Saturday 14 February, 20:00

Ensemble Vortex — Apophänies

Ensemble Vortex offers five pieces that probe apophenia, machines, bodies and sensory shivers, mapping perception’s unstable edges. Composers Rama Gottfried, Daniel Zea, Romane Bouffioux, Anna Korsun and Eva Reiter shape a landscape of micro-stage gestures, video projections, survival-blanket resonances, whispering ASMR textures, spatialized sound and tape. Instrumentalists shift roles—singing, playing, amplifying brushed objects—while live-filmed faces and mechanical tics create a fragile dramaturgy of rupture and merger. The evening unfolds as an immersive, tactile exploration of listening and misrecognition.

Rue de la Truite 4,
1205 Genève
Photo Credit: DR
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Photo Credit: DR

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