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 to the public in various formats:
THE FLEETING ARCHIVE
The fleeting archive comprises artifacts of sketching by composers and artists whose working process is geared towards sound. These contributions are kept for as long as their creators are willing to leave them there. Excerpts of video and audio dialogues with the artists reveal the stories behind their creative processes. This fleeting archive is a nomadic archive, happy to travel to any location welcoming it with a curious audience.
EXHIBITIONS
The curatorial practice entails exhibitions with a geographical, cultural or topical focus either choosing contributions of the existing archive or collecting new entries in response to a specific area of interest.
EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS
By granting a peek behind the scenes of compositional thought, the projects of Towards Sound render contemporary music accessible. The very first sketches of an orchestral composition, a sketchbook displaying the evolution of a new piece in a purely visual way, composers sharing their questions and obsessions in excerpts of audio/video dialogues help to establish a personal connection with a form of music, which often is perceived as highly intellectual and hard to relate to.
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 to the public in various formats:
THE FLEETING ARCHIVE
The fleeting archive comprises artifacts of sketching by composers and artists whose working process is geared towards sound. These contributions are kept for as long as their creators are willing to leave them there. Excerpts of video and audio dialogues with the artists reveal the stories behind their creative processes. This fleeting archive is a nomadic archive, happy to travel to any location welcoming it with a curious audience.
EXHIBITIONS
The curatorial practice entails exhibitions with a geographical, cultural or topical focus either choosing contributions of the existing archive or collecting new entries in response to a specific area of interest.
EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS
By granting a peek behind the scenes of compositional thought, the projects of Towards Sound render contemporary music accessible. The very first sketches of an orchestral composition, a sketchbook displaying the evolution of a new piece in a purely visual way, composers sharing their questions and obsessions in excerpts of audio/video dialogues help to establish a personal connection with a form of music, which often is perceived as highly intellectual and hard to relate to.
Sktech by Thomas van Walle
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TOWARDS SOUND was initiated by Ruth Wiesenfeld in the summer of 2020.
ruth.wiesenfeld(at)stockwerke.com +49.176.27061330 |