Abstract

Information on the specific project:
„through nature’s shiver“
3-channel sound installation by Yonca Yildirim

The work ‘through nature’s shiver’, developed for the ‘ModelRoom_Theatre’, draws passers-by’s attention ‘outwards’ by projecting field recordings made in the outdoor space into the ‘interior’ of the transit space ‘Theatre’. In doing so, she creates a tension between inside and outside, the urban and nature, movement and stillness. The resulting soundscape operates on the threshold between casual hearing and conscious listening.
Through the selection and placement of sounds, through silence and repetition, through rhythm and the deliberate modification of natural recordings, a subtle attempt is made – amidst the movement and bustle of the city – to capture the attention of passers-by, to arouse their curiosity and, through their listening, to draw them into the acoustic stimulation of the theatre for a moment. In this way, the materiality of the sounds is explored and a gradual unveiling of sonic references is created.
In this manner, passers-by are invited to become co-creators of meaning and to question the spatio-temporal nature of real space, the emergence of an imaginary space, the materiality of sound, and their own perception of sonic depth and distance.
‘through nature’s shiver’ is an invitation to approach both a real and an imaginary space by examining its sound – through attention rather than by passing through it, through a fleeting act of listening amidst forced movement.

General information on the third phase of 3ModelRooms:

3ModelSpaces (Auditorium/Laboratory/Theatre)
Sound Corridors at Heinrich-Heine-Allee Underground Station
Phase 3
The third and current phase addresses the core research topic of the 3ModellRäume:
- How can the artistic use of sound enhance the quality of experience in public spaces?
- How can a synthesis of technologies, disciplines, formats and categories open up new avenues for innovation, creativity, cooperation, interactivity and partnerships in public spaces?
- How can sound, understood as a sculptural material that structures space and time, make static architectural spaces permeable to new meanings through its dynamic, fluid and ephemeral nature?
- How can collaborative and transdisciplinary artistic working methods address the diversity of the audience in this specific, functional, non-art context whilst simultaneously ensuring artistic insight and innovation?

In the projects of the third phase, various forms of collaboration have been and continue to be applied and tested:
- Art-sound projects in which, as a visual artist, I co-develop sound artworks in collaboration with artists or creatives from other disciplines.
- Projects in which, as an art director, I conceive themes or series and then invite artists to develop sound art contributions.
- Projects in which, as a curator, I invite artists to develop works for the spaces without providing detailed specifications, and am more interested in provoking as independent an artistic response as possible to the situation and the programme to date.
- Projects that were brought to me due to a particular interest in the unique qualities of the 3ModellRäume and are then, in a sense, realised in co-curation.
- Projects that take up cultural events in the city (festivals, exhibitions, anniversaries, etc.) and reflect on them in a synergistic way.
- Projects realised by invited guest curators.
- Various hybrid forms combining the above methodologies