Embaci (US, 1997)
Residency period: January-March 2026
Embaci, an American multidisciplinary artist and musician with Trinidadian heritage, was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her practice weaves sound, technology, and storytelling into celestial, shape-shifting forms, using her ethereal contralto voice—shifting between resonance and distortion—as both an instrument and a portal to new sonic dimensions. Trained in opera and jazz, she blends classical technique with experimental production, dissolving genre boundaries and embracing improvisation. Her work incorporates diverse sonic fragments, from voice messages and film excerpts to environmental recordings, transforming them into fluid extensions of her voice. Through performances that merge tradition with future possibilities, she creates interactive spaces that invite connection, belonging, and discovery.
During her residency at La Becque, Embaci will develop Lilt Shimmer, a musical performance and score tracing sound to its origins, mirroring life’s emergence from water. Through the story of a fish navigating currents of transformation and survival, she will explore the voice as a sculptural medium, integrating hydrophone and contact mic recordings of Lake Geneva with layered vocals. The resulting soundscape will intertwine folklore, ecology, and sonic expression, inviting audiences to listen deeply to sound as a force shaped by natural elements. In this work, water becomes both memory and movement, echoing the rhythms of the world and connecting listeners to its continuous flow.