If Tomorrow I Don’t Come Back
Reactive Light Electronic Experimental Set
If Tomorrow I Don’t Come Back is my first solo EP—a diary written in electronics, shaped by the poetics that have moved through my body and thoughts over the past two years. At its core, it explores the vulnerability of admitting the fear of dying alone—or more than alone, in silence—without your loved ones knowing, far away on the other side of the world.
Inspired by the poetry of Gabriela Mistral—the Chilean poet, the foreigner, the other, the prisoner, the walker—If Tomorrow I Don’t Come Back is my personal cry for help in the face of the violence I endure, have endured, and know I will endure.
In full light. In full gesture. In full love.
And at the same time, it is a call to courage—a reminder that todo pasa (otra vez), and that we will be ready to burn it all down if we must.
Folkets hus, Ankarsrum
29/08
20.30 - 21:15
ABOUT THE ARTIST
CARMEN KLEYKENS
Carmen Kleykens Vidal (they/she - 1998* - País Valencià) is a multimedia artist, composer, researcher, and performer based in Hamburg, Germany.
Carmen directs and creates projects with different collaborators, building multimedia projects in experimental setups and extensions. She is researching "Fluid Virtual identities", and the impact of XR technology on feminist awareness inside her doctoral studies with Prof. Alexander Schubert in HFMT, Hamburg. Their research project has been supported by the Projektförderung Ligeti Zentrum 2027 and Innovation Hamburg 2027.
In 2025, Carmen will present their work at international festivals such as Festival Royaumont, Micro-Workshop Neko3, Filmfest Schleswig-Holstein 2025, BlurredEdges Festival, Monoton Series, and ME_MMIX 2025, among others. Their work has been showcased at institutions such as ZKM, Lichthof Theater, Theater Rampe, St. Pauli Theater, Deichtorhalle Hamburg, MOIN, and Cuartel de Artillería Murcia, among others. They have also been an artist-in-residence at GRAME Lyon, Fabrique du Théâtre Strasbourg, and Fondation Royaumont, thanks to their collaborative project Dichotomia Tactus based on the reconstruction of the piano gesture by a light interactive system with live electronics called the LightWall system.
Carmen’s work explores XR technology and sound within queer-feminist and post-human aesthetics, employing themes such as virtuality, representation, self-exploration, and scientific theories as core inspirations for digital action and political message.
