centre OFF gravity

2023


Coordinated by sight, gravitational pull and contact, the balancing system of our bodies has evolved to be grounded on the surface of the Earth, attuned to a human-paced rhythm. The project ‘centre OFF gravity’ delves into the intricate relationship between the human sensory apparatus and gravity with a special focus on aural perception.



Performers: Melody Nolan, Niek Vanoosterweyck

Conceptual and sound design support by Michele Abolaffio, Mark IJzerman, Zeno van den Broek

The project is made possible with the generous support of Creative Industries Fund NL, Mondriaan Fund and Het Niemeijer Fonds

Video documentation by Alina Ozerova

Porcelain Membrane Wall

2022

In collaboration with artists Adi Hollander, Andreas Tegnander
and Sungeun Lee

As part of “Haptic Room Studies”, presented at the exhibition of the Embassy of Inclusive Society in Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven during Dutch Design Week 2022

Featuring the film Summer Camp (2007) by Yael Bartana with kind courtesy of Van Abbemuseum and the artist


Haptic Room Studies are experimental installation spaces that offer another way of experiencing sound: “haptic listening” explores complex textures and layers of the world of sound through somatic perception when a body is in contact with a room’s interior surfaces, be it a wall, floor, seat or bannister.

In the haptic room Porcelain Membrane Wall, we restore film audio cues through touch. Mapping the human body's sensitivity, we created a spatial haptic system where various sounds are experienced in different locations on the body, making decoding easier for the brain. The perception is similar to how an ear can differentiate between various simultaneous frequencies without them blurring into a single sound.

Concept and production: aHoll Studio
Sound engineer and software design: Andreas Tegnander
Architectural design: Yonatan Cohen
Curatorial advice: Eva Fotiadi
Finances: Albert Manders
Text editing: Zoë Dankert

Photo documentation: Konstantin Guz

Building team: Miroslav Zach, Giorgos Gripeos, Máté Kohout, Willem van Erven Dorens, Aimée Phillips, Oscar van Leest, Julia Lok

Supported by Embassy of Inclusive Society, World Design Embassies, Van Abbemuseum, Creative Industries Fund NL, AFK, Mondriaan Fund, Caradt/Avans University of Applied Sciences, Stichting Stokroos, Amarte Fonds, Woojer, Sound Imports

Interstices in MAtter

2021

The solo exhibition Interstices in Matter at De Spanjaardshof in The Hague reflected on the history and architecture of the building.

The installation combined my previous project Sub/liminal soundscapes, a video collaboration with Konstantin Guz video maker and Guido Dutilh dancer and new works made specifically for the presentation site, addressing multiple timeframes of past and present.

For the opening of the exhibition Interstices in MAtter during Hoogtij #66 (contemporary art tour the Hague), we invited dancers Teresa Royo, Aya Misaki and Richel Wieles to interact with the installed sound and sculptural works. The exhibition also included a projection of the video with Guido Dutilh dancer interacting with the sound installation.


Special thanks to Annemieke Louwerens and Westend Projektruimte

I started my residency at AADK with researching the material qualities of the dried-out remnants of the barbary fig, a local cactus plant, that thanks to its fibre structure, is able to retain considerable amount of water, thus thrive on limited water sources. Some years ago, many of them around here dried out due to a plague.
                                       
There are numerous abandoned houses in and around Blanca (ES). When stumbling upon them, I had to think of the dryness I experienced there. As a place is being left, human presence is withdrawn from its interior and exterior spaces, memories drying out slowly. Life continues somewhere else and the decay of the houses gives place for new beginnings.

Working with the dried fibres of the fig and combining it with locally found clay, I have been using water as a main catalyst of reaching different stages of transformation while balancing between stability and flexibility.

 

Klankborden

Interactive Sonic Dining Sessions

2020-2021

In collaboration with Fedde ten Berge and Asli Hatipoglu


In order to re-think how to enhance connectedness during everyday rituals by digital technology, within the collaboration Klankborden, a series of performative events explore alternative ways for social interacti- ons around the dining table, with a special attention to sound and listening.

All tableware items are crafted individually by hand and equipped with hidden audio tools (sensors, speakers and contact microphones) to facilitate a rich collection of sounds, based on the sonic input of tactile materials.

Concept, sound design, technical execution:
Ildikó Horváth, Fedde ten Berge
Tableware design and production: Ildikó Horváth
Food design: Asli Hatipoglu


Commissioned and supported by Steim Amsterdam