In Echo Body, artist Magdalena Forster reclaims salvaged organ pipes, removing them from their traditional liturgical context and reintroducing these reanimated instruments into the realm of sonic and corporeal experimentation – as individual bodies, screeching, wailing voices and resonating chambers. Forster brings archival material into dialogue with architecture, audience, and the immediate surroundings. A network of movement and sonic exploration unfolds, incorporating hydroacoustics, wind, and extended vocal techniques. Both the artist’s body and the organ pipes become vessels of resonance, gradually activated, enlivened and animated with breath, culminating in an immersive spatial experience for the audience. The use of organ pipes reflects Forster’s ongoing inquiry into air, breath, and resonance. She is drawn to the moment breath becomes air, a subtle, physical transition that marks the threshold between inside and outside. 

Magdalena Forster is an artist, dancer and performer based in Vienna. Her work is rooted in material-driven processes and shaped by a tactile logic of interaction, manual practices, and her professional background in healthcare. She is drawn to the subtle dynamics of live and score-based performance, what emerges in the moment and echoes as sensation, an image, or momentary imprint. In doing so, she creates both intimate encounters and expansive interconnections. Her artistic practice is deeply connected to sonic inquiry, resonance, voice work, and breath.

Performance, Concept, Installation: Magdalena Forster 

Production: Mollusca Productions

Date: Saturday 30.08.2025
Time: 8 pm
Meetingpoint: Palais Carli, Main Courtyard, Marseille, France