Synopsis

Ωma is ohms: resistance—an electrical, political, and physical force. We channel the flow of conductivity running through our bodies and the voltage transmitted via our linked skins, influencing the sonic landscape with our movements Through a DIY synthesizer, we bring to life the pulsating sound of electricity. Calling on the elements to contain a circle of electrical charge, we dance in between the battle of polarities. Ωma is a sonic dance performance dedicated to the fusion of polarities and the communal rite of togetherness.

Ωma is an initiation ritual; it is a coming-together activity for an experience that we will all go through together, so it is a performance that invites the audience for the start of something (an event or an evening). In parallel, it is about the political resistance aspect of celebrations, gatherings and the rave which, consequently, intertwines with the electronic sounds of a DIY synthesizer consisting of a simple circuit for an oscillator that makes touch audible (connected by open cables on our skin). The work navigates the three definitions of “resistance”: political, electrical, and physical (of attraction and repulsion by movement).

 

Created by

sWitches (pamela varela, Ines DeRu, ella hebendanz)

 

Format

interactive performance

 

Software

Ableton Live or none (pure hardware)

 

Media

electronic sound (DIY oscillator/synthesizer/cracklebox), spoken word, dance/performance

 

Credits

Concept by  sWitches (pamela varela, Ines DeRu, ella hebendanz)

Performance V1  Ines DeRu, pamela varela

Performance V2  pamela varela, ella hebendanz,

Performance V3  pamela varela, ella hebendanz

Choreography with Lia Pavlidis

Soundscape by Ines DeRu 

Special thanks to Gokay Atabek, Hilde Wollenstein, Venus Jasper, Tim Schütze

 

Performed at

2024, Monument Festival, Numedal, NO (V3)

2023, La Nature Festival, Vielsalm, BE (V2)

2023, Synergy Festival, Amsterdam, NL (V2)

2023, JOY Space, Berlin, DE (V2)

2022 MU, Eindhoven, NL (V1)

 

Video Links

Trailer of the performance V2

Impression of the performance V1