Complete List of Works
2008 - ongoing
Parallel Prints (2022)
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︎ ︎Rhythm Fragments for Drum Pads, Synthesizer, Grand Piano, and Crotales
Written for Yarn/Wire
Video/art by Eli Backer
Metric Displacement (2021)
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︎Installation piece
By Annie Aries, Brian House, and Marcel Zaes
Produced by and first exhibited at Swissnex San Francisco
Texture C (2021)
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︎Music work for chamber ensemble and electronics 2018
Premiered by Virginia Arancio, Jordan Dykstra, Elise Jacoberger, Simone Keller, Ernesto Molinari at Musikfestival Bern 2018
Duration: 25 minz
#otherbeats (2020)
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︎ ︎Web-based sound installation piece
With sounds by many contributors from around the globe who followed the #otherbeats prompts during and after the Covid-19 lockdown
First presented with Brown Arts Initiative and the Department of Music at Brown University, 2020
Duration: infinite
Setting #1-28 (Series, 2015-2021)
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Series of site-specific living installations
for various numbers of performers, sound-making devices, and a specific found stage for each iteration
Duration: open
Moments of Doubt (2020)
︎ ︎Work for an amplified, low-pitched instrument
Played back in a multichannel array of speakers
written for bassist, Robert Black
First shown at CT:SWAM at Fridman Gallery, New York City 2020
Duration: 35 min
A Land Unknown (2020)
︎Installation in collaboration with Cyrill Lim 2020
First shown at Brown University, Providence 2020
Duration: infinite loop/installation
(…) Ebene eines fremden Landes.
(…) In the Plains of a Foreign Land. (2020)
A performative installation for a chamber ensemble (flute, viola, cello, voice, casio keyboard, electronics, megaphones, field recordings, visuals, text projections)Premiered by Ensemble ö! at Ackermannshof Basel 2020
Duration: 60 min
Debris (2020)
︎ ︎ ︎Electro set and album by Aries Zaes, in collaboration with Annie Aries
First played at Container-Wunderkammer, Zurich 2018
Published by Prefermusic, 2020
Duration: 40 min
The December Sketch (2019)
Spatial audio / multichannel sound performance
For a generative drum machine in Python, a Gaussian deviation algorithm, an outsourced sound making object-agent, and a human performer
First performed with an electric drill at Brown University, 2019Duration: 14 min
Stillness in Disrepair (Series, 2017-2019)
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Version #1 for cello+piano 2017, premiered by Clara Véchèche and Fiore Favaro at Swiss Chamber Music Festival 2017 ︎
Version #3 for cello+piano+bass clarinet, premiered by Clara Védèche, Fiore Favaro and Julie Duffousez at KlangBasel 2018
Version #4 for any three instruments capable of playing pitch and noise 2019, premiered by Glass Farm Ensemble at Symphony Space New York City 2019 ︎
Duration: 8/30/40/60 min depending on verison
A Forgotten State #1 (2019)
︎ ︎Music work for four YouTube-trained, finger-drumming musicians 2019
Premiered by Kukuruz Quartet at Brown University 2019
Duration: open/improvisational
Texture B (2019)
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For heavily amplified string trio and electronics 2019, premiered by Ensemble Chartreuse at Brown University 2019
Duration: 13 min
The Long and Short of It (2018)
︎ ︎Sound-movement installation
in collaboration with Poorna Swami 2018
First shown at 1Shanthiroad, Bangalore 2018
Duration: 70 min
Quartets for Objects #1-#14 (2015/16)
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Series of music works for four performers and various objects such as electric oscillators, metronomes, electric toothbrushes, nail files, 2015-2016
First version premiered by Kukuruz Quartet in the music theater “Dinge die man hin und wieder systematisch tun sollte,” directed by Philip Bartels at Architekturforum Zurich 2015
Premiere of revised version by Kukuruz Quartet in the music theater “Ich denke oft an die Menge Rindfleisch, die nötig wäre, um aus dem Genfersee eine Fleischbrühe zu machen,” directed by Philip Bartels, at Architekturforum Zurich 2016
Duration: 90 min of music in total
Anatomy of Belief (2018-2019)
