MARIKA PRATLEY

Marika is an award winning multidisciplinary composer, improviser and performance artist from Wellington, New Zealand. Her work has been performed in festivals, gigs and events in New Zealand, UK, and Europe, with a diverse range of collaborators, ensembles and theatre productions. Highlights of her work include A Symphony of Sloths, Music for Baths, and Telesthesia of Time. 

Marika is currently producing her first documentary, The Healing Power of The Sloth, which investigates the role that her own music composition practice has had within her own journey of trauma recovery. This will include documenting Marika's upcoming music performance in Greece and Cyprus. 
Click here to donate to the crowd funding campaign and to find out further information for The Healing Power of the Sloth

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A SYMPHONY OF SLOTHS

The critically acclaimed meditative music experience, featuring DIY electronics, astro-travel and Sloths. Sloth knows. 

BANDS/ENSEMBLES

Multi-instrumentalist, improviser, in an eclectic range of ensembles that have performed at CubaDupa, Silver Scrolls and toured NZ and abroad.

FILM THEATRE AND DANCE SCORES

Critically acclaimed with multiple awards and various nominations, Marika's scoring work is done to a consistently high standard.

SOUND INSTALLATIONS

Marika's interactive multi-sensory sound installations explore the relationship between phenomenology of space-time, mindfulness, and radical relaxation.

ACADEMIC WRITING AND PRESENTATIONS

Marika has produced podcasts, journal articles, and academic presentations at conferences and festivals in New Zealand and Europe.

LIFE MODELING

Marika has worked as a professional life model in multiple art institutions.