Artist Talk: Eve Aboulkheir – Medea(s) – Tskaltubo
She will share photographs and original recordings from the site, then demonstrate how she transforms these sounds in the studio. For Aboulkheir, it is change—not documentation—that conveys the presence of a place, turning the acoustics of architecture into the architectures of memory.
About the artist
Eve Aboulkheir (b.1991, Paris, France) is a sound artist and composer based in Paris. She uses field recordings gathered in specific sites, blending them with synthetic textures. Her work often begins from lived experiences of perceptual disturbance—moments when sensory input falters and the world seems to slip. Her compositions emerge from that instability, inviting listeners into in-between zones where meaning destabilizes.
She has performed at CTM Festival, Berlin; MaerzMusik, Berlin; Sonic Acts, Amsterdam; Out.Fest, Barreiro; and Elevate, Graz, among others. Her projects include Venus Road, inspired by a nocturnal journey through Singapore’s MacRitchie Reservoir, where forest sounds seemed to sync with the pulse of the city.
Releases include Hypnagogic Walks (KRAAK, 2023) and 22/12/2017 Guilin Synthetic Daydream on GRM Portraits (Shelter Press, 2023, split with Lasse Marhaug), a piece first presented on the GRM Acousmonium. Aboulkheir studied at Villa Arson in Nice.
Presented in partnership with the Graham Foundation and the Chicago Architecture Biennial. Additional support provided by Villa Albertine Chicago and the French Institute for Culture and Education.