Performance / Music
To come, and return, to the cave. Between damp walls and beneath industrial stalactites, a voice resonates. An archaic echo, stripped of language, overflowing communication to become living matter: organic, raw, and mesmerising.
The vocal explorations of Nina Baietta intertwine with the electronic mirages of Serøja Leonov. Together, they create other speaking cave, a hybrid form somewhere between primitive ritual and sonic science fiction — an archaeology of the future where biology meets technology. Within a cavernous darkness pierced by neon lights embedded in metal grids, light itself becomes organism. It pulses, reacts to sound, and enters into dialogue with bodies and voice.
Artist-in-residence at L’Abri - Genève for the 2024–2025 season, Serøja Leonov develops a modular synthesiser practice shaped by sonic experimentation and radical electronic textures. He met Italian singer Nina Baietta during a residency in Venice. Through her voice, she explores the deconstruction of language, composing a unique emotional and sonic vocabulary.
A creation at La Bâtie 2026, in co-production with L'Abri - Genève
Practical information
Duration : 45mins
Doors open 1 hour before the performance begins.
Concept, composition, and electronic performance
Serøja Leonov
Musical material, interpretation, and voice research
Nina Baietta
Visual concept, set design, production
Vania Shatravin-Dostov
Dramaturgy
Jacopo Giacomoni
Costume designer
Elisa La Boria
Co-production
L'Abri - Geneva, Palazzo Trevisan & Pro Helvetia
Co-direction
La Bâtie-Geneva Festival & L'Abri - Genève
Support
The Leenaards Foundation, Fondation suisse des artistes interprètes SIS, artlink, and the Ernst Göhner Foundation
Acknowledgments
Special thanks to the technical teams at L’Abri - Genève and Palazzo Trevisan, as well as to Rares Donca, Alessandra Mattana, Giulia Morucchio, Enrico Bettinello, and Daniel Zea.
