Ka Baird
16.04.2026
ore 21.00
C3 – Milano
Ka Baird is a performer, sound artist, musician and composer based in New York City. Using extended voice and microphone techniques along with electronics, feedback, field recordings, and traditional instrumentation, they explore the outer dimensions of sound through performance. They create a present tense sound with a vigorous, ritualistic deliveryLive performance
21.12.2025 Milano that seeks extreme release through physical exertion and psychic extension. They have collaborated with many other artists, both in structured compositions and through their dedicated practice of improvisation.
Their solo releases include “Sapropelic Pycnic” (Drag City 2017), “Respires” (RVNG Intl 2019), “Brooding Exercises” (Longform Editions 2021), and “Vivification Exercises” (RVNG Intl 2021). In March 2024, they released their most recent solo record entitled “Bearings: Soundtracks for the Bardos” through Brooklyn imprint RVNG Intl.
Recent national and international engagements have included performances at Unsound Festival (Krakow, PL), Lampo (Chicago, IL), Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, IL), MoMA PS1 (Queens, NY), Issue Project Room (Brooklyn, NY), The Kitchen (NYC), The Institute of Contemporary Art (Philadelphia, PA), TUSK Festival (Newcastle, UK), Incubate (Tilburg, NL), KRAAK (Brussels, BE), Le Guess Who (Utrecht, NL), and the Festival Of Endless Gratitude (Copenhagen, DK). They have been artist-in-residence at We Jazz Festival (Helsinki, FI), Sonoscopia (Porto, PT), Inkonst (Malmo, SE), Experimental Sound Studio (Chicago, IL), and Pioneer Works (Brooklyn, NY). They have been a recipient of the Foundation of Contemporary Art’s Emergency Grant, a Jerome Foundation Artist-In-Residence at Roulette Intermedium, and was a Jerome Hill Artist Fellow through 2023-25.
© photo Michal Murawski