Their work encompasses performance, improvisation, electro-acoustic composition, site specific generative work, and microtonal systems in a process-based creative practice. In their recent research, Hamann examines the acts of shaking and humming as formal and intimate encounters; interrogates »collapse« as a generative imaginary surface; and considers the »de-mastering« of bodies, both human and non-human, in settler-colonial heritage, instrumental practice, and pedagogy. In their practice, Hamann frequently challenges the boundaries of their instruments – whether the cello, voice, or body – considering how sonic thresholds offer generative sites of instability and movement.
Collaborators have included Marja Ahti, Oren Ambarchi, Joshua Bonnetta, Dennis Cooper, Charles Curtis, Lori Goldston, the Harmonic Space Orchestra, Sarah Hennies, Yvette Janine Jackson, Alvin Lucier, Éliane Radigue, Anike Joyce Sadiq, and La Monte Young. Their work has previously been published by labels including Blank Forms, Black Truffle, Another Timbre, Longform Editions, and Second Editions. Hamann holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from UC San Diego.
In 2023 Hamann is among the artists supported through the SHAPE+-initiative.
Lori Golston Judith Hamann Alloys Duets Excerpt by JudithHamann
Lori Golston Judith Hamann Alloys Duets Excerpt by JudithHamann
Aleksandra Słyż is supported by SHAPE+ which is funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
