»The Ombré of Touches« is an embodied electronic performance by artist Viola Yip featuring her own self-built inflatable instrument integrated with electronics. In this work, Yip 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.

Viola Yip is a Berlin-based composer, performer, improviser, sound artist, and instrument builder from Hong Kong. Her practice centers on the creation of unconventional, self-built instruments, as well as 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 work has recently been presented at venues including Issue Project Room New York City, Hong Kong Arts Center, Akademie der Künste Berlin, the Pinakothek der Moderne München, and Serralves Contemporary Art Museum Porto. In 2021, Yip received an Honorary Mention for the Giga-Hertz Award from the Zentrum für Kunst und Medien (ZKM) Karlsruhe, and in 2024, she was awarded a fellowship in the Artificial Intelligence and Music Program by the Musikfonds.

www.violayip.com
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