If HKW were one big instrument, what would it sound like? The four-day festival The Sound of Distance takes this question seriously and seeks answers in the expanded resonance chamber of concerts, performances, talks and sonic activations, indoors and outdoors, in a radius that includes the carillon in the neighbouring bell tower and the echo of the surrounding government buildings. Sound significantly determines the spatial perception of things and events. Sound waves are constantly in motion. The Sound of Distance makes it possible to experience them over different distances.
Artists present works – some conceived especially for the festival – between guitar drones and cello sounds, sound installations and works by avant-garde composers like Annea Lockwood and Alvin Lucier. Much can be experienced by audience members in individual rhythms, with their own accents and intensities – whether the sounds reach all the way to the Bundestag or arise as otoacoustic emissions directly in the inner ear. Thus, along with acoustic perceptions, The Sound of Distance also sharpens the sense of personal location.
The Sound Of Distance: New conceptions of music, space and architecture at HKW
Thursday, 21st – Sunday, 24th October 2021 | Doors 19:00 | Starts 19:30
Haus der Kulturen der Welt | John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10 | 10557 Berlin
