I’m Paulina Miu Kühling — a vocal artist, voice researcher, and composer of Polish origin, currently based in Yerevan, Armenia. Drawing from Slavic oral traditions, I blend ancient folk songs with original compositions that explore themes of belonging, human connection, and our relationship with diverse living environments. 

I see traditional songs as living sound beings — vessels of memory and generational wisdom that weave human stories across time. Over the years, through personal encounters and fieldwork, I’ve gathered my own archive of traditional Polish and Ukrainian songs. For me, singing arises through deep listening — to the land, people, and the more-than-human — as a practice of mutual care and resilience. 

I create site-specific vocal performances, music scores for theatre, and participatory art formats. As a facilitator of voice workshops, I care deeply about supporting both individual and collective growth — holding a safe, grounded space where embodied voice work becomes a shared, living process. This work remains a vital core of my artistic practice and ethos.

In 2022, I founded the Otucha Collective — a Berlin-based vocal art group focused on participatory performance, the “upcycling” of traditional songs, and experimental voice practices. The collective creates inclusive, free singing sessions for local residents, with a special focus on welcoming LGBTQ+ voices. Otucha’s work bridges collective singing with contemporary performance, nurturing spaces of shared presence, expression, and cultural regeneration.

I’ve performed and led workshops internationally, both as a solo artist and in various artistic collaborations. My work has been presented at venues and institutions such as Sort/Hvid, Copenhagen (DK), Metropolis / Københavns Internationale Teater (DK), Fundacion Mar Adentro, Santiago de Chile (CL), Uferstudios, Berlin (DE), Freiburg Theater (DE), Radialsystem, Berlin (DE), Berliner Festspiele, Berlin (DE), Institut for (X), Aarhus (DK), Netzwerk IMPULS, Halle (DE), Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule, Halle (DE), Jatiwangi Art Factory, Java (ID), Teatr Wegajty, Wegajty (PL), Arko Theatre/ Mullae Arts Space, Seoul (KR), Between Sky & Sea, Herdla (NOR), Binaural/Nodar, Vouzela (PRT), Teatr Kana, Szczecin (PL), Contexts, Sokolowsko (PL).

 Photo by Jan-Tage Kühling