︎Alternative titles: “Pray” / “The Extremities of a Surface Are Lines”
Music for a dance work by Mandeep Raikhy 2018
Premiered at 13 Barakhamba Road, New Delhi 2018
Revised in 2019 an repremiered at Odd Bird, New Delhi 2019
Duration: 45 min (music duration)
A Practical Black-and-White (2018)
︎ ︎Performative installation 2018
Premiered by Virginia Arancio at Musikfestival Bern 2018
Duration: 60 min
Texture A (2018)
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︎Music work for chamber ensemble and electronics 2018
Premiered by Virginia Arancio, Jordan Dykstra, Elise Jacoberger, Simone Keller, Ernesto Molinari at Musikfestival Bern 2018
Duration: 25 min
Pulsations (2018)
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Multimedia performance with trash speakers and digital algorithms
Revised version premiered at Swissnex India, Bangalore/IND 2018
First version premiered at 156 Sutton St Old fire Station, Providence 2018
Duration: 36 min
Edges (2017/18)
[alternative titles: Edges (beginnings), Edges (beams)]
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Music and video projections for Meghna Bhardwaj’s solo dance work 2017-2018
Premiere of revised version at Goethe Institute New Delhi 2018
Premiere of first draft, Atakkalari Bienial of Dance, Bangalore 2017
Duration: 30 min
Bitumen (2018)
(alternative title: Pulsations [Bitumen])
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︎Multimedia music work with four violists, electronics, video 2018
Premiered by Ashley Frith, Jordan Dykstra, David Schnee, Zsolt Sörés at Brown University Providence 2018
Duration: 60 min
Cartography (2017)
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Music for the solo dance/literature work by Poorna Swami 2017
Premiered at Shoonya Bangalore 2017
Duration: 20 min
2 5 1 8 4 11 5 / 36 (2017)
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Installation with digital sound and prints in collaboration with Gábor Koós 2017
First shown at Elnök Utcai Műterem, Budapest 2017
Duration: 13 min loop / installation
Dissect/Shelter (2017)
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Installation in collaboration with Anna Schölß 2017
First shown at Oikos Haus, Schlehdorf 2017
Duration: 18 min loop / installation
Empty Aspahlt Junctions (2017)
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Music work for chamber ensemble and electronics 2017
First played by Inernational Contemporary Ensemble at Brown University Providence 2017
Duration: 8 min
Noise/Sine (2016)
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Music work for percussion and electronics 2016
Premiered by Russell Greenberg at Brown University Providence 2016
Duration: 19 min
Rasterbild [Raster Screen] (2016)
Music for of an infinite amount of instruments capable of playing pitch and noise 2016Premiered at Music School Worb Festival, Bern 2016
Duration: 60 min
pochen (2016)
︎ ︎Installation in collaboration with Cyrill Lim 2016
Frist shown at Gallery Lage Egal, Berlin 2016
Duration: infinite loop / installation
Sjö : San (2015/16)
︎ ︎Music work for synthesizers and digital beats in collaboration with Andrea Manzoni 2015-2016
Fully revised version premiered at Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong 2016
First version premiered at Quiet Cue, Berlin 2015
Duration: 30 min
Isomorph (2016)
︎String quartet 2016
Premiered by Classicus Quartet at Central European University CEU, Budapest 2016
Duration: 28 min
Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank (2016)
[The Diary of Anne Frank]
Music for theater play by Jennifer Whigham 2016
Premiered at Stadttheater Bern 2016
Duration: 50 min total duration of music
Blau & Rauschbereit (2016)
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Installation-like music work for one musician playing 4 flutes and 21 voices, with an array of 4 loudspeakers 2016
First played by Lara Stanic at Kaskadenkondensator, Basel 2016
Duration: 21 min
Sjö : Två (2016)
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︎Music for piano and electronics in collaboration with Andrea Manzoni 2016
Premiered at Central European University CEU, Budapest 2016
Duration: 45 min
Release (2015)
︎Music for the art film by Lia Sáile 2015
First shown at Cité Universitarie, Paris 2015
Duration: 14 min
View From The Top (2015)
