Soundwalk Collective is an international experimental sound art collective founded in 2001 by Stephan Crasneanscki, who was joined by Simone Merli in 2008. The group is based in Berlin and New York. [1] [2] They have engaged in collaborations with other musicians such as the American singer Patti Smith on the Perfect Vision Trilogy. [3] [4] [5]
Soundwalk Collective’s musical work emerges from a multidisciplinary approach rooted primarily in psychogeography and in the exploration of recording and synthesis. Elements of observation of nature, non-linear narrative, ethnography, and anthropology are intertwined in their work.[ citation needed ]
In order to create following this approach they have travelled across the world from cities to remote locations for long periods of investigation and fieldwork to source the unique materials that form the core of their work. [6] [7] [8] [9]
Notable Collaborations
Since their foundation, Soundwalk Collective have collaborated with numerous musicians including American singer, songwriter and poet Patti Smith, Ethiopian Jazz musician Mulatu Astatke, American photographer Nan Goldin, French-Swiss film director Jean-Luc Godard, minimalist composer Philip Glass, film director Abel Ferrera, and French pop singer and actor Charlotte Gainsbourg. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Other notable collaborators include American actor Willem Dafoe, experimental vocalist and composer Lyra Pramuk, German electronic music producer Atom TM, Russian DJ and music producer Nina Kraviz, Turkish filmmaker Kaan Müjdeci, German filmmaker and photographer Wim Wenders, German film director and screenwriter Werner Herzog, and American filmmaker and musician Jim Jarmusch.
They have also written original scores for contemporary dance choreographer Sasha Waltz. [15] [16] and worked with Italian fashion brand Bottega Veneta. [17] on a special event in 2025. [18]
Soundwalk Collective have performed at Opéra de Lyon, CTM Festival, KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Barbican Centre, Berghain, Centre Georges Pompidou, Florence Gould Hall, Mobile Art by Zaha Hadid in Hong Kong, Tokyo, New York; MUDAM, MuCEM, Museo Madre, New Museum, The Foundation Carmingac, Louvre Abu Dhabi, Palazzo Reale in Milan, La Triennale, Radialsystem V, documenta14 in Athens and Kassel, Funkhaus in Berlin, Manifesta12 in Palermo. [19] [1] [20] [8] [21]
Selection of solo exhibitions: [1]
Albums [29]
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