OR Poiesis

2020

OR Poiesis (alias Petra Kapš)

Artist and researcher in the field of sound, sound perception and poetic performance. She expands the word into the sonorous spheres of time-space poetry. Along with the digital dimensions, her central interest is the physical presence of the body. In the broad oeuvre of her artistic practice, OR poiesis explores the modalities of silences and the potentialities that are offered by silent, frequently exploited environments to listen to subtle acoustic qualities of substances and the voice. In the past years, she has significantly contributed to the development of interactive, sound and performative art practices. Her sound works document solitudes.

2021

OR poiesis (alias Petra Kapš) weaves her work between sound, radio and media art, poetry sonor / time-space poetry, interactive installations and immersive art pieces, poetic performance, photography and books. Immersed into the ethereal nature of sound, her focus is nevertheless always on the presence of the body.

She develops performative practice of field recording, media performances, she is devoted to development of new formats of live radio/web performances, augmented and immersive sound/visual works; she is concerned with digital archiving of sonic material. She extends the word, her core medium, with sonic spheres of sonorous poetry. She explores aural and visual aspects of contemporary society. Her sound/radio/book works are located solitudes. In the broad oeuvre of her artistic practice, OR poiesis explores the modalities of silences and the potentialities that are offered by silent, frequently exploited environments and substances.