Nadoe (a.k.a Tørnadøe) is a composer and multidisciplinary artist based in Amsterdam. Their practice investigates the notion of boundaries and the liminal spaces where transformation occurs, both mentally and physically. Through immersive and tactile compositions, they attempt to reveal hidden infrastructures and overlooked systems of communication, inviting audiences into resonant states of awareness.
Sonic narrative lies at the core of their work, unfolding through collected (hi)stories and speculative imaginaries that evoke alternative realities and spatial fictions. By seeking and adapting unconventional modes of storytelling, Nadoe creates situation where different art language meet, collide, harmonise or slip past one another.
Their practice is driven by a desire to deterritorialise familiar landscapes to engage with spaces, archives, and environments that often remain unnoticed. Moving fluidly between fiction and reality, perception and sensation, resonance and dissonance, Nadoe employs sound as a means to expand the boundaries of listening and awareness and often deconstruct and reconstruct in de-colonial framework. Their recent research focus on extending sound composition into multi-sensory performance, exploring fragrance and activation of installations. By weaving together sound, scent, and material form, their work is expending to more theatrical pieces, foregrounding temporality and volatility.
Their recent works have been presented at De Thomas Kerk (Amsterdam), Rewire Festival at West Den Haag (Den Haag), Jedna Dva Tři Gallery (Prague), It’s Not That Far at Het HEM (Zaandam), The Grey Space in the Middle (Den Haag), Seoul Mediacity pre-Biennale at SeMA (Seoul), Come Hell and High Water at Mutter (Amsterdam), Art Nou Festival at Espronceda Institute of Art & Culture (Barcelona).