Kinga Tóth will give a lecture and a sound poetry performance at the Central European University in Vienna. Location: Vienna Campus, Quellenstrasse 51, Room: Auditorium. Time: Friday, February 14, 2025, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm. More information: https://events.ceu.edu/2025-02-14/mariamachina.
"In MARIAMACHINA, the posthuman cyborgs from ALL MACHINE are brought to life. They are joined by chants, songs, chorales, and murmurs, as well as new texts and formulations from recitatives, rhymes, and prayers—inspired by the art of nuns that Kinga Tóth is examining in her PhD project. Along with her research, the artist experiments with rites as well as exercises focusing on the body, speech, and soul, in addition to the concept of silentium in order to determine whether “the word” can actually be brought to life. She internalizes and transcends the boundaries of the texts and creates new prayers with the sounds of household objects, natural elements, and her own body. In her practise-based lecture she invites us tot he world of Live Poetry, where text-sound-visuality and the body build an organic structure and create a text body, where science, art, pedagogy meet and use a common playground of the performance."