Ani Samperi is a multimedia sound artist and researcher based in Berlin. Her practice transgresses the boundaries between immersive sound installation, experimental film, and performance art. Her work has incorporated repurposed organic and resonant materials, light/shadow, field recordings, feedback systems, and voice -- and various combinations of these -- and uses concepts inspired by ecoacoustics and esoteric discourse to address questions of human agency, intimacy, and the existential value of extreme sensory experience.

Curriculum Vitae

Born: 5th August 1990, USA

Education

• 2018 - 2023 · M.A. in Sound Studies and Sonic Arts, Universität der Künste Berlin
• 2010 - 2013 · double-B.A. in Cultural Philosophy and Art History, University of Florida. Summa Cum Laude

Exhibition History

• July 2023 · UdK Rundgang · Universität der Künste, Berlin
  Group exhibition featuring various sound installations, films, open studios and performances by UdK M.A. Sound Studies students, as part of the annual UdK Berlin Rundgang. Featuring Black Cube · sound sculpture
• June 2023 · M.A. Sound Studies and Sonic Arts Masters Exhibition · Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
  Group exhibition featuring the final masters thesis works of the Universität der Künste Berlin Sound Studies And Sonic Arts graduating class of 2023. Featuring Black Cube · sound sculpture
• February 2022 · Apparitions in 16mm · Zwitschermaschine, Berlin
  Co-exhibition with Martin Moulhuijsen featuring various animation works on 16mm optical-sound film, including display of physical materials and processes.
• January 2022 · CTM Vorspiel · silentgreen Kulturquartier, Berlin
  Group exhibition at CTM Vorspiel 2022 featuring various art installations, performative works, and films. Featuring prototype of original 16mm optical-sound animation.
• October 2021 · UdK Rundgang · Universität der Künste, Berlin
  Group exhibition featuring various sound installations, films, open studios and performances by UdK M.A. Sound Studies students, as part of the annual UdK Berlin Rundgang. Featuring 5.1-channel audiovisual installation including materials and processes of 16mm optical-sound film animation.
• September 2020 · Two Roots · Kiev, Ukraine
  Group exhibition and residency based on exploring the complex relationship and boundaries between natural and urban environments and objects. Curated by Two Roots Collective (Berlin-Kiev). Featuring 'La Sorciere' · video installation, 5.1-channel surround-sound
• August 2020 · Sonic Curiosities IV · Villa Kuriosum, Berlin
  Group exhibition curated by Sonic Curiosities collective.
  Featuring Lorelei · sound sculpture
• February 2020 · Noise Floor · ausland, Berlin
  Group exhibition under Daisuke Ishida, exploring the various possible meanings of 'noise' from human and non-human perspectives. Featuring prototype of a multi-channel sculptural sound installation on anthropogenic noise.
• December 2019 · water~sound~city · Zwitschermaschine Gallerie, Berlin
  Group exhibition based on the physical, environmental, and social relations of water in human settlements. Curated by Francisco Petrucci.
  Featuring Tears of Ice · sound sculpture
• November 2019 · Einmal ist Keinmal · Zwitschermaschine Gallerie, Berlin
  Solo exhibition · 4.1-channel sculptural sound installation
• October 2019 · A Hi-Fi Wasteland · public garden, Neukölln, Berlin
  Group exhibition based on consumerist accumulation of e-waste, featuring repurposed objects brought to new life through sound. Featuring Lorelei · sound sculpture

Selected publications and research

• July 2023 · 'Sunding the Sublime: The Imposibility of Silence in the World of Zero'
  Universität der Künste Sound Studies, Berlin
  Masters thesis text and documentation for 'Black Cube', UdK Sound Studies graduating class 2023.
• April 2020 · 'water~sound~city' · Universität der Künste Sound Studies, Berlin
  Exhibition catalog featuring 'Tears of Ice' and other sound installations. Curated by Francisco Petrucci.
• November 2019 · 'Sound Sewage: an ecoacoustic perspective on anthropogenic noise as represented in sound art' · Universität der Künste Sound Studies, Berlin · Academic essay and research.
• October 2018 · 'Making a Scene: the Evolution of Berlin's DIY Music Scene' · Schmutz music magazine, Berlin

Residencies

• September 2020 · Two Roots · online
  Residency with artists from Ukraine and Germany, exploring the complex relationship and boundaries between natural and urban environments and objects.

Memberships

• July 2020-present · Lacuna Lab · Kreuzberg, Berlin
  Artist collective, with emphasis on scientific experimentation and method. https://lacunalab.org