Laure Boer & Yan Gi Cheng

Artist talk / Performance

Performance

Tuesday 5 October 2021 from 19:00 – 21:00

Jutland Art Academy

In collaboration with Sound Art Lab and The Royal Academy og Music (DJM), the Jutland Art Academy presents a performance by artist duo Laure Boer and Yan Gi Cheng. The performance will take place on 5 October at Jutland Art Academy.

The performance will consist of a a live improvisation, incorporating elements from their research at the residency Sound Art Lab.

About the Artists

Yan Cheng is a British Hong Kongese Artist (b. 1981). He received an MA in Art & Science from Central Saint Martins. Cheng was a 2017 resident at Cité Internationale des Arts Paris and a 2014 resident at Residency Unlimited New York. Currently, he creates work at the intersection of art and science, with a particular interest in the relationship between humans and non-humans. Through researching the entomologies of the insect kingdom, he entangles social, natural and cultural environments; staging events for the performance of nature, using sound as a main artistic medium. His installations centre around performativity as space for transdisciplinary biologies, technologies, evolution and chance happenings. These enactments become a metaphor for collective communication and interspecies coexistence. He lives and works in London.

Website link: https://www.yangicheng.com

Instagram: @yangi.cheng

Laure Boer is a multi-instrumentalist based in Berlin. Her music is inspired by noise and traditional folk music. Her performances are hypnotic improvisations around traditional instruments, odd percussions and sometimes a voice, singing or reciting in her native French; a vibrant universe that is both vulnerable and brutal.

In Fall of 2019, she did a 2-month residency in Manila, Philippines, organized by CTM Festival, Goethe-Institut, Nusasonic and Musicboard Berlin. She performed at the WSK Festival in Manila. In January 2020 she was resident at Amplify Berlin, ACUD, with Rabih Beaini as mentor.

Website: laureboer.com

Insta: @laureboer

Yan Gi Cheng, Safe House, 2021.

Performance at the Jutland Art Academy. Photo: Jacob Kreutzfeldt.

Performance at the Jutland Art Academy. Photo: Jacob Kreutzfeldt.