TURNS: Collective Listening
Fri, March 28, 2025 7:00 pm CET
In this collective listening session, Robin Meier Wiratunga will guide us through a bag of sounds he collected over 20 years of listening, including work in progress from his research residency at CERN.
Robin Meier Wiratunga
Circularity is at the heart of how we perceive the world. As a sensory-motor loop it defines perception as an active process – one that brings forth our conscious experience as sentient organisms. And when I say us, I mean insects, birds, computers, plants and probably dunes and mammals, too. A mosquito falls in love with a synthesizer. A sand dune sings with a brass orchestra. A bird dreams of future songs. A flock of pigeons mirrors the brain patterns of a composer. Theoretical physicists speculate on the ultimate fate of the Universe. At the center of each of these entanglements beats a circular loop linking perception with action. Nothing is lost, and nothing is permanent.
The series toys with our listening habits and opens up the relationship between artists and the audience. The audience space transforms into a stage where we encounter each other in a new way. International and local artists present performances, participatory installations, and fun strategies that move us, the listeners, to center stage.
You can look forward to evenings in the ZKM Sound Dome, where social issues, arts-based research, and musical expression mesh: circular economy meets microbiomes, and technological innovation meets organic resonance.
Each thematic cycle of TURNS — SOUNDING CYCLES (February–April 2025), SOUNDING OUT HEALTH (May–August 2025), and SOUNDING OUT CONNECTION (September–December 2025) — provides stimulating content that opens up transformative perspectives on sound.
Partner
This Collective Listening Session is presented in partnership with Arts at CERN.
