Sound performance is a situation. Within this performative framework, sound is not presented as an object of listening or a pre-conceived work, but emerges through the act itself as a situational occurrence conditioned by time, space, presence, and contingency.

The large mirrored surface functions simultaneously as a sounding body, performative instrument, and reflective installation. Through physical doing with the surface, sound, movement, reflection, and spatial presence continuously unfold together as a singular event. The mirror body is not a passive object within the performance, but an active performative presence that incorporates and reflects the entire situation into itself.

By integrating audience, performers, and space within the act, the mirror body dissolves the separation between observer and performer, inside and outside. The performance therefore unfolds not as a presentation of sound, but as a shared experience of a performative situation.

“Mirror Body: Sounding the Situation” started as a collaboration between Dolanbay (amplified mirror) and Elo Masing (amplified cello, violin).  Further collaborators have included Jack-Adler-McKean (tuba, serpent), Francis Heery (electronics), Ilmārs Šterns (voice, movement), Vincent Laju (cello), Jochen Arbeit (e-guitar).