Judith Crasser & Viti-Ko Schell • Marti Guillem
3D Audio Concert of the Drive In´21 Series / October 22, 2021
With DRIVE In’21, the Center for Immersive Media Art, Music and Technology (ZiMMT) in Leipzig presents its first concert and sound installation series, establishing a clear focus on 3D audio.
Judith Crasser and Viti-Ko Lilja Schell
For their first joint collaboration, Leipzig-based artists Judith Crasser and Viti-Ko Lilja Schell composed a multi-instrumental piece for the 3D audio system at ZiMMT, exploring the potentials of acoustic spatiality and spatial perception. Crasser’s sound syntheses, vocal experiments, and electro-acoustic elements meet Schell’s fragments of pop and punk music. In their creative approach, the artists share the everyday practice of recording and collecting sounds and draw from a broad sound archive to open dynamic, sonically and emotionally rich spaces.
Crasser and Schell both come from a background in visual arts and have already engaged with cross-media formats, auditory projects, and spatial work during their studies. Schell’s musical practice also extends into experimental pop music; she was part of the group FABIAN and released her first solo album earlier this year under the name Desir Vitom. Crasser is active as a DJ and curator in the Leipzig music scene and also performs in improvisation-based band projects such as Service, Ternat, and HTA.
Martí Guillem
With “DAS IST NICHT ASMR” (This is not ASMR) Martí Guillem has developed a site-specific performance especially for ZiMMT that explores the immersive potential of sound moving through space. Self-built electroacoustic devices are manipulated and moved around the setup, creating dynamic movements within the tree-like sound structure and unfamiliar listening experiences.
As an artist, Guillem often ventures into the unusual through the manipulation of electronic devices, sounds, images, videos, actions, and objects. Improvisation, experimentation, and a DIY approach come together—irreverent yet thoughtful—usually resulting in fleeting proposals. These works are characterized by their fresh and evolving expression, reflecting social habits as well as the relationship between creativity and everyday life.