Based in: Vienna, Austria

Zosia Hołubowska—also known as Mala Herba—is a sound artist and a queer activist, a member of the Oramics collective and the co-founder of Sounds Queer?, a knowledge sharing investigative collective. Their practice is deeply rooted in Slavic folklore, healing rituals and queer as metholody of composing music. 

As Zosia Hołubowska, they explore sound design and performance art, working at the intersection of experimental music, theatre and new media art. Their most recent works include 2020’s Śpiewając Warmię (Singing Warmia), a 5 channel composition exploring the inability to establish a relationship with the place of birth. Instead of relying on family stories, songs and memories, they’re sonifying photos of their hometown to tell a story of a place they’re not really from. In 2020 they also premiered Community of Grieving—a collaboration with Julia Giertz—turned into a live show that debuted in 2021 at Unsound Festival in Kraków in collaboration with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute. Conceived during the pandemic, it’s an audio ritual drawing on lament and vesper traditions as a choreographed sonic meditation. 

As Mala Herba, they compose music for the dancefloor. Rooted deeply in Slavic rituals, magic and demonology, Mala Herba’s songs explore the darker side of the club music, blending demonic disco with EBM. Juxtaposing dance traditions from the past with their contemporary counterparts, Demonologia—Mala Herba’s debut album for Aufnahme+Wiedergabe—creates something unique: an experience close to primal instincts yet intriguely post-modern. 

Granko represents Zosia Hołubowska globally (excluding “Community of Grieving“) and Mala Herba in Poland.