Alisa Kobzar
Artist’s statement
I’m a composer and multimedia artist working with sound, moving image, and the human body as interconnected elements. I create performances, installations, and audiovisual pieces that explore the relationships between these media.
At the core of my artistic research is the collaboration with computer algorithms in the creative process. I investigate how their built-in structures and biases influence artistic decisions, perception, and authorship. Rather than using software as a neutral tool, I treat it as a co-agent—one that challenges, shapes, and sometimes disrupts my intentions.
My work often draws on scientific and linguistic ideas, building systems where emotional and structural layers intertwine. Composing is both a method of artistic creation and a way of thinking—learning through making.
I aim to create open-ended experiences where audiences can navigate, interpret, and discover their own connections within the work.
Upcoming:
May 2025: “the stones and echoes”(from “Cassandra v.1.0.3025”) - short soundwalk for voice and electronics (voice - Helena Sorokina ) @ Kultum (Graz) role: composer
May 2025: “Cassandra: Dreamscape” - a soundwalk for voice, electronics and sound installations (voice - Helena Sorokina ) @ Musikinstallationen Nürnberg role: composer, HCI designer, programmer
September 2025: “PRISM” for soprano recorder, contrabass Paetzold, flute, bass flute, harp, harpsichord, and electronics by ensemble airborne extended @ Klangspuren Schwaz role: composer, computer music performer, sound director
September-October 2025: “Cassandra v.3025” - augmented soundwalk for alto, acoustic instruments, interactive installations for Seven Circles and Helena Sorokina @ Skulpturenpark (Graz)
October 2025 : “bunter Erbsentraum in der Klangschote” by duo rotkaeppchen in musikprotokoll Graz role: composer, HCI designer, programmer
November 2025: “Departures” for string orchestra by Wiener Concert-Verein role: composer
2026: New composition for string quartet with electronics Kubus Kollektiv role: composer
2026: New composition for augmented percussion and feedback for Lorenzo Orsenigo role: composer
2026: “Transitoriness of the self” for piano and live electronics - collaborative composition with Diego Pinera Torres @ Sonic Synergies project within Abo MUMUTH series in Graz role: composer, performer
Ongoing:
“Cassandra v.3025” - augmented soundwalk for alto, acoustic instruments, interactive installations for Seven Circles and Helena Sorokina role: composer, programmer, HCI designer
“Departures” for string orchestra by Wiener Concert-Verein role: composer
“Transitoriness of the self” for piano and live electronics - collaborative composition with Diego Pinera Torres @ Sonic Synergies project within Abo MUMUTH series in Graz role: composer, performer
“Ghost cities” - cycle of compositions for piano/e-piano and portable electronics role: composer, programmer
“Cassandra: Dreamscape.” an interactive soundwalk for alto and electronics Helena Sorokina role: composer, programmer
“bunter Erbsentraum in der Klangschote” - a child-oriented dance performance in an interactive sound installation with a motion capture system for electronics by duo rotkaeppchen role: composer, HCI designer, programmer
„A Voice the Wind Won’t Carry“ for soprano and live electronics for Viktoria Vitrenko role: composer
Last:
22.February 2025: “What is left?” for bass flute, clarinet, horn, piano, violin, viola and cello by ensemble Reflexion K @ Provinzlärm Festival 2025 in Eckernförde role: composer
29.January 2025 : opera without words “ALIVE” for instruments , electronics and visuals by Sinan Samanli performed by Schallfeld ensemble @ Theater am Lend (Graz) role: live visual artist
16.January 2025: “Mermaid’s cradle” for basset recorder (Jessica Tognetti) and fixed electronics @ ZHdK Zürich role: composer
