Outputs coming back as inputs – the chain of cause and effect without a clear beginning or end. Signals constantly feeding off each other, weaving a web of mutual relationships. Sound turning into objects, objects turning into space, space becoming meaning. The work evolves from the feedback loop between the body, the technical system and the environment in which meaning isn’t imposed but rather created through interference, dependency and collective presence.
Feedback is a project that investigates the feedback loop as an aesthetic, technical and conceptual principle. By using piezo pickups, amplifiers, and small speakers (transducers) placed directly onto the instruments, feedback loops are established, generating sounds that are typically avoided but here become a central element of musical expression. The project is developed by three authors through a collaborative process of residency and recording, in which feedback is considered simultaneously as a sonic phenomenon and as a model of intersubjective, relational connections.
The work evolves through an exploration of how individual practices can form a shared artistic language. The focus is not solely on sound, but also on a broader understanding of feedback as a model of collaboration, interdependence, and responsibility. The process will be documented in collaboration with Luka Čabo, culminating in a public presentation and a concert at the Richter Collection.
SHORT BIOGRAPHIES
Ivar Roban Križić is a double bass player, composer, artistic researcher and curator based in Vienna. His practice includes free improvisation, electroacoustic and experimental music and artistic research of improvisation. He received his PhD in artistic research from the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, and is an active performer, pedagogue and curator of international projects and festivals.
Thomas Grill is a composer, electroacoustic performer, media artist and sound researcher. His work encompasses electroacoustic improvisation, sound installations and interactive systems. He received his PhD in composition and music theory from Graz and conducted postdoctoral research at the Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI). He has received numerous international awards and is the head of the University Program for Electroacoustic and Experimental Music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
Kasho Chualan is a Kurdish-Canadian pianist, composer and sound artist based in Vienna. Her work is characterized by experimental, textural and narrative approaches in which she explores the boundaries of instrumental performance and the perception of sound. Inspired by her own Kurdish heritage, her performances combine improvisation, prepared instruments, keyboards, tapes and various sound objects.
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Organized by: KONTEJNER | bureau of contemporary art praxis, Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb – The Richter Collection
Curatorial support: Davorka Begović | KONTEJNER
Authors: Kasho Chualan, Thomas Grill, Ivar Roban Križić
Technical production: Luka Čabo, Thomas Grill
Visual design: Martin Peranović | MSU
Research funded by the Austrian Science Fund [10.55776/AR821].
Project development funded by the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia.
Kasho Chualan, Thomas Grill, Ivar Roban Križić: Feedback
Saturday, 21/2/2026 at 6 p.m.
The Richter Collection, Vrhovec 38
