Mara / Radio Hito / Yorgia Karidi
Three experimental artists with different musical backgrounds present live compositions that focus on the possibilities of the voice, synthesizers and the creation of soundscapes.
🔹 Mara (Mara Schwerdtfeger) is a composer and curator based in Eora / Sydney. She plays the viola and collaborates with her laptop to create live performances and recorded pieces for film, dance, and gallery spaces. Informed by interactions and perspectives within environments, her work questions the coexistence and understanding between those who inhabit them.
In 2019 she graduated from RMIT with a Bachelor of Design (Digital Media) and went on to attend LungA School (Seyðisfjörður, Iceland) in early 2020.
Her work has been commissioned by organisations and festivals such as SIGNAL, Avantwhatever Festival, Constellations Podcast, Open House and Mpavilion. She currently works with the Powerhouse Museum as a researcher and sound producer.
🔹 Radio Hito is an artist originally from Italy and Vietnam and based in Belgium. With voice, a Casio synthesizer and a piano as her main means of expression, her Italian-language music combines sonic experimentation with more recognizable melodies. Minimalist and introspective, with an expressive voice and simple, contemplative compositions, she balances between intensity and softness, creating an atmosphere that combines awkwardness and hospitality.
Her last two albums, “Non Solo Sole” and “Voce Lillà”, were released on the Belgian labels Midi Fish and Kraak. Her new album draws inspiration from Claude Royet-Journoud’s L’Usage et les attributs du cœur (P.O.L., 2021), promising a work influenced by poetry and literary reflection.
He is a member of SHAPE+ 24/25, which supports emerging artists in the field of experimental music and sound arts.
Among her accolades, the British magazine “The Wire” reported that “Radio Hito’s set is great. Sitting on the altar steps with a synthesizer, her fantastically expressive voice colors unadorned and thoughtful compositions.”
🔹 Yorgia Karidi is an Athenian artist, musician and performer. Her compositions focus on vocals and her intermedia practice includes painting, sculpture, video, verbal scores. Her collaborations cover a wide range of artists and genres. She has curated live radio shows, lent her voice to radio spots, and worked on experimental, feature and documentary films, both as composer and performer.
Her research is focused on the last century’s impact of popular art & music on today’s societal structure and collective memory. Her artistic practice raises interest in unmeasurable human qualities which she acesses through close listening and re-enacting a wide range of pop vocal traits & presentational methods in the form of audio narratives and performances called Live Sets. Currently working under the general title A Place To Hang Out dealing with the impact of lived time in public, so called spent, yet substantial.
Karidi’s work has been presented at: Benaki Museum, National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Onassis Stegi, Athens and Epidaurus Festival, National Theater, French Institute, Goethe Institut, Greel National Opera, Hyle, Thessaloniki Concert Hall, 2023 Elevsis European Capital of Culture, Knot Gallery, Romantso, KET, Theocharakis Foundation and elsewhere. Her material has been published among others on the labels: Nutty Wombat, Inner Ear Records, Seagrave, Orila Records, Ecstatic, Bokeh Versions. Most recently, she participated in the ensemble Athens3000, for Jazz@Megaron.