Chelsea Leventhal
bangaloREsident@Maraa

Chelsea Leventhal is a sound artist and composer of electroacoustic music based in Berlin, Germany. Her pieces engage the reanimation and articulation of space, perception of auditory archetypes, and creation of sonic allegories, taking the form of site-specific sound installations in public space and multichannel sound works featuring sculptural components, visual elements, or video. The domestic soundscape, psychogeographical exploration of urban spaces, and the human-nature relationship are recurring themes in her work.

She has received commissions from organisations such as Pépinières Européennes pour Jeunes Artistes in Paris, id11 in Delft, Kultur Mitte and the Bezirksamt Neukölln in Berlin, I-Park Foundation in the USA, and the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, and participated in numerous residencies, including at Hellerau European Centre for the Arts and ZKM in Karlsruhe. Her works have been presented at Maerzmusik in Berlin, Dystopia Festival in Istanbul, the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten in Marl, and other diverse locations.

During the bangaloREsidency, Chelsea Leventhal will work with Maraa Media and Arts Collective on the project “Sounds of Labour,” which explores the daily lives of workers in Bangalore’s Koramangala Slum Cluster and the soundscapes that accompany and emerge from their labour. The sounds of this work, which is essential to the functioning of the city and yet invisible to or undervalued by many, are combined with interviews with individuals who speak about seeking their livelihood, the honing and evolution of their craft, and the experience of building a life and finding a home in the face of the larger context of the city’s social and economic structures.