Hveðra
Jan 19, 2023, 11:47 AM
"In an effort to add to the bridge of science-art being made by this project I worked together with Art|Scientist Vivien Reichel to work with me on the concept for the piece and help me with my understanding of the workings of the arctic environment.
"Our conceptual starting point was to never cut/take away from the original sample, but rather add to it. We as a species have taken away enough of the natural environment. When composing/constructing the piece, the sample formed the base layer of the sonic landscape I was trying to construct. To me the sample conjured up images of (animal) life and movement and I wanted to juxtaposition this with the natural elements at play in the landscape, the other instruments and sounds I used are meant to sound out other layers of the arctic landscape.
"The only melody I wrote for the piece is heard in the melancholic saxophone line meant to sound out the wind across the silent landscape. After the line the piece grows darker and comes to a rough conclusion, symbolising the dire situation the whole natural system is in."
Rubbing sea ice reimagined by Baz Laarakkers.
Part of the Polar Sounds project, a collaboration between Cities and Memory, the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB) and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). Explore the project in full at http://citiesandmemory.com/polar-sounds.
"Our conceptual starting point was to never cut/take away from the original sample, but rather add to it. We as a species have taken away enough of the natural environment. When composing/constructing the piece, the sample formed the base layer of the sonic landscape I was trying to construct. To me the sample conjured up images of (animal) life and movement and I wanted to juxtaposition this with the natural elements at play in the landscape, the other instruments and sounds I used are meant to sound out other layers of the arctic landscape.
"The only melody I wrote for the piece is heard in the melancholic saxophone line meant to sound out the wind across the silent landscape. After the line the piece grows darker and comes to a rough conclusion, symbolising the dire situation the whole natural system is in."
Rubbing sea ice reimagined by Baz Laarakkers.
Part of the Polar Sounds project, a collaboration between Cities and Memory, the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB) and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). Explore the project in full at http://citiesandmemory.com/polar-sounds.