It is easy to imagine the sound of someone chewing an apple. But eating an apple evokes many associations. In my work, I try to evoke these associations and connect them with each other sonically. Sometimes the result almost becomes music, at other moments everyday sounds arise just in a slightly different context than usual. I control these sounds with everyday gestures such as unfolding music stands, looking for birds, or positioning chairs. Sensors or microphones are used to detect my movements and thus create a connection between my movements and the sounds produced by computer software. The result is a narrative that does not consist of words, but that I can only tell with sounds, actions and objects.

CATHY VAN ECK (Netherlands, 1979)
Cathy van Eck composes relationships between everyday objects, human performers, and sound. She is interested in setting her gestures into unusual, surprising or poetic relationships with sounds, mainly by electronic means. This could be called performative sound art, since it combines elements from performance art, electronic music, and visual art. She has a teaching position at the University of the Arts in Bern, Switzerland. Her book Between Air and Electricity – Microphones and Loudspeakers as Musical Instruments was published in 2017. She lives and works in Zurich.

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