Acoustic Scenography, Sound Design, Foley, Sonic Textures and Shapes, Field Recordings, Sound Synthesis, Motion Collage, Spectral Gesturing, Composition

  

Recorded at the Loch Lomond area of Scotland in October 2015 "slow your roll, wipe your eye" is a single channel video project that invites the audience to grant the second look to a familiar landscape. Detached from their original form or context, the sounds, shapes, and gestures in the recordings take on a life of their own. They start to build new ecosystems, networks of support and "reflection". Some develop new means of communication. They appear to exist in several new dimensions.

Audio-visual composition "If Sigmar Polke Dreamt of Sheep" aims to investigate the work of German painter Sigmar Polke (1941-2010) through the use sound and interdependent motion collage. In his work Polke largely relied on the use of mass media images, raster-dot printing technique and collage to question the validity and truth of pop cultural objects, mass media & advertising industry. Through examining color palettes, geometric shapes and compositional structure of 3 of artist's paintings: "Ägyptischer Sternenhimmel, (Wir Kleinbürger)" (1976), “Pille” (1976), "Zwei Köpfe, Kartoffelköppe (Mao & LBJ)" (1965), the sound score is reflective of their complex textures and layers. Kira attempted to render a sonic dimension to the elements on canvas, bringing them to life and offering a new add-on value to the fabric of Polke's art.

"If Sigmar Polke Dreamt of Sheep" (8'53") is a compositional journey in 3 chapters, each lasting around 3 min.

Presented at Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow for Sound Thought Music Festival 2016
Presented during Visual Music Festival in Mexico City in July 2016