Artistic collective ooo is creating space for exploring the world through sound, contemporary music, and intermedia art. Our artistic and curatorial approach is rooted in hope—for all living beings on this planet—even as we live through the sixth mass extinction in Earth’s history. Our efforts focus on projects that delve into the complex relationships between human and non-human beings, including work in acoustic ecology through the project Sonic Topographies, the intermedia environment JAMA, and educational activities New Ears. Collective ooo is based in Bratislava, Slovakia and is a member of Central European Network for Sonic Ecologies

The name ooo was originally intended to be read as “ó” (Slovak long “oh”), but we enjoy any other possible interpretation that may come up. The name arose from our preoccupation with sound, but, equally, it is an interjection expressing the ever-important sense of joy and wonder. At the same time, ooo is a triple zero, an absence, a visual expression of a rounded or negative space – that is, a pit (Slovak word for JAMA) from which our activities emerged.

Fero Király is a musician. He studied piano, but focuses on interdisciplinary projects with an interest in digital technologies and their intersections with music. His projects overlap with performance, sound art, installations and interpretation of contemporary music. He collaborates with musicians, artists, performers, theater artists, visual artists (e.g. Bohuš and Monika Kubinskí, Petra Fornayová, Zuzana Žabková, Jakub Pišek, Lina Lapayete, Maja Osojnik, Hillary Jeffrey, Hauke Harder, Daniel Matej, Juraj Bartusz, Peter Machajdík, Eva Šušková a.i.). He is also involved in music education projects. He is a co-founder and artistic director of Cluster ensemble, with whom he has created projects for the Czech National Theater (2018, 2019) or the album Cluster ensemble plays Philip Glass published by Philip Glass’s record label Orange Mountain Music (2016).

Eva Vozárová is a dramaturge, performer, writer, and cultural manager. She is engaged in curatorial and authorial activities in the field of sound art and intermedia. She has collaborated with artists from the realm of contemporary music and visual arts, such as Fredrik Rasten, Hans P. Kjorstad, Fero Király, Tomáš Prištiak, Hauke Harder, Eva Šušková, and others. Currently, she is working on researching sound environments in urban settings. She has a degree in journalism.