forth a poetic approach.
I believe in the potentiality of sound to act as a vehicle for both individual and social change, using its capacity to facilitate reflection through re-contextualizing internal and external phenomena, by crossing boundaries and transcending labels.
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