TOWARDS SOUND sees itself as network, archive and series of events taking a look at the creative process of people working in the field of sound. It investigates diverse approaches of rendering sonic imagination tangible,
Inventing a new sound world is a highly complex adventure, even more so if refraining from auxiliary means such as musical instruments or audio software. Once the imaginative powers are overextended, the desire for a palpable vis-à-vis comes into play: anything but sound that enables the passage from the first vague conception towards a finished work. Acts of drawing, sculpting, writing, filming, ordering, assembling and taking apart facilitate a deeper comprehension of ones imagined sound world - its textures, energies and structural elements.
Considered as mere byproducts of an artistic quest focused on a musical composition or another kind of audio work, the outcomes of such deviations are often doomed to a shadowy existence. TOWARDS SOUND aims at bringing these valuable witnesses of a creative journey out of the drawer by presenting them in exhibitions as well as in the form of a flat files archive.
Another - quite essential - layer within the act of sonic creation is the inner listening that precedes any activity in the course of a working process related to sound. A listening to what still is to become. This happens in silence, in solitude. A seemingly quiet activity, yet often entwined with an immense amount of mental and emotional intensity. By fostering the dialogue with participating artists TOWARDS SOUND investigates this peculiar state which is so essential to the creation of music and sound. In various formats - each of them being tailored to the individual artistic practises - the findings of this exploration are shared with the public.
Inventing a new sound world is a highly complex adventure, even more so if refraining from auxiliary means such as musical instruments or audio software. Once the imaginative powers are overextended, the desire for a palpable vis-à-vis comes into play: anything but sound that enables the passage from the first vague conception towards a finished work. Acts of drawing, sculpting, writing, filming, ordering, assembling and taking apart facilitate a deeper comprehension of ones imagined sound world - its textures, energies and structural elements.
Considered as mere byproducts of an artistic quest focused on a musical composition or another kind of audio work, the outcomes of such deviations are often doomed to a shadowy existence. TOWARDS SOUND aims at bringing these valuable witnesses of a creative journey out of the drawer by presenting them in exhibitions as well as in the form of a flat files archive.
Another - quite essential - layer within the act of sonic creation is the inner listening that precedes any activity in the course of a working process related to sound. A listening to what still is to become. This happens in silence, in solitude. A seemingly quiet activity, yet often entwined with an immense amount of mental and emotional intensity. By fostering the dialogue with participating artists TOWARDS SOUND investigates this peculiar state which is so essential to the creation of music and sound. In various formats - each of them being tailored to the individual artistic practises - the findings of this exploration are shared with the public.
Images by Ruth Wiesenfeld
|
TOWARDS SOUND was initiated by Ruth Wiesenfeld in the summer of 2020.
ruth.wiesenfeld(at)stockwerke.com +49.176.27061330 |