Sound as scenography — composing sonic environments for fashion, performance and contemporary visual culture.
Tamara van der Laarse is an Amsterdam-based electronic music composer, music director, and sound practitioner working across choreography, moving image, fashion, and interdisciplinary performance. Through composition, rhythm, texture and sound, she develops original works that shape atmosphere, movement, emotion and spatial perception.
With a background shaped by the interdisciplinary environment of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, her practice moves between sound direction, performance and visual culture. Beginning as a DJ in 2001, her artistic practice evolved into music research and fashion collaborations from 2010 onwards, including assisting in music research for Iris van Herpen shows alongside Salvador Breed. Since 2013, her work has expanded into music direction for fashion shows and interdisciplinary projects across couture, performance and contemporary art.
Selected collaborations include Tess van Zalinge, Duran Lantink, Ting Gong and Michele Rizzo. Her compositions have been featured by designers at Amsterdam,- Copenhagen-, and Helsinki Fashion Week, as well as at Designblok and We’re Next, in Prague.
Currently focused on collaborations across choreography, moving image, performance. Available for commissions, collaborations and selected projects
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