Artist Talk: Eve Aboulkheir – Medea(s) – Tskaltubo
Talk
Join Eve Aboulkheir as she revisits her time at the abandoned Medea sanatorium in Tskaltubo, exploring how that experience shaped her work 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.
In partnership with
Lampo
Lampo, established in 1997, supports artists working in new music, experimental sound, and other interdisciplinary practices. The Chicago-based organization’s core activity has been and remains its performance series. Rather than making programming decisions around tour schedules, Lampo invites selected artists to create and perform new work, and then the organization provides the space, resources, and curatorial support to help them fulfill their vision. Lampo also organizes artist talks, lectures, screenings, and workshops, and publishes written and recorded documents related to its series.
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