Mari Kretz’s is a an Swedish artist working in the fields of acoustic and visual arts. Her work can be described as a multi-layered artistic practice.
Her works include sound, drawing, collage, assemblage, moving image, installations that aim to further explore the narrative functions of each medium. Kretz’s work with collage and sound is central to her art.
In particular, the exploration of the sound worlds we cannot perceive with our hearing. These poetic sound worlds are made audible and a world full of life and magical sounds opens. They are visualized in installations or as electroacoustic pieces for concerts.
Mari Kretz latest works have been performed and shown at, among others, Elektronisk Musikvår 2023, MDT, SWE, Vårsalongen, Liljevalchs konsthall, SWE, Audiorama, Stockholm, SWE, Fylkingen, SWE, PULS Consert #2, Audiorama, Stockholm, SWE & Electric Audio Unit, NO, Benhuset, Katarina Church in Stockholm, SWE, Holmöns boat museum, Holmön, SWE, Digitaliseum, Malmö, SWE, Vienna Acousmonium, Vienna, AUT and BEASTdome, Birmingham, GBR.