Mira Maria Studer

In Funnel of Love Mira Maria Studer departs from a physical exploration of two voices: naturjodel, a swiss yodel style without lyrics, and the chanting of sports fans. In the focus lies the phenomenon of yearning to belong through sound – collective vocal expression of emotion and vocal techniques that reach/resonate over topographic, architectural but also through socio-cultural distances. A phenomenon that can be heard in the roar of the masses on the stadium’s terrace, in a nationalist cultural practice in the mountains, but also in the streets during protest. How does it resound differently in each context? How are these vocalities shaped by and interact with the physical and social spaces they inhabit?What kinds of bodies, minds, and identities are performed?

Fieldtrips in the city with friends searching for these vocal events build the departure point for later performative reflections in the studio.