Surbhi Mittal, aka Pale Blue Dotter, is a sound artist, musician, and deep listening practitioner based from Delhi, India. She was a participant in the 2022 Westben Virtual Residency for Performer-Composers, an online collaborative exchange with musicians from around the world, taking part in the development of a multimedia piece and webpage involving field recordings of birds in conjunction with electronic and acoustic instruments. A former member of FemWAV – a collective of female artists focused on creating initiatives that provide possibilities for women to channel their creativity through music –, Surbhi advocates for the representation of women in electronic music and intersectional commitment to social change.
Her stories explore themes of multispecies existence, human behaviour and ecological collapse through sound art and text. Gravitating towards an intuitive understanding of sound, she interweaves melody, spoken word & field recordings into durational immersions and speculative experiences. Her instruments include synthesisers, microphones & voice.