Simon Bahr

In No-Input-Mixing, the outputs of a mixer are connected to its inputs, creating feedback loops. Various different sounds can emerge, with different volume faders now controlling pitch, rhythm and spectral features of a sound. Fillin’ the Feedback Form confronts this wild and often unpredictabil instrument with highly organised digital algorithms that try to tame it.

@ Kunstverein Wesseling, 19.11.2020, as livestream from Antonia Grubers Solo Exhibition BIPOLAROID DISORDER

popstart deathmatch: katy vs. taylor is an improvised sonic wrestling match for two performers. All sampled sounds - except for the intro - are taken from recordings of katy perry (tim) and taylor swift (simon).

@ CONTAINERKLANG#12 (kgnm), artheater, köln, 01.12.2019

Sampling- and synthesis-algorithms are controlled by the inclination of the tablet and random numbers. Digital meets organic, dry meets wet, outer repetition meets inner variation. A sound-sculpture, which is built and builds itself.