ALEXANDRA HALLÉN

artist . performer . cellist . composer

Ensemble works

“By using different objects or creating situations, I bring in reality into the art, and thus provoke forth genuine emotions and bodily reactions: e.g. to bathe in ice to feel real cold, and cut into onions to bring out real tears. The performer in my pieces is no longer a mediator of the composer’s emotions: she has to live her own real emotions and bodily sensations in order to perform the work.