All That is Screaming
Last night I had my ears bled by raw, amplified noise, my skull pounded by sound waves, and my eyes flooded with glimpses of infinite, spiraling flowers, rolled up blogs, and Luke Skywalker battling storm troopers. The exhibit curated by sound artist Shintaro Miyazaki hopes to introduce Berlin to renown Japanese artists Shingo Inao , Daisuke Ishida , Noriko Yamaguchi , Stephane Leonard , Hirofumi Matsuzaki , Satoshi Morita , and Seiji Morimoto through a collection which embraces the everyday noises we take for granted.
Decryptopattern, Daisuke Ishida's collaboration with artist Noriko Yamaguchi (who produced a visual interpretation of the piece), collects sounds samples from Google news casts in over 71 languages, arranging them in a thunderous symphony of what the artist states is, "Maybe not white noise... just noise." Electronics in a jar gracefully tweaked and handled by Seiji Morimoto effuse seismic squeals and shrieks impossible to elicit from a flute or theremin. A triumph of sound engineering that will set a precedent for a new generation of audio equipment, Satoshi Morita's sound helmets gratified listeners with a series of tracks including four of Morita's own works heard through an intimate surround sound system that encompasses the entire head.
Audio-visual works presented by Stephane Leonard, Hirofumi Matsuzaki, and Shingo Inao, rounded out the sensory experience. DAAD winning Shingo Inao's newest work "Onyx" presents viewers with 49 coaster-sized boxes each containing a common, ticking wrist watch. Stephane Leonard’s film “Silence” removes the filter from the vast frequencies of noise we absorb through daily life, leaving us in awe of our auditory capability to turn sound into silence. Bouquets of vanishing blooms, unraveled like a stream of consciousness from the hands of Hirofumi Matsuzaki, underline the undeniable fact that every object, no matter how stationary it may appear, incurs vibration and thus, sound.
Visitors are left with an appreciation of the sublime presence of sound in a vibrantly oscillating world, a notion often taken for granted in times dominated by inventions like iPods, wireless networks, and Blue Tooth headsets which seek to control what is essentially an untamable auditory realm.
About the Author:Mary Danzer is a freelance writer based in Berlin, Germany and San Francisco, CA. Her interests include underground art, sustainable design, technology, travel, and online education.
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