Both in the
French Pyrenees in 2004 and in the Dordrecht Biesbosch in 2005 I was
challenged to create a work on the auditory perception of infinity.
More specifically this meant: the audible horizon, how can that be achieved?! A
hilly area calls for another solution than a place where you can see
the horizon all around. At the same time I looked for possibilities to
gain in-depth experience of nature, which works wonderfully well with your
eyes closed.
Biesbosch Unplugged (2005)
A parabolic disc, 3.5 metres wide, provided a direct auditory
perception of the horizon. The visitor could determine his own direction since
the disc could be freely rotated for 360 degrees around. When climbing on the
chair, your head would enter the focal plane where the sound of the place at
which the disc was directed was acoustically amplified; a distant freight ship
would betray its bow wave, you could hear a galloping horse which was hundreds
of miles remote, nature would present itself in full stereophonic sounds.
See:x xpart 1: 3
roads to 1 location / xxpart 2 : The
disc and the wind /xx part 3: The
audience / xxSee also: De
Einder 2004-2005
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