9 August 2025. For the finissage of Susanne Ring’s BODY STORAGE TEMPLE, Viola Yip presents “The Ombré of Touch II”, an embodied electronic performance created especially for the exhibition and featuring her self-built inflatable instrument integrated with electronics. The work explores touch as a multifaceted interface for both listening and music-making, engaging directly with the physicality of air as a sculptural and sonic medium to create a highly personal, body-responsive music.
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Anlässlich der Finissage von Susanne Rings KÖRPER SPEICHER TEMPEL präsentiert Viola Yip „The Ombré of Touch II“ – eine eigens für die Ausstellung entwickelte, verkörperte elektronische Performance. Im Zentrum steht ein aufblasbares Instrument, das sie selbst gebaut und mit Elektronik verbunden hat. Das Werk erforscht Berührung als vielschichtige Schnittstelle für Hören und Musizieren und setzt sich intensiv mit der Körperlichkeit von Luft als skulpturalem und klanglichem Medium auseinander. So entsteht eine höchst persönliche, körperlich responsive Klangperformance.
Viola Yip is a Berlin-based composer, performer, sound artist, and instrument builder from Hong Kong. Her practice centers on the creation of unconventional, self-built instruments, as wellas compositions and performances that explore the complex, dynamic relationships between materiality, media, space, the human body, and the machine body – all through the lens of sound. Her instruments and sound performances have been presented in festivals and venues worldwide. She is 2024 recipient of a fellowship in the Artificial Intelligence and Music Program of the Musikfonds.
