Laura Kampman
Laura Kampman (1994), a photographer and composer, has been transitioning from capturing moments through photographs to recording the sounds of her surroundings using her phone. For several years, she has documented various environments, conversations, melodies, objects, animals and moments with loved ones. She also actively seeks out and collects sound snippets from other individuals, asking them to share their phone recordings. She intertwines these diverse recordings, blending them into sonic landscapes. Through her work, Laura invites us to become aware of the everyday soundscape we often overlook.
Debut EP: 'Coming into daiy life'
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Audio
"Photographer and composer Laura Kampman hooks up four phones to a mixing desk and turns voice notes and location recordings into a beautiful weave of found sound, flute, new age/concrète and impromptu songs that conjure a shimmering, cathartic soundworld. Gorgeous material - especially highly recommended if you’re into work by Virginia Astley or Joanna Brouk." - Boomkat
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upcoming
30/05/25 - worm, rotterdam (dj set)
29/08/25 - Into the great wide open festival, vlieland (artist in residence)
past
2025
28/02/25 - de basis, nijmegen
05/02/25 - frascati theater amsterdam, come together festival *playing with daniëlle zawadi
30/01/25 - nicolai kerk, utrecht
08/01/25 - frascati theater, amsterdam *supporting boris de klerk
2024
21/12/24 - de pletterij, haarlem
10/11/24 - le guess who, kapitaal, utrecht
08/11/24 - cinetol, amsterdam *supporting dana gavanski
06/10/24 - wagenaar van co, velsen-zuid
06/09/24 - roodkapje, rotterdam
24/03/24 - koda, schiedam
20/03/24 - nachbar, amsterdam (EP release)
15/02/24 - garage noord, amsterdam
2023
22/10/23 - de doelen, rotterdam
12/05/23 - cinetol, amsterdam
04/05/23 - sainte anne gallery, paris (FR)
28/04/23 - OCCII, amsterdam *supporting ian f svenonius
30/03/23 - de roode bioscoop, amsterdam *supporting toverberg
17/03/23 - tivoli vredenburg, utrecht *supporting luwten
28/02/23 - stranded fm w/ toverberg
24/02/23 - vincent van gogh museum, amsterdam
09/02/23 - antiquariaat berger & de vries, groningen
2022
21/12/22 - stranded fm
02/12/22 - galerie de schans, stichting literaire activiteiten, amsterdam
12/11/22 - operator radio
26/10/22 - stranded fm
29/09/22 - de oude kerk, bonne suits x full circle, amsterdam
28/07/22 - stranded fm
14/07/22 - tea 'n dragons festival
08/07/22 - bonne suits store opening, amsterdam
25/06/22 - resistor, leiden
17/06/22 - odyxxey radio
exhibitions
2024
18/02/24 - 18/03/24 at gallery de schans, amsterdam
moving part of my living room into the gallery as an audio/visual installation for the EP release of 'coming into daily life'.
2023
04/05/23 - 03/06/23 at sainte anne gallery, paris (FR)
made the soundscape that played everyday in the gallery during 'spring fling', a duo exhibition by anna aagaard jensen & bianca lee vasquez.
press
Interview for still listening
Review by boomkat
Review by some other time
Review by hard of hearing
Social: Instagram
Sets: Soundcloud
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Images
“I feel like Laura has a sixth sense for intimacy. Creating soundscapes from telephone recordings, she creates a space homely and vulnerable, making sound a texture and the inside of your head like someone else’s living room”, says Luwten.
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Video
Live set set-up