Stefanie Egedy
BODIES AND SUBWOOFERS (B.A.S.) 8.0: PERMANENZA
* L’intervento artistico realizzato per la Valle d’Aosta è stato trasferito a Tones Teatro Natura, Oira (VB) in Piemonte.
Stefanie Egedy, BODIES AND SUBWOOFERS (B.A.S.) 8.0: PERMANENZA, 2023, Tones Teatro Natura, Oira - fraz. di Crevoladossola (VB), Ph. Edoardo Comba
Stefanie Egedy lives and works in Berlin. She investigates sound as a composer of conceptual pieces, music, and electronic music. She is focused on researching possibilities with low-frequency sound, bodies, and subwoofers. Her practice stems from installations to live performances, building a body of work called BODIES AND SUBWOOFERS (B.A.S.). Sub-bass, bass, infrasound, subwoofers, and their capacity to make themselves present in a space, are the foundations of her artistic practice. Egedy explores the interaction between human/architectural bodies and sound waves, using field recordings and analog and digital synthesis, creating a cross-over between sonorous and musical language to investigate sonic communication between beings.
Egedy co-runs the label COISAS QUE MATAM, researches the relations between light and sound with Camille Laurent, and has worked with Chris Salter on his latest spatial production; whilst a former academic investigation of the political impacts of social and technological acceleration during a bachelor’s in Public Administration and Philosophy resonates with the work. Stefanie Egedy is an artist of the SHAPE+ platform for innovative music and interdisciplinary art, co-funded by the European Union.
The site-specific installation BODIES AND SUBWOOFERS (B.A.S.) 8.0: PERMANENZA, created by Stefanie Egedy for Valle d’Aosta, has been transferred to Tones Teatro Natura in Oira, a hamlet of Crevoladossola, Piedmont. Tones Teatro Natura is a project by Fondazione Tones on the Stones which, through a process of environmental improvement, initiated the transformation of a disused granite quarry into a theatre immersed in nature. Over the summer, Egedy’s installation was presented during the Nextones and Campo Base festivals.
Nextones is an international festival of music, audiovisual arts and research. The 2023 edition took place from 20 to 23 July with a programme of site-specific performances and audiovisual shows by some of the most interesting artists and researchers on the contemporary scene.
Campo Base explores the relationship between man and nature and themes related to mountain and outdoor culture. Running from 1 to 3 September, the festival presents practices of reconnection with the natural environment to underline its pivotal role in the human experience.
Designed to interact and integrate with the surrounding area, Egedy’s installation offers the public a vibrational and therapeutic audio experience in the remarkable natural setting of Tones Teatro Natura.