Exploring Sonic Practices - presentation and workshop by Dimitra Kousteridou

27 September (Friday), 2024
11.00-12.30 Practice Presentation
14.00-18.00 DIY contact mic workshop

DA LAB foundation invites you to a presentation and workshop by Dimitra Kousteridou (GR), who is a participant in our artistic research residency in Sofia.

Dimitra is a composer, researcher and sound artist, working and living in Athens, Greece. After graduating in Art and Design she continues her education with Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts at Hanze University|Academy Minerva, Groningen (NL) and she also has a MA in Music composing in New Media from National and Kapodistrian University at Athens (GR).

Her work explores tactile and sonic aspects within site-specific installations and performances. Through multidisciplinary forms that include ephemeral situations and fractures of objects, she creates space for exploration while using sound and the natural qualities of materials over time. Recently, she has been working on improvised sound compositions with hand-made instruments.

She has presented her research at conferences and festivals, solo and group exhibitions in Greece, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Norway, Lebanon, Serbia and the United Kingdom. She is a founding member of the experimental project "6.8KOhm Improvisation Series", a long-term improvisational action, in collaboration with musicians and artists.

Website: https://www.dimitrakousteridou.com/
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-837520834
YouTube: @dimitrakousteridou2186
Instagram: @dimitrakousteridou
bandcamp: https://dimitrakousteridou.bandcamp.com/.../scattering...

The project is funded by COST: TOOLKIT OF CARE (TOC), CA21102