RESONATING SCULPTURE IX, fluvial
"The desire to open our ears to new listening experiences and those in
conversation with infrastructure"
Anna Ramos about Reni Hofmüller"
Resonating Sculpture IX, Fluvial
Reni Hofmüller
at Scala in Tabakalera, Donosti / San Sebastian
The desire to open our ears to new listening experiences and those in
conversation with infrastructure was already having its first moments
on Reni Hofmüller's pirate radio station in the 90s. Back then, Reni
and her fellow pirates would scurry up the hills near Graz with an
antenna made of foldable fabric that could fit in a backpack. That is
how she regaled her fellow citizens with broadcasts no longer than 18
minutes, which was two less than local authorities would take to find
and neutralise the signal.
From this seed - and space of potentiality - sprouts Resonating
Sculptures, a series of nine sound works where infrastructure and
electromagnetic space - the invisible and inaudible - are made partially
tangible and perceptible. In a gesture that is as poetic as it is
domestic, this new antenna that was designed and hand made for this
occasion, draws and abstracts a map of San Sebastian's web of rivers,
aquifers and canals from the Urumea river to the Cantabrian sea,
passing through a network of human and non-human channels in a complex
and interdependent relationship. In a mix of transmissions that are
both live and recorded in the city, the listening is divided into 4
stereo channels that open up a web of interferences, textures, and
contaminations running from the hydraulic space - with recordings at
different locations in the area - to the ether, in constant movement,
flow, and interconnection.
Technical specifications:
First floor: Underwater recordings in San Sebastian, 60 min, loop.
Mezzanine floor: Electromagnetic recording in San Sebastian, 11min, it
will be activated every half hour.
Second floor: Electromagnetic recording in San Sebastian, 17 min, it
will be activated every half hour.
Third floor: Resonating Sculpture IX live signal.
If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of
energy, frequency and vibration. (Nikola Tesla,
https://www.goodreads.com)
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