Nadoe (a.k.a Tørnadøe) is a composer and multidisciplinary artist based in Amsterdam and Seoul.
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.
Listening and embodied experience lies at the core of Nadoe’s practice. Through collected stories and speculative imagination, they create sonic, performative and installative works that propose different realities and invite audience into fictional space. Through alternative narratives, they extend 'theatricality' and 'presence' beyond stage, time, and event.
Moving fluidly between fiction and reality, perception and sensation, resonance and dissonance,
Nadoe employs listening to expand awareness, often reconfiguring structures through a de-colonial lens. Their recent research focus on extending sound composition into multi-sensory experience, exploring fragrance and activation of installations. By weaving together sound, scent, and material form, their work is expending to 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).