Gemma Luz Bosch is a pianist, composer and improviser.  In her performances she creates live soundscapes using her self-made ceramic instruments, musical objects and prepared piano pieces. She invites the audience to consider the relationship between sound and music by investigating and using sounds that aren’t normally used in music creation.

In her practice she aims to explore all possibilities of an instrument, using unconventional methods to produce a fuller range of sounds.

“Sound always requires movement to be produced. I want to shape that movement.

In my work I search for different ways to make the audience experience sound. The physical aspect of showing my work is very important; the vibrations of sound made by the instruments/installations enter directly into the ears of the audience. 

Without someone perceiving sound, is there sound or only vibrating air?”

During her residency at iii Gemma Luz Bosch will develop her project ‘Clay Breath’ which explores the sonic properties of dried clay melting in water. 

In this project she sees the clay itself as the musician who makes sound by “breathing”. The air in the dried clay escapes towards the surface of the water in an unpredictable process that constantly produces different sounds.

“The temporality of this work appeals to me; the clay melts in the water, decays and vanishes.”

Gemma Luz Bosch will develop ‘Clay Breath’ at iii workspace from March 10 to April 10 2022.

iii’s residency program is made possible through the support of Creative Industries Fund NL and the Creative Europe program of the European Union.