As part of the exhibition SOLO / MUTE / PAN, Olga and Laurent are organising four residencies of artists working at the intersection of music and sound art. During a three-day residency at the Kunsthaus, these six guests* work on, intervene in or expand a part of the sound system installed for the exhibition. Each residency finishes with a performance and leaves a noticeable trace in the composition created by Olga and Laurent.

Annette Schmucki & crys cole

Annette Schmucki (*1968, Zürich, lives and works in the Bernese Jura) works with language as music. She studied composition with Cornelius Schwehr and Mathias Spahlinger and is the recipient of numerous awards and grants. In addition to her solo activity as a composer, Schmucki works in artist collectives: blablabor (since 2000; blablabor.ch), band (since 2010; bandpage.ch), die sieben schweinsschwestern (since 2010), kotombola (since 2019; kotombola.ch). Schmucki is a member of the Berlin Academy of Arts.

crys cole (lives and works in Berlin) is a Canadian sound artist who works in composition, performance and sound installation. Taking a conceptual approach, she generates subtle and imperfect sounds through haptic gestures and seemingly mundane materials to create texturally nuanced works that continuously retune the ear. In addition to her solo work, she collaborates with Oren Ambarchi, Francis Plagne, Ora Clementi (and James Rushford).