13.January 2025: “Architect of lies” for Fagott, Horn, Trompete, Posaune und Tuba by Musikfabrik @ Virtual Brass Academy (Köln) role: composer
January-December 2024: video documentation of the artistic research by Lorenzo Orsenigo role: video documentation artist
4.October 2024: Premiere of “Projections” for ensemble Zeitfluss and Automatenklavier by W.Ritsch@ Graz musikprotokoll role: composer, computer music performer
26 July 2024: “As soon as (Paradise)” for horn and bass trombone @ Zeitklang im Museum I in Voralberg Museum in Bregenz role: composer
6 June 2024: Premiere of 2 miniatures from the cycle “Ghost cities” for grand-piano, e-piano and electronics during the next_generations festival @ ZKM Karlsruhe role: composer, performer
11 May 2024 : S for 3 female voices by Trio-Generator @ “I hear Voices” in Tanzhalle Wiesenburg - Berlin role: composer
April 2024: Premiere of “Timbral approximations” for 3 automatic pianos during the Workshopkonzert: Ensemble Mécanique @ Salzkammergut festival in Bad Ischl role: composer, computer music performer
March 2024 : ROOMS for your ears - article on the Sounding futures role: author
February 2024 : video documentation of the artistic research by Elina Akselrud role: video documentation artist
January 2024 : Premiere of “Echo & N.N.” (For cello, double-bass (as an interactive object), dancer , custom electronic circuitry and electronics) by the LaKT Ensemble (Anna Grenzner -cello, Teresa Doblinger - movement) @ Kultum (Graz) - concert Self and Space role: composer, computer music performer
22 November 2023 : online presentation “Creative implications of the interactive technologies in my praxis” @ TU Berlin role: presenter, composer, multimedia artist, programmer, HCI designer
09 - 15 October 2023 : residency in the Electronic music Studio @ Akademie der Künste Berlin
1 October 2023 : PRISM #11 „SKEW LINES“ concert in Reaktor (Vienna) role: sound director
“Floating pointers (D)” for duo rotkäppchen
July - September 2023 : privates netzwerk installation @ Sonar Park - Präsenz und Verschwinden (St.Pölten) role: composer, sound artist
16 September 2023: finnisage of privates netzwerk installation @ Sonar Park - Präsenz und Verschwinden (St.Pölten) role: composer, sound artist
17-22 September 2023 : Floating pointers (D) (rotkaeppchen) residency @ RITMO role: composer, multimedia artist
20 September 2023 : Presentation “Interaction models underpinning the rotkäppchen process” @ RITMO - Food and Paper
21 September 2023 : Floating pointers (D) (rotkaeppchen) performance @ Ultima festival
6-10 September 2023 : workshops (rotkaeppchen) @ Choreographic Coding Labs in Cologne role: participant - interaction designer, programmer, composer, multimedia artist
August - September 2023 : Leap_OSC bridge for Leap Motion 2 controller and Gemini SDK together with Jan-Bas Bollen role: developer
July 2023 : Impuls academy and festival @ Graz role: sound director, sound director's assistant, electronic music performer
July 2023: film production of the artistic research by Elina Akselrud role: filmmaker
June 2023: S for 3 female voices @ Widerstand der Klänge - Festival für Neue Musik aus der Ukraine Bonn role: composer
May 2023 : PRISM #10 „Anamorphosis“ concert in Reaktor (Vienna) role: sound director, electronic music performer
May 2023 : SONify! festival role: video documentation
February 2023 : as soon as (Paradise) for horn and bass-trombone (2012) @ Provinzlärm Festival (Eckernförde) role: composer
February 2023 : Quadro for ensemble (2015) @ Provinzlärm Festival (Eckernförde) role: composer
February 2023 : Floating pointers (C) (2023) @ Provinzlärm Festival (Eckernförde) role: composer
February 2023 : Workshop @ “Tanz:digital” (Berlin) role: participant
January 2023 : Poster @ Symposium “Co-creation” (St.Pölten) role: author of the poster
2020-2023 : ROOMS project with a video lecture series “Binaural production for sound artists” role: project curator, filmmaker