ATLAS Athens - A Sound Cartography of Europe by Dimitris Kamarotos

Three composers (Carmine-Emanuele Cella, Dimitris Kamarotos, Valerio Tricoli) and the video artist Marina Gioti present three different works in three concerts that take place simultaneously in three cities. Synchronized video and sound recordings unite Athens, Karlsruhe, and Paris in real time, to create a soundscape that breaches the bounds of geography. How can we change the way a city sounds? Composed by Dimitris Kamarotos, the piece “Music Is the City,” presented in the Athens concert, consists of a flâneur’s travelogue of recordings, transfiguring the city, through its sounds, into a fantastical version of itself. The world premiere of “ATLAS Athens: A Sound Cartography of Europe” was realized with the support of three European foundations (ZKM, Onassis Stegi, and IRCAM). The concert in Athens was presented 13.12.2019 at the Onassis Stegi Main Stage.