crys cole

crys cole is a Canadian sound artist based in Berlin (DE) who works in composition, performance, sound sculpture and installation. Taking a conceptual approach, she generates subtle and imperfect sounds through haptic gestures and seemingly mundane materials to create texturally nuanced electro-acoustic works that continuously retune the ear.

cole has performed in Canada, Japan, Australia, Thailand, Singapore, the USA, UK and throughout Europe. Her regular collaborators include Oren Ambarchi (AU) and James Rushford (AU) (as the duo Ora Clementi). She has also worked with Francis Plagne (AU), Leif Elggren (SW), Tetuzi Akiyama (JP), Seiji Morimoto (DE), Jessika Kenney (US), David Rosenboom (US), Annea Lockwood (US/NZ), Keith Rowe (UK), Lance Austin Olsen (CA), Jamie Drouin (CA), Mathieu Ruhlmann (CA), David Behrman (US), Tim Olive (JP/CA) and many more.

Her work has been published on labels Black Truffle (AU), Penultimate Press (UK), Students of Decay (US), Ultra Eczema (BE), Boomkat (UK), Second Editions (DE), caduc (CA), Bocian (PL), Another Timbre (UK) and Infrequency editions (CA/DE). With guest appearances published on Touch (UK) and Editions Mego (AT).

Cole’s sound installations and sculptures often investigate ideas around impermanence, temporality, memory and illusion, with a particular interest in simple everyday sounds and materials and site specificity. Her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, the UK, Spain, Switzerland and Thailand.

Photo: Live solo October 2023 at ‘Volume’ festival at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, photos © Art Gallery of New South Wales