In my own interactive audio performances I experiment with perception, irritation and movement in everyday environments.
Beyond Vision
Blindfolded and wearing headphones, participants are guided by hand through a natural environment by a silent companion. Together they embark on a dream-like journey. The companions guide them gently and safely through a parallel world that is fed by binaural sound recordings, synchronised movements and touch. The one-to-one audio performance is an invitation to surrender to one's own inner images, to overcome fears, to observe oneself and to be completely with oneself.
Beyond Vision is an audio performance by Ilona Marti, produced in 2019 for the project Tracks in a Box. Tracks in a Box was curated by B_Tour in collaboration with CLB Berlin, made possible by the kind support of the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe.
Further shows:
Konference “Was kommt jetzt” (Potsdam, Dec 2019).
League of Tender / Goethe Institut Moscow (Krasnodar, Jan 2020)
Sonohr Festival (Bern, February 2022)
Localize Festival (Potsdam, June 2022)
Idea, text and sound design: Ilona Marti
Voices: Shelley Etkin, Charlotte Happe, Klara Pfeiffer
Guidance: Shelley Etkin, Camila Rhodi, Sandra Du Carrois, Lisa Mössmer, Elena Ishchenko, Ilona Marti, Maria Sarycheva, Elise Poisson, Evelyn Louise Towlson, Margaux Wolf
Photos © Joana Dias
Local Call
Answering Machine of Doaa
The bedouin social worker and feminist introduces the Chicago Community Centre in the district of Ramat Eshkol.
Shown at Foothold Festival B_Tours
Funden by the European Cultural Foundation
Locals: Doaa Zabarqa, Eli Madjar, Haya Abu Kishek, Mohamad Hassouna, Sapir Barel, Sergey Zak
Photo © Einat Datner
Lod (Israel), 2017
Shifting Perspectives
How are identities related to places? What does “home” mean in the context of global mobility? What personal memories do people bring to Berlin?Shifting Perspective is a workshop and performance in public space of Neukölln, Berlin. Blindfolded, alone or in pairs, participants meet four protagonists with diverse migration backgrounds, who recount a personal story of home as they guide the participants through a space. The situation of being blindly lead by a stranger creates a momentary negotiation between trust and control. Deprived of their vision, the participants immerse in a narration made out of words and the surrounding sounds. The personal encounters engage the audience in stories of fare away homes projected on Berlin.
In cooperation with B_Tour. Shown at Performing Arts Festival Berlin 2017, plus in the context of the conference "How do we achieve integration?" of Heinricht Böll Stiftung and 48 Stunden Neukölln 2016.
Performance: Adí Aviram, Aeman Hlal, Aleks Slota, Ali Hosseni, Ana Jelusic, Beatriz Alão Valente, Ewa Einhorn, Fernanda Aloi, Janna Gockel, Kristina Huber, Laura Jiménez González, Leah Christensen, Lessano Negussie, Morteza Ansari, Phuong Nguyen, Sebastian Felten
Photo © Lilian Scarlet Löwenbrück
Berlin, 2016/2017
Soundpool
Until 2001, swimmers drew their lanes, while in the basement, large pumps and machines kept the bath running. At the time of Soundpool, the tiled pools are empty and the machines have fallen silent. The building became the cultural centre Stattbad. There are techno parties in the basement vaults and art exhibitions in the swimming pools. The audio walk allows the participants to experience the transformation and complexity of the building as they move through the space.
The Stadtbad Wedding building was demolished in 2016.
Dipoma thesis, Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin, Visual Communication, 2013
Concept/Direction/Sounddesign: Ilona Marti
Mentor: Prof. Stefan Koppelkamm
Speaker: Andrea Friedrich
Performance: Karoline Bär, Nadim Dhani, Axel van Exel, Mustafa Mato Ghani, Zac Largiader, Alexandra Martini, Marian Neulant, Kara Schröder, Olga Wäscher
Music: Pier-Paulo Bertoli, Davide Provenzano
Thanks to Jakob Storm, Kaspar Salathé, Jochen Küpper, Daniel Plasch, Ralf Ufer
Photo © Ilona Marti