ghost body (un)tuned, 2025

A collaboration with dancer Venla Niitemaa. I created an interactive "system" for Venla to use while performing, based on a MIDI-controller and microphone connected to a series of digital loopers.

E.G: Press a button, and the microphone records the next 12 seconds. Afterwards, the recorded sounds keep playing back via digital looper, clad in FX like delay, echo... a sort of ghostly trail of what you just did, kept afloat in the space until you turn it off.

Once I had designed the system and effects, I intentionally stopped being involved in any way: Venla would learn to use the controller and then handle everything sound-related during the performance without my help.

As a result, my agency as a performer was completely taken away during the actual shows, which felt quite freeing.

I've found that making live art often stresses me out a bit too much: I much prefer working on something that will—when I'm finished—stay the same from then on, e.g. video games or installations. Here I went more in that direction.

Performed at:

• Theatre Academy, 2025
• Spring Break Dance Festival, 2026