At Rewire 2022, RITUAL invites you into an experimental series that explores the many different elements that form a ritual. Rituals, as symbolic acts, represent and pass on the values and orders on which a community is based. While often described as spiritual and transcendent, they equally ground us into our daily lives and help us connect with our surroundings, each other, and ourselves.Through a sequence of collaborations with artists on themes such as Attention, Resonance, Technology, Healing, Reverberations and Closure, RITUAL will serve as an entry into collectivity and cohesion. On Friday April 8, we will launch the RITUAL zine with performer, composer and improviser Kristin Norderval sharing a sonic meditation at Page Not Found.

As both a composer and singer, Kristin Norderval is inspired by hybridity, interactivity and the idea that everything we do is site-specific. She blends acoustic and electronic sound, is fascinated with de-tuned instruments, machines, and ambient sound. In her solo works for voice and electronics she processes her voice in real time often combining it with prerecorded sounds to create complex sonic layers and unusual soundscapes. Custom controllers allow her to manipulate the processed sound with physical gestures. Her work with Pauline Oliveros over three decades was a primary influence in combining structural rigor with improvisation.