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Form(ing) Matter (of) Sound





Category: sound sculpture, composition, workshop, exhibition
Exhibition: May 2 - May 5, 2024
Location: Berlin
Venue/Gallery: daadgalerie

Facilitated by: Samuel Perea-Díaz & Jona Wolf
(as part of the framework of CONCRETE DREAMS OF SOUND 
hosted by SONCITIES and the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program)
Participating artists: Carmen Arias, Shu Ching Chon, Julianne Chua. Frank Furto,
Olha Havrylenko, Alifiyah Imani, Daeun Joo, Valentin Lux, Three Amps, Varoujan Chetirian
Link: www.berliner-kuenstlerprogramm.de/en/events/concrete-dreams-of-sound/








Form(ing) Matter (of) Sound




Form(ing) Matter (of) Sound is a workshop on listening and materialising plaster sculptures. It involves a mix of group discussions, collective listening and individual production of concrete objects. During the workshop, the question of how sound translates into concrete matter will be reflected. The workshop is structured in two parts. The first block focuses on contextualizing sound to matter with a collective listening session of the compositions that each of the participants bring to the workshop, and brainstorm strategies on how these sounds could be translated into tangible objects made from plaster. In the second block, participants learn how to cast form with a specific technique that allows them to create fluid looking heavy shapes using soft moulds, which encourage dynamic and playful processes of form making. The output is exhibited at the Concrete Dreams of Sound Open Lab at daadgalerie.

Concrete Dreams of Sound is the first of three such programmes proposed by the Sonorous Cities (SONCITIES) research project based at the University of Oxford. These programmes, on the themes of ‘materialities,’ ‘ecologies,’ and ‘energies,’ are oriented toward expanding the language and tools that spatial practitioners have in contending with sound and the built environment. It includes a four-day gathering of invited artists and theorists; a pedagogical programme for students in architecture, urban design, and sound studies; and a public programme that features listening sessions, a symposium, and an Open Lab. The Open Lab space is curated by Dahlia Borsche & Gascia Ouzounian and conceived not as an exhibition in the classical sense, but rather as a testing-grounds: a space that will evolve over the course of the programme, and a way to invite the public into the processes, research, and thinking behind various projects and experiments. 



Workshop and Casting Process
 







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Group Exhibition
















                                                  




Sound Excerpt