How does research sound? An artistic-scientific sound archive opens up for experiments: off Spitsbergen, hydrophones listen out into the sea with eternal patience. The archive is an outreach project within the framework of the art/science project Computersignals by Hannes Rickli (with Valentina Vuksic, Birk Weiberg and Christoph Stähli), who have also been part of a joint workshop and an art performance at the KHK c:o/re in February 2024.
The archive consists of images, but also sounds that are created during research – a total of around 50,000 hours of audio material have been collected over the past 10 years. This is now to be used for sound experiments, live sessions and installations. The aim is to create exciting sound works and to see whether artists can help to ‘crowdsource’ this archive and thus open up a new, ecologically relevant perspective on the “background noise” of their work for climate researchers.
Find out more on the project’s website.
Header picture: RemOs1, Archiv Stereometrie (15. 9. 2012 – 16. 6. 2020), 2022. Detailansicht Fotoinstallation Ausstellung «Daten lauschen» im Deutschen Schifffahrtsmuseum, Bremerhaven 2022. Fotodruck auf Polycarbonatplatten, 135.168 Bildpaare, 2.32 x 1.59 x 60 m. Fotografie: Marc Latzel.