chamber ensemble work with rule-based score and electronics 2015Premiered by SNIM Ensemble Vienna at Echoraum Vienna 2015
Duration: open duration / improvisational
Zwischen Raum (2015)
Music work for alto zither, field recordings and pink noise generator 2015Premiered by Georg Glasl at Festival Zither am Berg, Wendelstein 2015
Duration: 90 min
Pulse Geometries (2015)
︎ ︎Post-techno-beat-music solo music set 2015
First played at Festival Les Digitales, Neuchâtel 2015
Duration: open duration / improvisational, roughly 20-45 min
Hinterland Home Edition (2015)
︎ ︎ ︎Exhibition-accompanying publication with a silkscreen print by Anna Schölß and a vinyl record with a viola quartet by Marcel Zaes 2015, recorded by Jordan Dykstra 2015
Duration: 27 min (music)
Hinterland (2015)
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︎Installation of diverse sculptural and sonic objects in collaboration with Anna Schölß 2015
First shown at Gallery Atelier Worb, Bern 2015
Duration: infinite loop / installation
Similar (2014)
Living installation for chamber ensemble, loudspeakers and digital clicks 2014Premiered by Ensemble Vertigo directed by Patrick Jüdt, at IGNM, Kornhausforum, Bern 2014
Duration: open duration 13 min or longer
Sloping Site (Abfallendes Gelände) (2014)
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Installation 2014
First shown at Jetzt Kunst Marzili Swiss Sculpture Show, Bern 2014
Duration: infinite loop / installation
Record of a Minute (2014)
︎Installation 2014
First shown at Jetzt Kunst Marzili Swiss Sculpture Show, Bern/CH 2014
Duration: infinite loop / installation
Lel Samar Project, Grain De Ciel (2012-14)
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︎ ︎Music work for voice, tetrachord and electronics in collaboration with Dida Guigan 2012-2014
Premiered in fully revised version at Orbital Garden Bern 2014
Duration: 50 min
Sjö (2014)
︎ ︎Music work for piano and electronics 2014
Premiered at Sonarraum U64, Bern 2014
Duration: 50 min
(dis)similar (2014)
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Installation 2014
First shown at Autocenter, Berlin 2014
Duration: 8 min loop / installation
Poussières Somatiques (2014)
︎ ︎Living installation for an unlimited number of accordionists 2014
First played by 64 children and amateur players at CRSA Accordéon Suisse Festival in underground parking lot, Lausanne 2014
Duration: 56 min
Zurück (in Rom) (2014)
Music work for teorbo and fixed media electronics 2014Premiered by Francesca Bennetti at Predigerkirche, Zurich 2014
Duration: 11 min
La Maison pense au Présent (2014)
Double piece (installation and performance) in collaboration with Julie Sas 2014First shown at z00, Lausanne 2014
Duration: infinite loop (installation), 30 min (performance)
Lack of Hinterlands (2014)
︎Installation in collaboration with Anna Schölß 2014
First shown at Stadtgalerie Bern 2014
Duration: infinite loop / installation
Ten Times. (2013)
Series of eleven outdoor installation in collaboration with Anna Schölß 2013, different locationsFirst exhibited at Schauraum, Olten 2013
Duration: infinite loop / installation
Retour à l’Envoyeur (2013)
Performance piece in 7 parts in collaboration with Julie Sas 2013First shown at Jeune Création, Centre 104, Paris 2013
Duration: 7 x 10 min
Mode 27 [The Rome Project] (2013)
Music work for electric guitar, recorder and electronics 2013Premiered by Virginia Arancio, Teresa Hackel and Marcel Zaes, at Festival Les Digitales, Lugano 2013
Duration: open / improvisational
Ciel de Poussière (2013)
Music work for a large number of accordions 2013Premiered by children and amateur players at Kirche Les Diablerets 2013
Duration: 30 min
Cut Low From Above (2013)
︎ ︎ ︎ Music titled ‘Cut Low From Above’ for the theater production “Die Wand” written by Marlene Haushofer and directed by Eva Lenherr and Adrian Furrer 2013
Premiered at Theater am Gleis with musicians Simone Keller, Anna-Katharina Graf, Martin Truninger, Winterthur 2013
Duration: 48 min
Prairie Urbaine (2013
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Music work for double bass, field recordings and sine tones 2013
Premiered by Sabrina Merz at University of the Arts Zurich 2013
Duration: 75 min
Wüsten [Deserts] (2012)
︎Performative installation in collaboration with Anna Schölß and Cornelia Adam 2012
