SOPHIA FRIES

Sophia Fries (*1997, Lucerne) lives and works in Zurich.

In her artistic practice, she balances on the interdisciplinary brink where literature blends with visual art, theater and sound.

Thematically, her focus lies in staging of the banal; she is interested in the small but ambivalent dramas of everyday life. In her search for the affective constitution of a simple conversation, she has recently started collaborating with a newly formed choir of electronic kettles.

Artist Statement
A close-up of a plastic switch, magically flicking. In the beginning, there’s sound: A rustle, hemming, the buzzing of expectation. Slowly, conversations form. Some feel intimate from the start; some are more viscous. Small and big talks rise and fall, temper heat up, joining up in circuit is always accompanied by a change of atmosphere, change of perception, change of reality.

Working together has challenged us in many ways. We now know that understanding is secondary–as long as you feel connected.

Erhitzte Gemüter is a video work that shows fragments of a polyphonic gathering of electronic kettles. Whether in heated conversation or tuning up for an upcoming concert - the reason for the meeting remains unclear.