Ephemeropteræ 2017/#1 – Jana Winderen

Ephemeropteræ 2017/#1 – Jana Winderen
June 2, 2017

TBA21–Augarten,
Scherzergasse 1A, 1020 Vienna, Austria

Jana Winderen’s live performance follows her sound installation bára (2017) in the Tidalectics exhibition at TBA21–Augarten. The work is composed from hydrophone recordings the artist collected during various expeditions with the TBA21–Academy among other journeys and comprises diverse sounds, from waves to the distinctive clicking sounds of crustaceans, from smaller fish species grunting and interacting with corals to larger mammals like pinnipeds and cetaceans, whose songs create moments of intensity when they waver through the space. Winderen’s aural compositions turn our attention to audible underwater landscapes from the North Pole to the Caribbean and Pacific Oceans, allowing us to home in on senses and immediate perceptions beyond visual representations. The quality and sonic level of underwater sounds can be indicative of the status of ecosystems and the health of marine habitats. Winderen’s work takes us into these subsea environments in an evocative composition that creates a logic of ebb and flow, reminiscent of the tidal movements of the oceans themselves.

More information:

https://www.tba21.org/#item--ephemero...