Juraj Kojš - Where is it? (2024) for a laptop ensemble and a soloist

IntAct 2024: Machine Labor Rock
International Composition Institute of Thailand (ICIT) 2024
19th - 22nd DEC 2024 at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC)

Juraj Kojš (Slovakia/USA) is an artphibian artist exploring the fields of music, sound art, theater, poetry, mixed media, multimedia, bioacoustics and technologies as a maker and performer. Miami New Times described his muscle-powered multimedia Neraissance as "striking and unforgettable," MiamiArtzine called his Signals"enthralling and immersive," and Miami Herald praised his Bang for the Train as "the most profound…unexpected and enjoyable."

Kojš’s commissions for acoustic, electroacoustic, multimedia and installation pieces include The Knight Foundation, Meet the Composer, Harvestworks New York, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Deering Estate, Miami Light Project, Miami Theater Center and Live Arts Miami. His works received awards at Europe—A Sound Panorama, Miami New Times Best Off Award, Eastman Electroacoustic Composition and Performance Competition and the Digital Art Award. His research articles are published in Organized Sound, Leonardo Music Journal, Computer Music Journal and Journal of New Music Research. Kojš directs Foundation for Emerging Technologies and Arts (FETA) and is an Associate Professor of Professional Practice at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music. www.kojs.net

Where is it? (2024) for a laptop ensemble and a soloist

In a search of home we become one. The piece is based on the following text by Jennifer Beattie:
I hear my Home calling
and I’ve forgotten:
where is it?

the Mind
wandering in veils of language
fate
ideas
ideals

the Heart is at home
where it burns

no matter
the strange paths
the forests
where the Mind becomes Lost

the way Home
is the song
of our burning Hearts

Performed by
Juraj Kojš, Saksilpa Srisukson, Christhatai Paksamai, Eleni Ralli, Young-Jun Lee, Francesco Fiorenzani, and Xiao Wen

Video recording and editing:
Chatchai Tatong
Chupong Sutarot
Worakon Phuaphan
Tuchawong Sirisawat

Sound recording:
SB SOUNDSYSTEM & G.MEDIA

Sound mixing:
Khwanpol Muangmud