Hello, I’m Tamara van der Laarse, an Amsterdam based electronic music composer, educator, soundartist and creative producer. My multidisciplinary practice spans different disciplines, including producing and directing sound and music, creative production, performing, photography, djing, video and graphic design.
My work is moving between music, performing arts, fashiondesign, tutoring and creating autonomous work.
I compose and produce music for (live) fashionshows, art performances, (site-specific) installations, moving image, inter-/multidisciplinary productions. (catwalk, post-production video, sonic branding, etc) Some of my work and performances have appeared at art nights, club- and museum nights and many live fashionshows.
Since 2010, I discovered that I have a great fascination for the symbiosis between fashion and sound, it started by assisting Salvador Breed with music research for the shows of Iris van Herpen. To become a music designer for fashion shows, fits me like a glove. Since 2013 I’ve been an educator and artistic music director in higher education in art & fashion academies, for coaching students and young artists. I have been working with a lot of young talent from Amsterdam Fashion Instituut, Artez Fashion Design (Arnhem) and Gerrit Rietveld Academie, see here an overview of fashion shows.
As a creative producer I have curated art/club events for festivals, artnights and pop-up exhibitions. Full biography here
1) Soundpiece for interdisciplinary art project – With scenographer Eleni Palogou
2) Music for couture – Conny Groenewegen
3) Music for art installation Holocube – Ting Gong
4) Music for digital fashion show – Individuals (Amsterdam Fashion Institute)
5) Additional sound & music productions – vocal edits & recordings
photography by Maarten Nauw
Previous performances at cultural institutions/ venues: Amsterdam Dance Event, Amsterdam Fashion Instituut, Amsterdam Fashion Week, ArtEz Fashion Design Arnhem, EYE Film Museum, FOAM, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, HÖR Berlin, Huis Marseille, ISOAMSTERDAM, Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen, Melkweg, Museum N8, OCCII, OT301, Oude Kerk Amsterdam, Paradiso, Radio Soulwax, Red Light Radio, Rijksmuseum Passage, Sandberg Instituut, Smart Project Space, Van Gogh Museum, Verdieping/TROUW, Vondelbunker, W139.