Kotti Mantras is the first iteration of REIF’s Sonic Catharsis residency at The Centre de”Art Contemporain Geneve’s 5th floor. The inaugural instalment is a meditation on the essence of sound through an investigation of the human voice and its ability to complicate power dynamics with words. Deconstructing language through lyrical repetition, the work slips into a trance that progresses into catharsis as artist Karl Holmqvist and poet duo Tabloid Press (Nat Marcus & Katy Pablo) crescendo into a cacophony of meaning. In the fall and swell of Berlin’s infamous Kottbusser Tor, the work opens a portal that presses gently against the throat- imagining a way to transcend the body.
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released October 28, 2021
Kotti Mantras is a coproduction by REIF and Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève for 5e.centre.ch
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