This interdisciplinary research project brings together music, the visual arts and traditional craftsmanship. Historical textile production techniques are reinterpreted through contemporary sound art and performance. Our artistic research explores the aesthetic and mechanical processes of craftsmanship, as well as the social and gender representations associated with it.​

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The Klexs duo, in collaboration with Lucerne-based artist Pia Matthes and percussionist Julien Megroz, is launching an interdisciplinary project at the intersection of music, visual arts and traditional craftsmanship. The aim is to transpose and reinterpret historical craft techniques within contemporary sound art and performance formats.

Pia Matthes has been interested for years in the aesthetics and cultural narratives of traditional craftsmanship. In her works, she transposes these into new artistic contexts – as, for example, at the SoundArt festival in Dreilinden (2024), where she developed, with March for Jacquard, a work based on historical weaving patterns.

The collaboration between the four artists continues this exploration in the field of textile production and also incorporates the mechanical and motor aspects necessary for such production. 

At the heart of the artistic research lies the transposition of structures, movement sequences and manufacturing processes from textile production into sound, composition and performance.

The artistic result is an installation (open to the public) that is at once an instrument, a sound box and a visual space. It is developed as part of a collective working process and forms the performative core of the project.

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