Rozina Pátkai

SONIC TRACES

Sonic Traces is an interactive sound installation by Rozina Pátkai that explores voice as both material and trace within artistic and archival practice. Visitors are invited to touch selected objects embedded in the installation, activating overlapping sound fragments sourced from audio letters, oral histories and archival voice recordings. These gestures, interwoven with atmospheric and ambient soundscapes, create a multi-layered sonic atmosphere where voices blend with subtle sonic textures, offering a non-linear experience of memory and presence. The installation investigates how fragmented acoustic histories are shaped and reinterpreted through technology and embodied audience interaction, foregrounding the ephemeral nature of voice and the notion of the body as a living archive. Sonic Traces resists a singular narrative, inviting the public into overlapping, disjunctive, and transformative acts of listening where boundaries of identity and heritage remain fluid.

Rozina Pátkai is a Hungarian interdisciplinary artist based in Vienna, whose practice encompasses performance art, music, sound art, composition, education and activism. She creates experimental visual and new media works, frequently integrating film and cross-media strategies into her projects. As a university lecturer at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Pátkai teaches Sound and Performance, focusing her research on the intersection of fixed sonic forms and interactive environments. Her portfolio extends from experimental electronic live acts with poetic text interpretations to acoustic jazz performances of original compositions. In her work with live electronics and interactive installations, Pátkai reconfigures relationships between installation and audience, emphasising dynamic feedback between space, sound, and participation. Her practice fosters multisensory engagement and challenges conventional boundaries in contemporary sound art.