crys cole (b. 1976, Winnipeg, Canada) is a Berlin-based artist working in composition, performance, and sound installation. With focused listening at the heart of her practice, she creates subtle, evocative works using haptic gestures and seemingly mundane materials—composing texturally nuanced pieces that shift sensory perception and continually re-tune the ear.

Since 2001, she has performed worldwide, both solo and in collaboration with a wide range of artists including Oren Ambarchi, James Rushford (as Ora Clementi), Tetuzi Akiyama, Toshimaru Nakamura, Leif Elggren, Francis Plagne, Annea Lockwood, Taku Unami and David Rosenboom, among others. Her recordings have been commissioned, presented and published by Black Truffle (AU), Penultimate Press (UK), WDR-2 (DE), Planam (IT), Radiophrenia (UK), Ultra Eczema (BE), Ina-GRM (FR), Museo Reina Sofia (SP), Boomkat (UK), Second Editions (DE) and more.

Often site-specific, cole’s installations draw from the unique materiality, history and sonic character of the spaces they inhabit, regularly investigating ideas around impermanence, temporality, memory and illusion. Her works have been presented at Institutions, Galleries and Events worldwide including the South London Gallery (UK), Biennale Son (CH), Geometry of Now (RU), Centre A (CA), Haus der Kulturen der Welt (DE), Art Gallery of New South Wales (AU) and more.

From 2008 to 2019, cole served as Director of send + receive: a festival of sound in Winnipeg, Canada. She has also been active in curation, radio, and arts education for over 25 years.

Photo courtesy of Tabakalera (ES) 2023