LiberAiya | March-May 2024

A collaboration between the German-Australian pianist and composer Max Petersen’s LiberA ensemble and the American transdisciplinary artist Melody Chua’s AIYA improvisation machine, LiberAiya takes the form of an interactive installation and a set of performances.

‍>>The work considers playing with the improvisation machine as a way of engaging with the unfamiliar and the “othered.” What do we do if AIYA confronts us with the uncomfortable and oppositional? Instead of shutting down, do we have the capacity to continue the dialogue? How can we adapt to new ways of expression, where one is not suppressed by the other?

‍By interacting with AIYA, indeterminate narratives are told through video footage of protests from around the world and from different political positions, recognizing that holding space for opposing views of social change is vital for a pluralistic society. The footage, paired with texts selected and composed by the artists, offer varied glimpses into the possibilities of peaceful protest, tolerance, and expression beyond reactionism. Not only raising fists, but also holding hands.

LIBERAIYA :: ZÜRICH EDITION
Interactive Installation:
March 8th 12:00-18:00 @Les Complices*
March 9th 10:30-14:30 ‍@Les Complices*

Concerts:
March 8th 18:30 Song Yi Jeon (vocals) + AIYA @Les Complices*
March 8th 20:00 Fabian Arends (percussion) + AIYA @Les Complices*
March 9th 20:00 LiberA Ensemble ft. Melody Chua + AIYA @Notenpunkt


LIBERAIYA :: KONSTANZ EDITION
LIBERAIYA ::KONSTANZ EDITION brings the LiberAiya installation inside of a 5m-wide clear dome situated by the Lake of Konstanz.

Interactive Installation:
Outside of the Konzilgebäude Konstanz
April 13th all day/night
April 14th morning-16:00
April 15th morning-12:00
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Concerts:
Outside of the Konzilgebäude Konstanz
April 13th 18:00 Song Yi Jeon (vocals) + AIYA
April 13th 19:00 Melody Chua (chaosflöte) + AIYA
April 13th 20:00 Max Petersen (keyboard) + AIYA
@Wolkensteinsaal, Konstanz
April 14th 20:00 LiberA Ensemble ft. Melody Chua + AIYA


LIBERAIYA :: WINTERTHUR EDITION
Interactive Installation:
Dialogplaz, Winterthur
May 2nd 15:00-18:00

Concerts:
@Dialogplatz, Winterthur
May 2nd 18:00 Fabian Arends (percussion) + AIYA 
May 2nd 19:00 Song Yi Jeon (vocals) + AIYA
May 2nd 20:00 Melody Chua (chaosflöte) + AIYA
@Esse Music Bar, Winterthur
May 3rd 20:00 LiberA Ensemble ft. Melody Chua + AIYA