popstar deathmatch: katy vs. taylor

improvised performance

improv

idea and performance Tim Pauli
performance Simon Bahr

popstart deathmatch: katy vs. taylor is an improvised sonic wrestling match for two performers. All sampled sounds - except for the intro - are taken from recordings of Katy Perry (Tim) and Taylor Swift (Simon).

@ CONTAINERKLANG#12 (kgnm), artheater, köln, 01.12.2019

Simon Bahr

composer

New Playlist

bluetooth speaker, quadrophonic soundfile, video

video

› watch on YouTube

A singing bluetooth speaker is presented on a grotesquely large stage and is illuminated by a video projection composed of black and white planes only: New Playlist is a scenically presented fixed media piece. The playlist was selected exclusively for this special event, but the wifi connection breaks down. Reconnect! Next Track, please!

@ pina bausch theater, essen-werden, 05.07.2019

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

fixed audio, 4-channel / ambisonics

fixed sound

› listen on soundcloud

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the sonic genetic manipulation of a cinematic Hollywood sample: In a recursive process, children and grandchildren with increasingly complex strands of DNA derive themselves from its extended gene pool and are lost one by one to the anarchy of white noise.