Bodies of Resonance
Performance/Sound Installation which consists of a performative walk around one of the bodies of water in Bremen. The performative walk is carried out with a series of ceramic + electronic instruments, that are designed as means to facilitate sonic connection with water. We name these ceramic techno bodies: “Resonators''. Each participant carries a Resonator which has its own shape to create a particular sonic resonance. All Resonators contain a circuit (designed and developed by us) that can tell via a humidity sensor when it is in contact with water. Once it senses its connection with the water, the communication is established and the Resonator records the sonic performance: Exercises of resonance that inquire on the encounter of human and non-human bodies, for example, sounds of voices, breathings, and their juxtaposition with nature, interactions with rocks, plants, and water. After the walk, all the participants/performers bring all the resonators into a room where the sound installation will take place creating an unusual orchestra.
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The first iteration of this project was shown in the context of the festival “BZW Natur” in collaboration with the theater space Schwankhalle in Bremen. This took the form of a performance walk/field recording, where we invited the public to use twelve “Resonators” in the vicinity of the theater space, at the lake called “Werdersee”.
