samaquiaslorta@gmail.com
Berlin, Germany
@samaquiass
Samaquias Lorta uses various immersive technologies to create interactive live performances. He uses motion detection tools to create audio assets through the movement of performers. His binaural work for the Soundwalk at Berlin’s Herzberg Museum takes the audience through the history and narratives of a historic hospital.
For Lorta, “immersive” is synonymous with “contemporary”. By using modern tools, he aims to demystify accessible technologies while challenging our understanding of tradition. His practice produces audio assets, sonic branding and interactive compositions for various creative productions including animation, NFT collections, spoken word, theatre/dance, soundwalks and film.
Samaquias Lorta never misses an opportunity to network creatively. This has resulted in numerous co-productions with support from Amplify Berlin, Eufonia Festival, Catalyst Institute, HZT Berlin and others.
His educational background includes cello performance and music composition at Boise State University. In 2020, he completed his Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Music Production and Performance at Catalyst Institute. His education has strengthened the ideas of storytelling and creative design that inform his current explorations. itae ipsum eget, tempus pharetra.
Bachelor of Cello Performance & Music Composition
Boise State University
Idaho, USA
2010 - 2013
Bachelor of Electronic Music Production & Performance
Catalyst Institute
Berlin, DE
2017 - 2020
Diploma of Sounding Art: Performance and Installation
Berlin School of Sound
Berlin, DE 2023
2023
Idaho Academy of Music
Idaho, USA
2012 - 2014
Color Guard Choreographer & Visual Designer
Timberline High School
Idaho, USA
2010 - 2016
General Music and Music Theory Teacher
Casa de la Cultura
San Carlos, Nicaragua
2014 - 2015
Sound Designer & Composer
Machina Infinitum
Remote-based animation studio
2020 - Present
Sound Artist
Herzberge Stories - Musuem Kesselhaus Herzberge
Berlin, DE
2021
Improvised Eflectronic
Der Fliefende Teppich, Fiese Remise
2019
Workshop: Intro to Live Looping
GSBTB Music Lab
2019
Berlin Sci-fi Festival
Babylon Theater
2019
"Akin"
SomoS
2019
Entropie
Suicide Circus
2020
Amazonia 2040
Choreographer - Martha
Plataforma Berlin
Dock 11
2020
Synchronicity
Eufonia Sound Art Festival
2020
Microcosm
MW: Music Berlin
2020
.Microcosm
Signals Festival
2020
GOING WILD
Choreographer - Clara Crescini
HZT Berlin
2021
SEGUIR EL CURSO DE UNA ACCIÓN EN PARTICULAR
Choreographer - Areli Moran
PAF 2022
2nd Place String Quartet Boise Chamber Music Series 2013
Merit Scholarship Catalyst Institute Berlin 2017
Honours Degree Catalyst Institute Berlin 2020
Artist Residency at Amplify Berlin 2020
Musik Fonds STIP-III 2022-2023
07.10.22 premier of “Digital interludes” (collaboration with RSB, Doron Sadja, and Paulina Greta) RSB Hall, Berlin
29.05.22 - showing of “SEGUIR EL CURSO DE UNA ACCIÓN EN PARTICULAR” (dance with motion detection and performance with Areli Moran) - PAF 2022 - Panke Culture, Berlin
08.02.21 - premier of “GOING WILD” (collaboration with choreographer Clara Federica Crescini) virtual stream supported by HTZ Berlin, HfSm PROMOS DAAD, Berlin
08.08.20 - premier of “Amazonia 2040” (collaboration with Marta Hinciape-Charry) Dock11, Berlin
30.10.20 - premier of “Eulogy for Resilience” (collaboration with Jochen Arbeit & Eli Ningu) Amplify Berlin, Acid Macht Neu, Berlin
And They Decided (Cello By Samaquias, EMME) Kantine am Berghain - 2023
Sweet Sad Sandal Boy (Score by Samaquias, Poetry by Spencer Mirabal) Spencer Mirabal - 2022
Talking to The Spheres (Cello by Samaquias, Album by EMME) Modularfield - 2022
Herzberge Stories (permanent sound walk by Samaquias and Poera Collective) Museum Kesselhaus Herzberge - 2021
Arcus (Score by Samaquias, Game Experience by Ina Chen) Southern California Institute of Architecture - 2020
Into The Darkness (Cello By Samaquias, Album by EMME) Modularfield - 2019