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"A
Stranger Here" - a new choral work for 44 singers
In ‘A Stranger Here’ Mikhail Karikis visits a homonymous score from the English Baroque by John Amner (1579 – 1641) and enters into a dialogue with it addressing the ‘stranger’ in Amner’s original sacred motet.
Mikhail’s new work consists of a sequence of settings in which the choir questions the presence of the ‘stranger’ and progressively doubts its own homogeneity while Mikhail’s voice grapples with dislocation and desertion. (Jan 2008)
"For
you, only you" - a collaboration with visual artist Sonia Boyce, Alamire
Consort and director David Skinner
A two-year collaboration with British Afro-Caribbean artist Sonia Boyce and Alamire Consort culminates in a new choral work entitled 'For you, only you' created at the crossroads of classical music and sound art.
'For you, only you' is a political and poetic sound work for 9 voices addressing notions of difference and communication. Commissioned by the Ruskin School, University of Oxford, 'For you, only you' is first performed at Magdalen Chapel, Oxford and subsequently transformed into a video installation by Sonia Boyce exhibited at De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, UK. (April '07 & Sep '07 - Jan '08)
Orphica
- solo album released internationally on Sub Rosa label
Legendary Belgian experimental music label Sub Rosa releases Mikhail's debut solo album Orphica internationally.
Inspired by legendary poet and musician Orpheus and melding environmental recording, period instruments, electronica and Mikhail's vocals, Orphica proposes a new kind of electro-orchestral Greek avant-folk and receives enthusiastic international reviews. (April 2007)
Orphica
videos screened at BAFTA cinema
Mikhail Karikis presents three videos from formcoming album Orphica at BAFTA cinema. The videos are created and directed by Paul Bloomfield, Paul Gittins and Mikhail. (Dec 2006)
Performance
at Whitechapel Art Gallery
Mikhail Karikis performs music from his forthcoming album Orphica at Whitechapel Gallery. (Nov 2006)
Bend
It Like Beckett cd
An audio cd compilation produced by Art Trail Sound Works to commemorate the Samuel Beckett Centenary. Artists include Mikhail Karikis, Scanner, Stephen Vitiello, David Toop, Richard Crow, Wajid, Phil Durrant, Stefano Tedesco, Una Walker and others. 100 tracks, 1-minute-long each! (Oct 2006)
Wellcome
Home: Memorial Service - 369 Villages
A multimedia performance on the political Right to Return, Israel and Palestine, created with Oreet Ashery for international live art festival PSi12, performed in London. (June 2006)
Hum
A sound installation exploring humming and urban navigation is created for 'The Colour of the City' festival in the city of SungNam in South Korea. (Nov 2005)
The
Acoustics of the Self
A fully illustrated book, a 7-hour-long audiobook, 2 music CDs and a DVD with 4 films present Mikhail's doctoral research on sound, voice and subjectivity. (Sep 2005)
Sightings of Domestic Wildlife: ∏APA∑ITA
A dramatic audiovisual journey into the mysterious world of radio interfernce and parasites is premiered at Synch Festival of Electronic Music and Digital Arts. (July 2005)
'Once
More' in CoF Minor selected by Björk
In an international song competition initiated by Björk, Mikhail's composition 'Once More' in CoF Minor is selected and released on the singer's album Army of Me. (May 2005)
A
Sound Journey to the Arctic
Sounds of melting ice and the perpetual buzzing of insects record the transformations and intensity of regeneration during the short Arctic summer.
This
Is not a Commercial Break
A radio intervention subverting catchy commercial tunes is presented at the ReSound radiophonic event of diverse sonic experimentalism.
The
Shape of Breath
A film installation in the gothic St Mary the Virgin's church in Nottingham explores the morphing materiality and poetic associations of breath.
A
Dance of Life and Death
Music inspired by medieval dances for Uriel Orlow's video art project shown in London, the 10th Biennial of the Moving Image in Switzerland and in Rio de Janeiro.
Mubarak
A soundtrack composed for Farina Graham's film study on longing, expectations, deprivation and desire in the Mubarak village in Pakistan.
The Architectural Side-effecs of Daydreaming
Where are we when we daydream? An installation with over 1,000 feathers created in Seoul explores the surreal consequences of dreams seeping into reality.
The
Mythical Laboratory
An installation for the disused astronomical observatory of University College London which explores the phenomenology of dreaming.
Proposals
(2000)
This page contains installation proposals and concept drawings from the year 2000.
