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Anastasia Chrysanthakopoulou (natryx or Anastasia X.) lives and works in Athens Greece . She has specialized skills in jewelry design, micro sculpture and wax modeling for which she has received high grants and awards. Though her background has to do with jewelry and work crafts in general, she has always been interested in using her art to create custom sound objects and sound installations. Meanwhile she participated in workshops and annual courses on sound creation and sound design with emerging Greek composers ( D. Kamarotos , M. Alexiades, Xanthoudakis and others), sonic artists (Milos Vŏstechovsky, Douglas Henderson, Nicolas Collins) choreographers (Snježana Premuš) filmmakers(Yannis Economides), multimedia artists (Pascal Silonde). Her interests also include workshops on project and curatorial management as well as fundraising research.

For more than fifteen years Anastasia has collaborated with various artists in music, theater and dance projects as a performer, improviser, and sound designer. Through her creative journey she was able to use her skills and talents challenging herself as well as her imagination by participating into various artistic practices, roles, art forms interacting with each other in a non linear way. As a trumpet player, Anastasia improvises using extended techniques, beyond the traditional idiomatic use of the instrument. As a vocalist, she uses her voice in an unconventional way earning her a one year’s voice training scholarship. She uses field recordings as source material in her sound pieces. Under the name natryx, she has performed in venues and festivals in Athens, around Greece and abroad. She has also worked as an artistic director/assistant in several galleries and alternative spaces. She has gained experience as backstage organizer, project coordinator and producer in festivals and gigs.

Past and ongoing collaborations & projects (a selection) :

2010-2008 KSYME (GR), Knot gallery (GR), TIK (BE), Movingsilence.net(DE), Acte vide (GR), Dimitra Lazaridou Chatzigoga(GR), Martin Janíček (CZ), Nicolas Pavone (IT/CZ), Radim Labuda (CZ), Jez riley French (UK) & online interactive sonic playground, Favorite sounds of Prague (CZ), ADD Sound system version 2.4 (CZ), Divo Institute (CZ), Coti k (GR), Matthias Fritsch (DE), 2007-2000 Anastasis Grivas & Small Music theatre(GR), Alex Chatzialexiou (GR) Dimitris Kamarotos & Studio 19 (GR), Leloudas Yannis (GR), Pan Pierrakos (GR), Panos Hanjaras (GR), Noisemakersfifes (BE), Eleftheria Lagoudaki (GR), Elli Papakonstantinou and ODC ensemble (GR) and many more.

Since 2010 she has been invited to work with Medea Electronique as an artist and project coordinator.