Mode d'emploi

Carefully place your ear near the upper opening of one of the twelve ducts displayed in front of you –

Try to get as close to the opening as possible but DO NOT TOUCH the duct with your ear –

Each duct serves as a filter, accentuating resonant ambient frequencies in the environment, including airflow within and outside the duct, culminating to sounds similar to the hissing emitted by equipment usually attached to ventilation or heating systems. Listen to the now audible sound caused by the blood circulating through your head. Normally those sounds get discarded by your auditory cortex ! This kind of thing often- occurs in disconnected objects (e.g. seashells, drainage) …

Partly still in Stockholm now, denied travel by the bureau, present circumstances pave the way to another remote collaboration. Suggestions lead to solutions; Sand became salt on window screens, scenography unfolds – sound drawn and processed through the Abbey’s impulse response.

LOCK – TALK – CALL