creative direction, writing, composition, performance (cello/electronics)
Dining at the Boundary Layer @mediamaticamsterdam
ft. Chef Leo Aull + Gabo Vos (piano/compositions), Bjørk Semey (double bass), Guy Abada (drums/percussion), Hamish Day (assistant chef), Carolina Gemmell (host)
A 10 course concert experience where original musical and gastronomic creations enter a dialogue and take the audience through landscapes rich with interactions and complexity, where organisms such as moss and systemic phenomena such as clouds take center stage. (Click title to visit page).
performing (cello), arrangements, creative producing
WAZO BEAN by Carolina Gemmell
ft. Carolina Gemmell, Aniol Torrents, Guy Abada, Yam Anisimov
What shapes does intelligence take in different beings? How are these expressed in their interaction with their environments? And how does this reflect in their subjective experiences? These questions, especially in respect to animals, are essential to the motivation for WAZO BEAN, a 5 piece experimental-soul collective based in Amsterdam, lead by vocalist Carolina Gemmell. (Click title to visit page).
composition, casting
Bløedismaerby @ dutchnationaleoperaandballet
ft. Emilie Jungersen (scenography), Jakob Blublu (libretto), Lotus Friede (stage direction) + Performers and Vocalists : Carolina Gemmell, Sara Guidolin, Frances Amado, Thalia Oyewole, Angelina Posoven + Musicians : Valentina Real (viola), Elsa LeMoigne (cello), Marta Jimenez (cello), Jasmim Mandillo (cello)
In this short opera, the town folk of Bløedismaerby come in contact with a mysterious object whose shape they don’t recognize, and wonder what different kind of relationships they could form with it depending on their respective imaginations about its function. (Click title to visit page).
composition, creative direction, dramaturgy, stage direction, performance (cello/piano/electronics)
graduation recital compositions @ codartsrotterdam
ft. composers Gabo Vos, Francisco Rodriguez, Bjørk Semey, Jasper Sabbe, Sulav Maharjan,
Exploring the nature of collaborative creation, I embarked on the journey of crafting a full-hour performance by co-composing a piece with 10 different musician friends, each with a different background and expertise, and presented the result in a hybrid format were different islands of musicians surrounded the audience, and each piece was framed by a section of a short story from Leonora Carrington. (Click title to visit page).
composition, performance (cello/movement), assistant choreography
a pool bench @ codartsdancedepartment
ft. Enoch Grubb (dancing, choreography)
A deep dive into collaborative artistic creation with outstanding dancer, choreographer, and thinker Enoch Grubb. In 5 parts, ‘a pool bench’ questions the nature of movement, of childlike innocence, of close encounters with a force of nature, of information overload, and of the magical mundane. (Click title to visit page).