First shown at Darb1718, Cairo 2012
Premiere of concert version at Orbital Garden Bern 2014 ︎
Duration: open (live) / 62 min (record)
Nach dem lauten Weltgewühle (2012)
Music work for vocal ensemble and fixed media electronics 2012Premiered by Turivoc Vokalensemble, Kirche Veltheim Winterthur/CH 2012
Duration: 55 min
Infinite Silent Redundancy (2012)
Sound installation operated on audio guide, in collaboration with Cyrill Lim 2012First shown at Swiss Institute at Rome 2012
Duration: infinite loop / installation
Die Landschaft zerfetzt, öde, kaputt (2012)
︎ ︎Installative extended string quartet (vl, vla, vc, db) with screen-provided notation system in collaboration with Barblina Meierhans 2012
Premiered at the Romanian Academy, Rome 2012
Duration: 300 min (5 hours nonstop)
Clouds With Roots (2012)
Sound and sculptural installation in collaboration with Claudia Zloteanu 2012First shown at the Romanian Academy, Rome 2012
Duration: infinite loop / installation
Black Soil / White Silence (2012)
Music for solo dance work by Seraina Duveen 2012First shown at Swiss Institute at Rome 2012
Duration: 60 min
Yellow Neon Letters (2011)
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Music work with baritone violin, accordion and electronics 2011
Premiered by Katryn Hasler, Florine Juvet, Marcel Zaes at Club Dal Verme, Rome 2011
Duration: 60 min
A Sky Covered With Dust (2011)
Performative installation in collaobration with Anna Schölß and Cornelia Adam 2011First shown with Florine Juvet and Katryn Hasler at Lange Nacht der Museen, Munich 2011
Duration: open / installation
Eine Art Alaska & Sumpf I+II (2011)
Music for music theater production written in collaboration with Stéphanie Maurer and directed by Florian Rexer 2011Premiered at Lokremise, St. Gallen 2011
Duration: 40 min (music)
Lel
Samar Project - Morceau De Rien (2011)
music work with voice and electronics in collaboration with Dida Guigan 2011Premiered at Festival FIMU, Belfort 2011
Duration: 40 min
Lel Samar Project - Debut (2010)
music work with voice and electronics in collaboration with Dida Guigan 2010Premiered at Zico House Beirut 2010
Duration: 40 min
Alenka (2010)
Music for solo dance work by Barbora Krislova Greiner 2010Premiered at Tanzhaus Zurich 2010
Duration: 30 min
The Last Place (Left) (2010/11)
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Music work for bariton violin, accordion and electronics 2010
Premiered by Katryn Hasler, Florine Juvet, Marcel Zaes at LAB30, Augsburg 2010
Duration: 55 min
Bruchstücke von Blau [Fragments of Blue] (2010)
Performative installation with electric guitar, microphones and an array of speakers and light, 2010Premiered by Virginia Arancio at Festival Out Now, Schankhalle, Bremen 2010
Duration: 420 min (7 hours nonstop)
A Long Moment (of Pleasure) (2010)
Music work for soprano, pianist, and mixing board player 2010Premiered at San Francisco Voices, San Francisco 2010
Duration: 6 min
stutzen/stopfen/strecken (2010)
Performative installation in collaboration with Katharina Bhend and Marina Bolzi, with a soprano, harp player, electronics, video, text, 2010First shown at Grand*Palais, Bern 2010
Duration: 25 min loop (x3)
scherbeln (2010)
︎ ︎Installation in collaboration with Cyrill Lim 2010
First shown at Museumsnacht Bern 2010
Duration: infinite loop / installation
Was bedrückt dich? (2009)
Music for music theater work by Flurin Borg Madsen 2009Premiered at Theater der Künste, Zürich 2009
Duration: 60 min loop / installation
Prairies (2009)
Living installation for 1 instrument, electronics and a set of three speakers (exists in version for accordion, and version for double bass), 2009Premiered by Florine Juvet at Festival Lausanne Jardins 2009
Duration: open
Südhaft I-III (2009)
Music work for electric guitar and electronics 2009Premiered by Virginia Arancio at Weimarer Frühjahrstage für zeitgenössische Musik Weimar 2009
Duration: 15 min
Nordhoch (2009)
Music work for mechanized zither and baritone violin 2009Premiered by Katryn Hasler at University of the Arts Zurich 2009
Duration: 15 min
Südwärts / South Bound / Süden für Julia (2008)
︎[published/performed under three different titles]
Music work for one string instrument and electronics 2008
Premiered by Katryn Hasler at University of the Arts Zurich 2008
Duration: 14 min