Music, Media Art and Performance
About
SnowKrash is collaborative dispute over the relationship of sound to sight. Since 2009 Ursel Quint (Ger) and Barry L. Roshto (USA/Ger) have been exploring different aspects of this link through the process of producing and presenting original audio-visual works. Whether they are recording the underwater sound of rivers, taking EKG’s of bridges, pipelines or trees, sonifying the electromagnetic fields of their environment or composing film music, they are constantly trying to circumvent the usual.
Electronic media is used and abused, broken, hacked, laid bare. New instruments are built when necessary. There are no dogmas. If there are “messages”, they are just catalysts for situations, in which the observer’s experiences and revelations become their own solutions and commentaries.
To Date
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Works
Since 2009, SnowKrash has produced 76 original works, including audio-visual performances, videos, multi-channel fixed-media audio, film music and installations.
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Performances
SnowKrash has done 75 presentations of their work in Siegburg, Bochum, Cologne, Essen, Gütersloh, Bielefeld and Bonn (GER). As well as in Brighton (UK), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Athens and Thessaloniki (GR) and in NYC. We are performers and performance is our priority.
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3rd fridays
On the 3rd friday of most months, SnowKrash presents a concert series showcasing their own works, as well as those of special guests, consisting mostly of local artists. The artists are always present and the conversations, over snacks and drinks, are enlightening and a pleasant end to the evening. Hope to see you there sometime soon!
Current
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Works
We have two works in the pipeline: "Crickets" Live Spoken Word with Live Multi Channel Surround Sound and a piece about a mathematical riddle involving a Hunter and his Hound. more later...
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Performances
Ursel will be in NYC in June at the MISE-EN FESTIVAL 2025 for the presentation of "Troubled Bridge Over Water", an AV portrait of the Williamsburg Bridge.
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3rd fridays
On the 20th of June SnowKrash presents three audiovisual pieces from three different periods of their work. _1. Look! at me now..... Three short films about the Ruhrgebiet. The Videos were inspired by a workshop that we participated in, „Satellite/Border/Footprint“, that took place in Dortmund in 2010. _2. 3 studies..... Three Videos to Conlon Nancarrow´s „Studies for Player Piano“, produced by Ursel in 2012 for a lecture on Nancarrow by Johannes Quint. _3. Troubled Bridge over Water..... A Video about the Williamsburg-Bridge in NYC from 2016, made from recordings with DIY piezo microphones and videos filmed from the Hudson River Ferry
