Dimitra Sofroniou
MusicDimitra Sofroniou is a composer and multidisciplinary artist from Greece who recently obtained her master’s degree in Composition from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Her work considers the connections between sound, space and visual media, often through collaborations with visual artists, filmmakers and choreographers. Her current research focuses on field recordings and the creation of sonic landscapes, considering how personal memories and everyday environments are experienced through sound. She is particularly interested in domestic and urban soundscapes as spaces where personal memory intersects with broader social and political realities.
Our Love Began Here, and Here It Will End is a spatial music composition created for an octaphonic setup, combining field recordings with processed sound material. The work emerges from the artist’s experience of leaving Greece and living between Belgium and the Netherlands. Moving between these places has made her increasingly attentive to the sonic landscapes of different cities and spaces. Each time she returns to her parents’ apartment in Athens, certain sounds feel more familiar than others. When alone, she listens to the house as it seems to speak back to her. Through active listening, everyday sounds become amplified, while others that might normally go unnoticed begin to emerge: television news, conversations from the street, footsteps, cracks and movements. Listening closely reveals how a sonic landscape carries traces of its social environment, reflecting both personal memories and the wider society in which it exists. The presentation at Felix Meritis is a fixed media excerpt from the ongoing project.
Please note: the work addresses themes of gender-based violence and femicide, which may be triggering for some audience members.
Credits:
Vasilia Sofroniou: Video
Christina Zakka: Singer