The Music Folder #9 Christina Kubisch

In this episode of The Music Folder, we speak with pioneering sound artist Christina Kubisch, whose 1970s electroacoustic works and performances opened new possibilities for sonic experimentation with installations and environments. Her early work with electromagnetic induction also led to the acclaimed “Electrical Walks”. Today, she is interviewed by Francesco Bergamo, a scholar of representation methods in architecture, design, and sonic ecologies.

The talk explores Kubisch’s longstanding artistic interest in making audiences aware of hidden, inaudible, or invisible infrastructures of everyday life. Throughout the conversation, the focus is on topics such as questioning perceived realities, ecological consciousness, the complex relationship between technology and nature - particularly through works like Cloud, which sonically unveils the heavy, industrial realities behind the seemingly intangible digital "cloud" - and the landscape of electromagnetic sounds in contemporary urban environments. Kubisch also discusses soundwalking as an active and participatory artistic practice, her relationship with influential figures such as John Cage, Pauline Oliveros, and Annea Lockwood, and the way they have shaped her unique, critical, and exploratory approach to listening and sound art.

Interview by Francesco Bergamo, 29/11/2023.

The Music Folder is a talk-series, curated by Archivio Storico Ricordi, which investigates the intersection of music, memory and arts.