Maja S. K. Ratkje »Solo Voice and Live Electronics« | Giga-Hertz Award

Maja S. K. Ratkje »Solo Voice and Live Electronics« Live improvisation, ca. 20' Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje has, since the end of the 1990s established a name in the scenes of noise, free improv and live electronics. Her main instrument being her own voice extended with an always changing array of electronic tools, first heard in groups such as SPUNK (which still performs), and as a soloist, starting with the release of her debut solo album »Voice« in 2002. The set-up that Ratkje uses today is the same as shown in the awarded work »Corona Lockdown Concert for TUSK Festival 2020«: Ratkje’s voice through analogue and digital devices through a soundcard connected to computer with various software that is custom made for Ratkje in close collaboration with Norwegian developer Øyvind Brandtsegg. Ratkje records parts of her vocals while performing, and manipulates these voice recordings or samples at the same time as she is vocalising together with what she hears. Everything is created in real-time, so no concert will be the same. – Maja S. K. Ratkje Credits: ZKM | Hertz-Labor /// ZKM Hertz-Lab Ludger Brümmer Künstlerische Leitung /// Artistic Director Dominik Kautz Projektleitung, Organisation & Programmheft /// Project Management, Organization & Program Sebastian Schottke Klangregie /// Sound Direction Jakob Schreiber, Manuel Urrutia Tontechnik /// Sound Technology Hans Gass Licht & Veranstaltungstechnik /// Light & Event Technology ZKM | Videostudio /// ZKM | Video Studio Christina Zartmann Schnitt & Kamera /// Editing & Camera Xenia Leidig Kamera /// Camera --- Folgt uns auf Social Media: Facebook:   / zkmkarlsruhe   Instagram:   / zkmkarlsruhe   Twitter:   / zkmkarlsruhe   Signal-Messenger: https://zkm.de/signal und besucht unsere Website: https://zkm.de