‘OCEANS ON AZIMUTH’
album launch event, MAY 15th 2024
PHOTOGRAPHS BY DIMITRI DJURIC
Hosted by the Stephen Lawrence Gallery, experimental composer Lola de la Mata presents a performance and exhibition of musical sculptures for her Debut Album 'Oceans on Azimuth'.
The night featured a talk around Tinnitus and Aural Diversity between Lola de la Mata, abstract turntablist Maria Chávez and Jono Heale, Director at ACS (custom musician earplugs) and moderated by Amy Skjerseth. The event was accompanied by experimental sounds from Silvia Mal DJ (Sagome).
The audience had the opportunity to have impressions taken of their ears; As a creative method of archiving the listening focused event, these were then displayed in the space throughout the night. After the event, Lola will combine these into a cast sculpture.
The sound and installation was provided by the wonderous Isa, along with lighting from Eduard....yes- the IKLECTIK dream team!
An Avant-garde Auditory Odyssey Into Tinnitus - Lola’s compositions feature sonic landscapes crafted from throbbing heartbeats and tinnitus phantoms. Translated forms of hearing and listening are explored throughout the project in collaged poems which ricochet amongst field recordings, prepared string instruments, a Claravox theremin, an ear canal shaped gong, and other glass inventions. The project features collaborations with biophysicists A.J.Hudspeth and Francesco Gianoli, and resident musicologist Lana Norris from The Hudspeth Laboratory of Sensory Neuroscience, NYC.