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Ceola Tunstall-Behrens

sculptuur, performance, installatie, Geluid, Experimenteel, Conceptueel, Audiovisueel, Artistiek onderzoek

As a research-based artist, I am interested in the capturing, archiving and reconstruction of personal memories and the 'essence' of individuals. My transdisciplinary, 'polyphonic' research delves into the dual aspects of what remains and what is lost, exploring the grief of losing and the potential for reconstructing something new. Through mediums and materials such as installation, sound, voice, and AI technologies, I explore these themes alongside collective projects and graphic and printing techniques. I share my work through exhibitions, workshops, performances and radio broadcasts. I have recently had projects at WORM, SHIMMER, Roodkapje and Dordrechts Museum.

To my Digital Heir - To My Digital Heir is a performance work that stemmed from a prediction. Ray Kurzweil, an inventor, thinker and futurist and the Director of Engineering at Google, believes that by 2045, AI (Artificial Intelligence) will surpass human beings as the smartest and most capable life forms on the planet. Because of this, humanity will have reached The Singularity where man and machine will be able to merge and we will be able to upload our minds to a computer.
“Well, we’ll ring each other up another day” - I listen to the telephone ring, waiting for him to pick up the phone. When did we last speak, I am not sure. I loved our conversation where he started singing, telling me about his summer holidays as a child. He has so many stories that I will never hear. As he gets older his life becomes smaller. It becomes thinner. It becomes fixed. He talks of things close to him. Of the things he can see and feel. The same daily things. If I capture him before time has ended, before I have no control over it, then I have things I can keep. I want to know it all. I want to hold it all, in his voice. Recorded fragments from telephone conversations between a father and a daughter weave their way throughout a body of space. The listener experiences the immaterial presence of someone, or something. A moment, a relationship. A space, a time. “Well, we'll ring each other up another day” is an audio installation where the narrative and immateriality of the work transitions the focus of attention away from the visual and physical. Instead it creates an object of empty space that simulates intimacy and introspection, that de-centres the gaze. https://soundcloud.com/ceolatb/well-well-ring-each-other-up-another-day_stereo_mix
What If All That Was Left Of Us Was Sound - A sound poem - https://soundcloud.com/ceolatb/what-if-all-that-was-left-of-us-was-sound
What is my voice when it no longer resounds in my body? - ‘What is my voice when it no longer resounds in my body?’ is a confrontation with the continuation of human existence through digital technology. It questions the existential meaning of voice cloning technology - can it go beyond being a phoney mimic and just a representation and exist as an extension of the self? It also questions the plausibility of this phenomenon - how is it convincing, surprising and what are its limits? Through the exploration of voice cloning technology, the work expresses doubt that the true essence of a voice, and by proxy, a person, character and personality, can be cloned and kept alive through digital means. The ownership of the voice and its contextualisation within a body override any digital existence. This work is part of an ongoing research into digital immortality which explores how far humans can extend their existence on earth through digital means.
RE-MEMBER-ING drawing - Drawing (50 x 70 cm white paper) created using pinpricking technique. Drawing is of my Grandma's side table with her essential items. RE-MEMBER-ING is an installation of three, inter-related works archiving the objects and close surroundings of my Grandma’s sitting room. Archiving was done from memory. Works were exhibited in The Things That Find Us, a co-initiated group exhibition during Rotterdam Art Week 2024.
RE-MEMBER-ING Audio - Photo of the installation of audio work. Audio work (29m 27s) that is heard through headphones and a cassette tape player. Audio consists of a voice listing the objects in my Grandma's living room and sounds of paper being pinpricked in the room of my studio. RE-MEMBER-ING is an installation of three, inter-related works archiving the objects and close surroundings of my Grandma’s sitting room. Archiving was done from memory. Works were exhibited in The Things That Find Us, a co-initiated group exhibition during Rotterdam Art Week 2024.

Sunday Mornings With Ceola

Datum:
Locatie: SHIMMER

During the Sunday Mornings With... Ceola invites you to join her in weaving a sonic installation throughout the building that Shimmer is housed in.

