In “LapStrap” groupings of sound and speech, listening and thinking are performed in loops with the idea of identity formations as swarm. “To lap” means to turn in circles and the solo creates a specific space-time experience. The title of the piece plays with the image of the instrument itself – a veritable carpenter's belt with audio equipment (microphones, signal processor, amplifiers, speakers) that is wearable and controlable directly on the body.
The Berlin based performer and sound artist Steffi Weismann created this instrument herself by using diy technologies (arduino a.o) and performed with it since 2010 all over the world. LapStrap-Performances are always situative. The performer plays with the space, audience and context in specific ways. Steffi Weismann will create for the Performance Arcade a new version of this performance and will develop it further from day to day.