kay (k) zhang
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They work within various projects and coordinate different platforms and have an interest in intercultural identities, queer feminist theories and sound ecologies. Kay is dedicated to explore and engage with by using sound performance knowledges, curating experiences through works of sound art (field recordings), collective listening and care practices.
Kay is a founding member of Kollektiv international Totem (KIT), River Oracle, The Alchemists’ Bruit and ARKA.
Kay fosters collaborations within disciplines, trying to create bridges (in)-between them.
Kay is part of the newly formed curatorial team at Les Complices*
portfolio
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upcoming
Le Grand Plongeon
Pôle Nord, Le Locle
9 February 2024, 19h
https://www.lelocle.ch/event/le-grand-plongeon/
“Schimelrych bis Chrottehalde”
Kunst und Natur in Laufenburg» Rehmann Museum Laufenburg in collaboration with Jurapark Aargau
Opening 22 March 2024
Exhibition 23 March- 27 September 2024
Performance with Riikka Tauriainen
https://www.schimelrych.ch/
«Experimental Ecology»
Opening, 5 April 2024
Exhibition 6 April - 24 November 2024
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
#3.SEE
Noise
Saturday, 01. June 2024
ab Kreuzlingen Hafen
14.00 - 16.30 Uhr
Sunday, 02. June 2024
ab Stein am Rhein
15.30 - 18.00 Uhr
Register here: https://www.noeise.ch/show-item/3-see/
detalk #4
kollektiv totem with Mélia Roger
5 - 7 June 2024
Free Flow Festival
19 - 23 June 2024
Zürich
https://www.freeflowfestival.ch/
SommerAkademie Paul Klee
Finding our feet
10 - 19 August 2024
Rümlingen Festival
Blind test
25 - 26 August 2024
Kollektiv Totem & Hyper Duo
Sommerfest
Les Complices*
31 August 2024
past highlights
corals
archipel festival19h - 23h, 31 March 2023
kollektiv international totem
Geneva
the alchemists’ bruit
20h, 11 April 2023das institut
tribute films by Maya Deren
baleen
12 & 13 May 2023Blue Ocean Theatre and Gallery – Maritime Museum, Hong Kong
kollektiv international totem
hosted by project21st
check out the making of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztAvzaGM9CI
journey to the electrical unconscious
22nd, 23rd & 24th June 2023 20h
Walcheturm Zürich (CH)
31st Oktober 2023
19h
Camerata, Musiikitalo, Helsinki (FI)
Charles Quevillon, concept & composition
Nuriia Khasenova-Kay Zhang-Léo Collin, performance
Leandro Gianini, light Concept
Documentation by Dave Masu
Video of the performance
password: ELECTRIC
Experimental Ecology
August 24th - Ocotober 29th 2023KBHG Stiftung, Basel (CH)
Plankton Imaginary by Riikka Tauriainen and Meike Vogt
In Collaboration with Marine Biologist Marta Musso, Installation Sound and Visual Projection by Melo Chua and Sound Design and Composition by Kay Zhang
Voice by tracy september
Organized by
Martina Huber and Gianni Jetzer, Curators
Meret Jaggi, Assistant curator
Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger | KBH.G
Sommerakademie Paul Klee
Finding our Feet August 12th - 19th 2023
Bern (CH)
Coordinator: Andrea Thal
Les Complices*
Sommerfest // in-transit dreaming August 26th & 27th 2023
Anwandstrasse 9
8037 Zürich
design: Engy Mohsen
PC: alicia olmos ochua
Werkshau Kanton Zürich
with Riikka TauriainenEcotone Encounters
September 28th - 8th October 2023
Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich (CH)
detalk series#4 with tracy september
October 4th – 6th 2023Residency in Budapest 2022
with Riikka Tauriainen, Landis & Gyr Stiftung
AQB, Budapest
Ecotone Encounters
October 7 2022 - December 4 2022Friedrischafen Museum
Bern Musik Festival
September 11 2022Kollektiv international Totem
https://archiv.musikfestivalbern.ch/2022/De/Aktuell.html
drapetomania
the alchemists’ bruitCD release // wide ears record
detalk series II
Brietingersalon, ZürichKollektiv international Totem
June 1 2022 Lara Stanic
August 22 2022 Vivian Wang
September 22 2022 Cinna
River Oracle
collaboraton between Paloma Ayala, Anne-Laure Franchette and Riikka Tauriainen, with sound by Kay Zhang and Melo Chua.May 8 2022 - June 26 2022
cynotypes, sound interactions with piezos, printed beanbags with headphones
Installation
Radius CCA Delft & Sedhalle Zürich.
corals
May 4 5 6 2022Theater am Gleis Winterthur
Kollektiv international Totem
May 10 11 12 13 2022
Kunstraum Walcheturm Zürich
Kollektiv international Totem
Medusen/the hamster and the dame
April 10 2022Volkbühne Berlin //
BAM festival
Kollektiv international Totem