The joint work of Berlin-based sound artist Jessica Ekomane and Yogyakarta-based vocalist Rully Shabara, best known for his collaboration with Wukir Suryadi under the name Senyawa, is intended as a sonic reflection on distance as well as the possibilities of technologically mediated presence and its transformation.
To circumvent the current pandemic situation that keeps Shabara home, the artists attempt diverse methods to give Shabara a tangible presence within the installation. Using extended voice techniques, Shabara’s voice reflects a search for ways to extend beyond human abilities. Ekomane’s digital processing of Shabara‘s voice recordings echoes ongoing attempts to bring technology closer towards humanness. As a result of this experimental arrangement, a new sonic entity appears, trapped in constant dilemma, and provoking multiple imaginations about the physical and machinic realities that may have produced it.