silent green Kulturquartier Berlin
8.9. — 17.9.2023
»Areal Folds« by Berlin-based electronic pioneers »Mouse on Mars« is a multi-part composition of interlocking sound situations — a complex course that acoustically explores the silent green kulturquartier in Berlin’s Wedding district. The entire site is activated, the architectures inside and outside are animated with self-built, partly moving loudspeakers. Multiple reflections and refractions in the concrete hall, on the long ramp downwards, and in the inner courtyard of the venue challenge the audience to listen attentively. Completely new interactions between architecture and visitors are created.
The subterranean concrete hall forms the energetic center of »Areal Folds« – a spatial entity that is not only characterized by its sheer dimension but also by its exposed concrete architecture. Here, »Mouse on Mars« work with computer-generated, robotic loudspeaker objects. A large and active moveable horn loudspeaker, which can be aligned in the space with great precision, activates the architecture in quickly changing perspectives.
Extensive loudspeaker panels made up of up to 100 individual loudspeakers, on the other hand, accurately project sounds onto a special spot in the room in a similar manner to a light beam, creating an impression of an autonomous sound that is independent of loudspeakers. Robot-controlled percussion instruments are also used, enriching the entire sound event with their short rhythmic accents. Programmed light sequences continuously restage the acoustic setting.
Live performances along the long access ramp to the hall provide a contrast to the program in the main hall. Every day two performers, members of the group »Dynamic Acoustic Research (DAF)«, move across the surface in changing constellations and interact with the architecture and the audience. They, too, are equipped with loudspeakers – mobile panels with which they react to the surroundings situationally, improvising as they go.
Fotos Simon Vogel courtesy singuhr projekte
Curated by singuhr e.V.
In cooperation with silent green Kulturquartier
