Sound installations

Camellia's clamors / A cup of noise

The sound installation Camellia's clamors/ A Cup of noise is a sonic exploration of how one element, a plant, can lead to various out comes, and how two elements, noise and the Camellia Sinensis, can work hand in hand to give meaning to one another.

At the center of the sound installation is a short composition of sounds generated by a Camellia Sinensis through the use of oscillators. Bringing forth various noise pieces, the composition, along with noise generated in real time by plants and natural elements, become a medium to narrate anecdotes of the life of the Camellia.

Camellia's clamors/ A Cup of noise is a still in the life of the plant in its journey towards your mouth and your ears.

This sound installation was presented at ITO Kunstraum, Stuttgart from June 17th to July 28th 2017

Conception: Mélodie Melak
Realization: Mélodie Melak & Brian Kiel

Commissioned by ITO (Stuttgart, Germany), kindly supported by the City of Stuttgart

Move nimbly with light rapid steps

A collaboration initiated by Jessica Ekomane with Silje Nes and Melodie Melak

Move nimbly with light rapid steps is a reactive sound installation – a territory of permanent feedback, a state of perpetual tension and saturation.

The audience enters the room as a disruptive element. Each move is captured and amplified, thereby creating a signal that both nurtures and impedes the feedback loop.

When the crowd as a whole ceases to create movement, the feedback returns to its original form. Each member of the audience holds an equal influence on the regulation of the feedback loop, which makes them part of a collaborative process and a collective effort to resist instability.

This sound installation was part of the FILTER series. It was presented at ausland on January 2016

FILTER was a series on conceptual sound art by Zona Dynamic. Each edition is a temporary collaboration between 3 artists channeled into a one-night sound scene.