Evelyn Plaschg 

TGIF is an independent format that takes place at irregular intervals at HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark. TGIF (Thank God it’s Friday) is conceived as a playful extension of the curatorial program, inviting both regionally and internationally active musicians and artists to activate the space through live music or performance.Tonight’s event marks a rare exception: the musician and the exhibiting artist are one and the same person. As part of Viscous City, Evelyn Plaschg offers a glimpse into her musical practice, which emerges alongside and in dialogue with her painting.

Her elusive sound performances unfold as immersive musical journeys, in which she weaves tenor recorder, vocals, and electronic synthesizer elements with modulated field recordings collected during her travels and daily commuting. Her soft, atmospheric singing shifts between layered harmonies and spoken word, emerging fluidly from meandering instrumental passages or recurring like narrative voice-overs within a sonic storyline. Her ephemeral sound palette turns each piece into a crystalline gem, evoking the feeling of lost urban folktales. Delicate piano improvisations dissolve into the rough, distorted textures of industrial soundscapes, gravelly electric guitar fragments, or the nostalgic tones of a preset Ableton synthesizer. Her experimental and richly layered compositions, shaped by a wide array of influences, range from baroque canons and folk traditions to synth-electronica, psychedelia, ambient, classical, and noise music.