Inspired by the deep listening practice of Pauline Oliveros, Ceola will lead listening and sounding exercises. In combination with recorded sounds from the building, we will intuitively create a live, site specific, sonic tapestry with our voices and / or our bodies.

https://shimmershimmer.org/sunday-mornings-with-ceola-tunstall-behrens/

Sunday Mornings With Ceola

Datum:
Locatie: SHIMMER

During the Sunday Mornings With... Ceola invites you to join her in weaving a sonic installation throughout the building that Shimmer is housed in. Inspired by the deep listening practice of Pauline Oliveros, Ceola will lead listening and sounding exercises. In combination with recorded sounds from the building, we will intuitively create a live, site specific, sonic tapestry with our voices and / or our bodies.

https://shimmershimmer.org/sunday-mornings-with-ceola-tunstall-behrens/

The Things That Find Us

Datum:
Locatie: Delftsestraat 33-202, 3013 AE Rotterdam
In samenwerking met: Florian Braakman, Liza Wolters, Rawad Baaklini and Sarah Rose Guitian Nederlof

A collective exposed encounter

A Room with A View

Datum:
Locatie: Dordrecht Museum

Two installation works as part of a group exhibition - A Room with a View, Dordrecht Museum.

https://www.dordrechtsmuseum.nl/nu-te-zien-en-te-doen/a-room-with-a-view/

Aq Tushetii Residency

Datum:
Locatie: Tusheti, Georgia
In samenwerking met: Aq Tushetii and Mutant Radio

An artist residency in the mountains in Georgia ending in a live, filmed improvised performance as part of Mutant Radio's Remote Sessions.

Sounds from Ukraine Now

Datum:
Locatie: Radio WORM
In samenwerking met: Clemens Poole

Sounds from Ukraine Now is a radio program in conversation with Ukrainian artists sharing art, music, and sounds from Ukraine. The show is hosted by Ceola Tunstall-Behrens, a British artist based in Rotterdam, and Clemens Poole, a US American artist based (until recently) in Kyiv. The show seeks to explore contemporary Ukraine through discussions with sound-based creatives.

https://www.mixcloud.com/radiowormrotterdam/playlists/sounds-from-ukraine-now/

Bird Wall, Sonic Witch Choir

Datum:
Locatie: WORM
In samenwerking met: O. Festival

Performance of Bird Wall by Sonic Witch Choir at O. Festival.

I Don't Perform For Time, Time Performs For Me

Datum:
Locatie: Radio WORM
In samenwerking met: Meghan Clarke

I Don't Perform For Time, Time Performs For Me is an hour long monthly radio show with Meghan & Ceola, two Rotterdam based artists with an attention to time. Through sharing audio works this show will explore and dissect artistic practices. A moment to be influenced by what you hear and for what you hear to influence how you listen. A moment to unravel our relationships with time.

https://worm.org/projects/radio-worm/

Audio Stories at Boijmans Depot

Datum:
Locatie: Boijmans Depot
In samenwerking met: Tjyying Liu and Boijmans Depot

Six fictional audio stories based on six objects from the collection at Boijmans Depot. The 3 minute audio stories are listened through the Depot's app and are available in Dutch and English. MaaMoo is an audio focused, creative collaboration between Ceola Tunstall-Behrens and Tjyying Liu, a sound artist and storyteller based in Rotterdam. Their work focuses on creating imaginative narratives that interweave space, architecture and art on the one hand, with sound and music on the other.

https://www.boijmans.nl/depot/app

Rollercoasters Soundscape

Datum:
Locatie: Gallery 2, Het Nieuwe Instituut
In samenwerking met: Benjamin Earl and Het Nieuwe Instituut

An original, multichannel soundscape in Benjamin Earl's installation about rollercoasters. Part of the exhibition 'Architectures of Staged Realities' at Het Nieuwe Instituut, curated by Saskia van Stein.

https://wonderewereld.hetnieuweinstituut.nl/en/activities/welcome-architecture-staged-realities

Splintered Thoughts and Fragile Plots

Datum:
Locatie: Noorderlicht Studio
In samenwerking met: Noorderlicht International Photo Festival

Group exhibition curated by Tiiu Meiner & Rawad Baaklini. I exhibited a multichannel sound installation.

https://www.noorderlicht.com/en/programma/the-makeable-mind/

Staging Stasis - Radio Residency

Datum:
Locatie: Radio Stasis
In samenwerking met: Natalia Papaeva

Collaborative residency with Natalia Papaeva. Staging Stasis is a residency program established by Radio Stasis. Working through the medium of radio, the residency offers creatives based in Rotterdam the possibility to experiment and collaborate, while growing their local networks and engaging with the art community in The Netherlands.

https://radiostasis.live

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