Sofija Kono
sonoka
About
me
Student of fine arts,
composer, producer, performer.
Apprentice of wood and metal,
my journey is that of discovering unheard sounds and decyphering music through language to create ties between the sonor and the visual.
orange sky
Inspired by an exchange of fictional letters with a friend, the lyrics capture the feeling of an occasional shift in the universe.
2021
Length - 06:02
2021 / 2022 - Monolith
maplewood, 180 x 35 cm
Zither / harp hybrid, standing at one human tall, based on the Latvian traditional music instrument "kokle".
2022 - Key
steel, maplewood, 135 cm
Wood and metal sceptre, designed to accommodate multiple tips, such as a microphone, a tool or a musical instrument.
2022 -Trinkets
steel, wood, cotton rope, 30 - 40 cm
A collection of hand-made pendants, incorporating different symbols of Latvian mythology.
state of undress
First piece using solely my sound sculptures, with the exception of vocoder, furthering my interest in the acoustic versus the digital. The song is about the ritual-like experience of a first encounter, our nature unveiled layer by layer.
2022
Length - 06:10
2022 - Birthday Ghost
steel, 20 x 15 cm
Three superposed disks holding individually cut steel ghosts, based on the Latvian traditional music instrument "trejdeksnis".
Love
letters
to the machines
Mémoire de Diplôme National Supérieur d’Expression Plastique option Art
conférant le grade de Master 2
2023-2024
accompagné par Pierre-Lin Renié et achevé d’imprimer à l’ebabx en octobre 2023
Collection of letters, texts and poems, reminiscing on my technological and musical debuts, shared and imagined with an AI counterpart. Rethinking the binarity and rigidity in myself, and the humanity and anxiety in machines.
kush,
dievi
chuch
“Hush, the gods are sleeping”
Photo: Concert at Cumulus, Bordeaux, 14.06.24
2023
Length - 03:10
Pre-Apocalypse
Ritual
Installation, performance for the DNSEP
2024
Length - 9 minutes
2024 - Door
pine, mirrored glass, 190x68cm
An object extracted from a video game into real life, hand carved, created as a screen for video mapping.
tbd, game
Work in progress, video game created with Unreal Engine 5.
“Though most gods heard prayers that day, salvation came not from the heavens, but from the corporate behemoth. As the end of days creeped closer, they sent out a mass notification to all smart devices, inviting the desperate to seek safety in the cloud.”
Live conception and performance for Résidence Performance, presented in co-existence with a 3d animation, representing the lyrics, constructed and filmed in The Sims 4.
2021
Length - 06:26
Street lights reimagined. The vacant city of Biarritz at night. during the confined months of the pandemic.
2020
Length - 01:52
