This multi-channel sound installation is part of a series focusing on the role played by ‘living material’ in urban environments (the previous parts of which were presented in Berlin and in Stavanger, Norway). “Sounding Esplanade has its point of departure in some of the trees that have been planted around the Västra Esplanaden street. These exemplify how cultivated plants are fundamental in modern city design in the same way as glass, steel, and concrete, but at the same time not considered having any real value of their own. The installation aims to change the view of them from “material” to “living creatures”, and some of them have been given ‘voices’ in the form of sonar ‘clouds’ accentuating their role and making them visible.”
Medverkande
Åsa Stjerna (Sweden)
Ljudande Esplanad ISCM
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