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Stage view from Act III. Photo by Sandro, 202

Stage view from Act I. Photo by Sandro, 2025

Stage view from Act II. Photo by Sandro, 2025

Stage view from Act II. Photo by Sandro, 2025

Stage view from Act I. Photo by Sandro, 2025

Tower of sleep

Music Theatre
GlogauAIR, Berlin

Composition, Artistic Direction: Ann Tsai
Project assistant /Video Designer / Performer :
Pol Meumann
Contrabass Recorder: Franziska Salker
Bass Clarinet: Rodrigo Neves
Vocal & Synthesizer: Ray‘m
Sound enginner: Califford Stalline
Lights design: Joan Thió

I want to stand at the porous boundary between what is strong and what is soft. By bridging these collective rituals with our most private, intimate moments.

My work begins with the resilience of the human towers in Catalonia and the collective strength of bodies holding one another. But I am looking for the moment that follows. I’m thinking of the legend of Saint Jordi where tender red roses emerge from the intensity of a collapse.

This process where beauty unfolds from fragmentation connects directly to the state of dreaming. It’s about that fragile yet potent strength we only find within sleep.

Stage view. Photo by Ann, 2025

Photo by Ann, 2025

Stage view. Photo by Ann, 2025

Artist at work. Photo by Ann, 2025

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Poetic of Imprefection

For piano, electronics (AI-generated voice), and live visuals
Zurich University Of Arts

Composer: Ann Tsai
Piano: Yung Hui Liang
Live visual: Ossagrosse

Poetics of Imperfection grows from a fascination with the boundary between existence and disappearance. Developed through a shared conceptual dialogue with Ossagrosse, the work translates fragments of memory into a skeletal sonic language by exploring the blurred connection between extended piano techniques and AI-generated sound.

Here the AI voices are not just tools; they are memory itself, fluid and broken. They surface like forgotten thoughts, sometimes vivid and other times distant and unreachable. Through the interlacing of piano and electronics, sound elements rearrange themselves in space while seeking a fragile and dynamic balance.

Forgetting is not a void. It is a resonant and generative force. We are not just reflecting on the past but searching for the honesty of the boundary between what we remember, what we imagine, and what truly exists.