© Kaia Means
bio • artist statement • list of works • performance repertoire • CV
SELECTED LIST of WORKS BY GENRE
Dramatic/Theater
The Trials of Patricia Isasa, opera-in-progress
Warum küssen die Menschen?, multi-media concert opera (1999). Collaboration w/composer Hanna Hänni; video: Suzanne Castelberg
I Sing the Body Electric, chamber opera (2004). Co-composed w/ Carl Unander-Scharin, Line Tjørnhøj, text: Whitman, Bradbury, etc
Performance-Installations
Lydavtrykk: Urban Sound and Sites, sound installation/improvisations (1999). w/Hege Rimestad, Margit Schoberleitner
TAXI! A musical roundabout (2001). Collab. w/Hege Rimestad, Margit Schoberleitner, Anna Widén, Kjersti Martinsen, Kaia Means
Welcome to Paradise: A Requiem, interdisciplinary performance-installation (2008). Collab. w/Christoph Theiller & Amund Sveen
Sub/veillance, a trombone, a soprano, a video artist, 3 laptops and tools for surveillance … (2008). w/Liberovskaya & Buzzarté
Our Lady of Detritus, a mobile collab. interdisciplinary performance & installation (2009). w/Jill Sigman, choreographer
My Inner Sole, sculpture and video installation (2009). w/Zuzka Kurtz; Liz Magic Laser; Steven Kimelman
HUT #6:MiniBo, durational installation/performance (2011). Collab. w/Jill Sigman and Amund Sjølie Sveen
Dance
Proud To Be Here, dance piece (2000). Choreography by Katharina Vogel
She Speaks: The Weird Sisters, dance piece (2001). Choreography by Linda Shapiro
Pulling the Wool: An American Landscape of Truth and Deception, dance piece (2004). Concept, perf., installation: Jill Sigman
RED, dance piece [voice, laptop and hemispherical speakers] (2006). Choreography by Carrie Ahern
Rupture, dance piece [voice and laptop] (2007). Choreography by Jill Sigman
Fowl Play, dance piece (2010). Choreography by Jill Sigman
Last days/first field (2013). Choreography by Jill Sigman
Choral
Passenger of Infinity, chorus and piano (1984). Text: Emily Dickinson
Chamber
Inner Vision, soprano, narrator and woodwind trio (1996)
Amorous Anagrams, 2 sopranos, bass clarinet and double bass (1999). Text: Unica Zürn
Tonspion, City portrait in sound, voice, violin, cello and electronics (2000)
Now! … and then?, telematic work for ensembles in three different locations (2008)
Nothing Proved Can Be, song cycle, soprano, viola da gamba quartet and laptop (2008)
Elegy: for Gaza, soprano, violin, trombone, accordion and sampler (2009)
A Remarkable Failure, recorded narrators, soprano, trombone and digital audio (2010)
Echo Systems, soprano, bass flute and live electronics (2011)
Solo Instrument
Aggressions, piano(1980)
Hexenhammering, (1996)
Aura, trombone (1998)
Vocal
Inner Vision, soprano, narrator and woodwind trio (1996)
Amorous Anagrams, 2 sopranos, bass clarinet and double bass (1999). Text: Unica Zürn
Tonspion – City, portrait in sound, voice, violin, cello and electronics (2000)
Cellular Memory, Part 2, soprano and sampled sounds (2001)
Not driving, not riding, soprano and live electronics (2001)
Doorjam, voice and trombone (2002). Co-composed w/Monique Buzzarté
Ghost Dog, voice and trombone (2002). Co-composed w/Monique Buzzarté
Gasholder Duet, voice and trombone (2002). Co-composed w/Monique Buzzarté
Flags, 2 voices and trombone (2003).Co-composed w/Monique Buzzarté and Barbara Barg
Title X, voice and trombone (2003). Co-composed w/Monique Buzzarté
What a Pretty Dog, 2 voices and trombone (2003). Co-composed w/Monique Buzzarté and Barbara Barg
Anthem, voice and laptop (2005)
Now! … and then?, telematic work for ensembles in three different locations (2008)
Nothing Proved Can Be, song cycle, soprano, viola da gamba quartet and laptop (2008)
Elegy: for Gaza, soprano, violin, trombone, accordion and sampler (2009)
A Remarkable Failure, recorded narrators, soprano, trombone and digital audio (2010)
Tattooed Ghosts, voice, interactive audio and images (2010). w/Katherine Liberovskaya, and writer Dina Von Zweck
Echo Systems, soprano, bass flute and live electronics (2011)
Film
Sub, film score (1999). For short dance film by Kjersti Martinsen, ULTIMA festival, “Dans for Kamera”
Monarken, short animated film score (2000). Film by Sidsel Pape, Animerte Dager i Fredrikstad
God in the Machine, film score (2005). Music featured in the full-length film by Kathleen Harty, Anthology Film Archives
Tattooed Ghosts, voice, interactive audio and images (2010). w/Katherine Liberovskaya, and writer Dina Von Zweck
m/y much desired one, video score (2010). Music DVD, created with video-artist Katherine Liberovskaya
Papoose, film score (2011). For independent dance film by Jill Sigman
Georgy, film score (2011). For independent dance film by Christina Briggs Winslow and Francesco Martinelli