An acoustic laboratory of force and vulnerability, Brigitta Muntendorf’s FORCE IS PRESENT is both a concert and an audiovisual experiment that weaves together technology, collective affect, and social fragility. Marking the opening of the RESILENCE exhibition at BASE and presented as a world premiere, Muntendorf’s new work challenges perception through 3D audio and environmental storytelling. The work explores the mechanisms of violence in two situations—through the body’s absence and presence. Using specially developed controllers that trigger sound via light barriers, the performance creates a physical momentum: Zubin Kanga generates sound solely through the force of movement, acting apart from the piano itself.

FORCE IS PRESENT is a reworking of Muntendorf’s Cyborg Soloists-commissioned piece Weight and Load #2 for solo performer.