2024-04-14 06:06:16
The international exhibition Beyond the Sound brought creators who are dedicated to sound art to Brno. They use modern technologies, they also draw on current biological, ecological and other research. The show on the first floor of the House of Arts on Malinovského náměstí will last until July 14.
Sound art has its roots in the avant-gardes of the 20th century. Currently, thanks to the spread of new technologies, it is experiencing significant development, the organizers believe. “The main criteria for my selection were those approaches that use experimental methods to give concrete meanings to abstract sound,” explains curator Jiří Suchánek as he prepared the Beyond the Sound project.
For example, he included sound compositions by the Norwegian artist Jana Winderen, which use recordings from the depths of the Barents Sea. The rustling of plankton, the clicking of crustaceans, the cracking of the glacier, the voices of whales and seals are combined in them into an “Arctic spatial symphony”.
Another exhibitor, Raviv Ganchrow, works with the phenomenon of so-called telluric currents, electrical discharges between the Earth’s crust and the ionosphere. Currents recorded directly in front of the House of Arts can be heard in the gallery thanks to the sound system of the ceiling glass skylights.
Other authors and collectives also combine natural inspirations with new technological possibilities. The exhibition is part of the Faun music festival, which started this Friday. In the Brno Goose on a String theater and in the House of Arts, it continues for the whole of Saturday, April 13.
On the ground floor of the House of Arts, the artist Csilla Nagy and the musicologist Slávo Krekovič present themselves to the audience in parallel. They brought an updated version of their Symbiont project to Brno, which was created as a speculation about the future of life. It consists of ceramic objects inspired by the study of sea sponges, which in evolution represented an old and blind branch of development.
The subjects are data linked and interactive. They sense the surrounding environment and, based on data such as temperature or air pressure, transform sounds from a freely available web database. The ceramic boxes have different metallic glazes reflecting the surrounding environment. This exhibition will last until May 19.