Cora Novoa presenta Mental Diary Act III (AV Live)
By Kit Macdonald
No sooner than DNIT, the long-running series of AV/live shows in Caixaforum's auditorium, got started again with last month's brilliant performance from Lyra Pramuk, than the last one of the year is upon us. It's ending 2024 with a bang, at least, in the shape of Cora Novoa, the prolific and multi-talented Galician/Catalan producer who here presents the AV/live show she has developed to complement her third album, Mental Diary III. Her most conceptual and avant-garde long-player yet, this trailer is a good guide to the musical and visual intensity to expect from this show.
Novoa's apparently endless list of skills and occupations include techno producer, DJ, creative director, researcher, label owner and Ableton Official Trainer, making her one of the few people on earth who can claim to be "working at the intersection of art and technology" with a straight face. Mental Diary Act III AV Live will also be part of 2025's Sonar Festival, so the one-upmanship potential in getting along to Caixaforum for this is clear.