Anda Kryeziu: TILDE [~]

What remains of a moment when it has passed? Anda Kryeziu explores this question in her concert installation ›TILDE [~]‹ and uses the Ensemble Modern archive as the starting point for a sonic search for traces. The performance combines ensemble, light, video and objects to interweave memories and sounds. The composer, who was born in Kosovo in 1993, was particularly interested in documents from the years of political upheaval, including Ensemble Modern’s travel reports from the 1980s to the GDR and the Soviet Union.

»Through my story, I look at the past through a certain lens,« says the composer, who was born in Kosovo in 1993 and experienced war, flight and migration. She is particularly interested in documents from years of political upheaval – including travelogues by Ensemble Modern from the late 1980s, when it gave guest performances in the GDR and the Soviet Union. But Kryeziu’s work is more than a historical reflection. It deals with the question of what archiving means in the digital age – a time in which an incessant stream of data flows past us ever faster and wider.