Kuppelhalle 1

Elischa Heller

19:00

Plus44Kaligula

20:00

Ticketing closed

To collapse inward without shattering—this is the sensation Elischa Heller conjures. Suturing digitalismans into the sinews of performance art, auto-tuned vocals and fragile futurisms collide with shrieking beats, layered noise, and expansive drones. The resulting aural births feel like living contradictions: equal parts synthetic and feral, a sleek internet-born vision that still breathes, pulses, and smells faintly of incense.

The compositions of Plus44Kaligula operate as aural landscapes, collaging fragments of ambient pads, glitch-ridden textures, and machine choirs into immersive environments that defy linearity. The voice—a central axis of her work—shifts fluidly from stark, raw confessions to near-operatic proclamations, threading together her penchant for surreal theatricality with the visceral weight of sincerity. This interplay between the synthetic and the human evokes a liminal space, both alien and intimate, where Plus44Kaligula’s audiences are simultaneously disoriented and anchored.

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Elischa Heller is supported by SHAPE+, which is co-funded by the European Union and Pro Helvetia. 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.