Crys Cole

Canadian Sound Artist and Experimental Musician

crys cole is a Canadian sound artist working in composition, performance and sound installation. Generating subtle and imperfect sounds through haptic gestures and seemingly mundane materials, she creates textural works that continuously retune the ear. cole has performed in Canada, Japan, Australia, Thailand, Singapore, the USA, UK and throughout Europe. She has ongoing collaborations with Oren Ambarchi (AU) and with James Rushford (AU) (under the name Ora Clementi). She has also worked with Francis Plagne (AU), Leif Elggren (SW), Tetuzi Akiyama (JP), Seiji Morimoto (DE), Jessika Kenney (US), David Rosenboom (US), Keith Rowe (UK), Annea Lockwood (US), David Behrman (US), Lance Austin Olsen (CA), Jamie Drouin (CA), Mathieu Ruhlmann (CA), Tim Olive (JP/CA) and many more. Cole’s work has been published on labels Black Truffle (AU), Students of Decay (US), Boomkat Editions (UK), the Black Dot (CA), Planam (IT), Penultimate Press (UK), caduc (CA), Bocian (PL), Ultra Eczema (BE), Another Timbre (UK) and Infrequency editions (CA/DE), with guest appearances on releases published on Touch (UK) and Editions Mego (AT). Her work has been exhibited in Canada, Russia, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, the UK and Thailand.