Sacrophonie

At the exhibition from September 1, 2018 to June 2, 2019

In the sound installation »Sacrophonie«, sounds that have been recorded at the religious functions of various cultures and faith traditions, including the sound of leafing through a prayer book, Japanese ceremonial hand clapping, the blowing of the shofar, and the ringing of church bells, are treated as a code. Through this code, people seek to establish contact with God. The inclusion of songs, sacred texts, or prayers – that is, sounds that clearly relate to a specific religion – has been deliberately avoided. The intentional background and ambient sounds that accompany rituals, on the other hand, have been recorded and compiled.

In the exhibition, visitors can call up and play sounds from a »library« of compositions and sounds that is made up of the recorded sounds of rituals. Via built-in sensors and with the help of exhibited artifacts, these sound compositions can in turn be tonally altered and moved in virtual space.  

Programming: Alexandre Rodrigues