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"Imagination is my greatest escape. I transform as I express, and I transport as I consume. I find paths into new spheres. I enter another space. I lift, away from it all, for a little while. “

IN THE DARK: SOUND PERCEPTIONS

21/7/2016 in Saal 2 at Funkhaus Berlin


Sight has without question become the most dominant sense in majority of our lives; memories usually recalled through image, dreams commonly seen not heard. Our eyes are constantly occupied in this fast moving world, we look for what we hear, feel, smell and taste, and it’s often disconcerting to sense something without a visual grounding.

How we perceive, process and recall sensory information is how we construct our subjective realities, so what happens when sight is suppressed? How do our other senses adapt and re-adjust to this change? Is the dark a place where realities can be twisted?

In the Dark is a project that approaches these questions by depriving our brain of sight through presenting a series of sound compositions played within a pitch-black space. From the removal of light, In the Dark intends to rest your eyes and let your hearing monopolize your other senses.

This event will be taking place in recording hall Saal 2 at the Funkhaus. Each of the artists below have created a unique sound piece to be installed on a multi-speaker diffusion system within this environment.


INSTALLATIONS BY:

Caleb Watson, Alfred Brooks, Vida Vojić, Arielle Esther + Gabriela Prochazka

CONCEPT BY: Caleb Watson

PRODUCED BY: all artists involved