Stini Arn a.k.a. Madame Mallé Christina is a Swiss-Malian artist specialized in sound design. After her jewellery & product design studies in Zurich she moved 1995 to New York to work in film props workshops. New York was the inspiration for the creation of a 16mm short film which won the Gold Award at the Experimental Film Expo in 1996. This was the beginning of her fascination for sound composition. Her sound works consist of installations and performances and numerous compositions for theatre, video and radio productions. 2008 she obtained a Master of Sound Studies at UdK in Berlin.

After her first visit to Mali Stini Arn was inspired for the creation of the sound installation Webstall which has opened a new path to experimenting with weaving. While living in Mali during 10 years she started building looms and opened a weaving school at Centre Yiriba together with Ousmane Diallo. The aim is to value local cotton, plant dye and hand weaving. Their fabrics Yiriba Textile, as well as Stini Arn's Bamakoton design are available in stores in Mali and Switzerland. 

Stini Arn became a sound therapist (Klangtherapie KLA®) in 2023 and offers therapy sessions on the monochord sound bed in Pignia her home in the Swiss mountains. Also workshops and exhibitions take place at Webstall Pignia.

Stini Arn

Zürich, Pignia, Bamako

stoffundklang@stiniarn.ch

+41 76 401 90 96