Atlas is a multilayered composition and performance Alexandra Cihanská Machová that addresses humankind’s relationship to digital innovation and environmental crisis.

Alexandra Cihanská Machová’s composition blends field recordings, warped quotations, drone surfaces, live and synthetic voices, along with fragments of poetry influenced by trap, pop, and hip-hop music genres. Dealing with a personal sense of having a split relationship to the world, as humankind is redefined and repositioned within new or potential ecosystems, the artist proposes ‘rigorous listening’ as a fundamental way to create understanding and connection. Atlas takes us on a bittersweet trip to a lost utopian land, spilling over from a resigned and sarcastic position, flowing into a place of acceptance and rest, where love and compassion are the only functional strategies in a crumbling world. In both form and content, the piece explores emotion and innovation in a post-digital environment, incorporating sonic and political ecologies, as well as non-technocentric methods.

Commissioned by A4
Premiere: NEXT Festival 2024
28.11.2024 Bratislava, Slovakia

This performance is available for touring.
For further enquiries contact: projects@a4.sk