Encounter Iced Sound
Encounter Iced Sound
Pavilion and Sound Installation at Schiffbauplatz Zürich
HIGHLIGHTING THE CLIMATE CRISIS THROUGH SPATIAL EXPERIENCE
‘Encounter Iced Sound’ is a project in collaboration with Swiss composer and musician Ramon Landolt.
Ramon invited us to create a pavilion with an integrated sound installation in the public space on the occasion of his project ‘Iced Sound’, for which he composed ‘music by and for glaciers’, through field recordings, algorithm processing and performances with various artists in Alpine glacier caves and seracs, crevasses, and glacial lakes.
The spatial expression of the pavilion reflects, and makes experienceable, that what we can not see, and in this case, hear; the story of unseen and unheard, fragile, landscapes, that are slowly, gradually, but also ever faster, changing, as a result of our own, human, action(s), which has major consequences for our planet. The pavilion, with its subjective acoustical and visual voice, embodies this tension, as a sonic exploration of the climate crisis.
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The pavilion as a public room has been installed at the Schiffbauplatz in the center of Zürich for a period of one month. The sounds were accessible to all and listeners could approach the topic at their own pace, yet always in a simultaneity of urban and remote alpine sounds.
The pavilion also served as a stage to host a series of performances with invited musicians, a.o. Mario Hänni (drums), Tapiwa Svovse (saxophone) and Violeta Garcia (cello), who have performed Ramon’s compositions specifically written for the performer and the glacier where the performance has taken place.
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The interplay of space and sound is a continuation of earlier collaborations between us and Ramon, for example, we invited him in 2019 to contribute to our research project Evidence of the Absent, that we developed in a one-year residency in (Kulturfolger) Zürich.
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featured at:
Archdaily
Divisare
Schweizer Baudokumentation
Archello
Hochparterre
espazium - Article
espazium - Announcement
Vitality.Swiss
More info at:
Moods Zürich
Ramon Landolt
Youtube
‘Encounter Iced Sound’ is a project in collaboration with Swiss composer and musician Ramon Landolt.
Ramon invited us to create a pavilion with an integrated sound installation in the public space on the occasion of his project ‘Iced Sound’, for which he composed ‘music by and for glaciers’, through field recordings, algorithm processing and performances with various artists in Alpine glacier caves and seracs, crevasses, and glacial lakes.
The spatial expression of the pavilion reflects, and makes experienceable, that what we can not see, and in this case, hear; the story of unseen and unheard, fragile, landscapes, that are slowly, gradually, but also ever faster, changing, as a result of our own, human, action(s), which has major consequences for our planet. The pavilion, with its subjective acoustical and visual voice, embodies this tension, as a sonic exploration of the climate crisis.
–
The pavilion as a public room has been installed at the Schiffbauplatz in the center of Zürich for a period of one month. The sounds were accessible to all and listeners could approach the topic at their own pace, yet always in a simultaneity of urban and remote alpine sounds.
The pavilion also served as a stage to host a series of performances with invited musicians, a.o. Mario Hänni (drums), Tapiwa Svovse (saxophone) and Violeta Garcia (cello), who have performed Ramon’s compositions specifically written for the performer and the glacier where the performance has taken place.
–
The interplay of space and sound is a continuation of earlier collaborations between us and Ramon, for example, we invited him in 2019 to contribute to our research project Evidence of the Absent, that we developed in a one-year residency in (Kulturfolger) Zürich.
–
featured at:
Archdaily
Divisare
Schweizer Baudokumentation
Archello
Hochparterre
espazium - Article
espazium - Announcement
Vitality.Swiss
More info at:
Moods Zürich
Ramon Landolt
Youtube
Comissioner
Ramon Landolt
Location
Schiffbauplatz, Zürich
Completion
2023
Architects
rotative studio
Principals
Alexandra Sonnemans, Caterina Viguera
Construction
with Andreas Lindegger Bildhauer Werkstatt
Built at Workshop of Schauspielhaus
Sponsors
Moods, Kulturfürderung Sankt Gallen, Migros Kultur Prozent
Photos
rotative studio
Alex Ochsner (drone photos)
Thanks: Paul Lehner, Adrien Höffer, Ivano, Timo, Guido, Dominic Landolt, Mario Hänni, Jan Guldimann
Ramon Landolt
Location
Schiffbauplatz, Zürich
Completion
2023
Architects
rotative studio
Principals
Alexandra Sonnemans, Caterina Viguera
Construction
with Andreas Lindegger Bildhauer Werkstatt
Built at Workshop of Schauspielhaus
Sponsors
Moods, Kulturfürderung Sankt Gallen, Migros Kultur Prozent
Photos
rotative studio
Alex Ochsner (drone photos)
Thanks: Paul Lehner, Adrien Höffer, Ivano, Timo, Guido, Dominic Landolt, Mario Hänni, Jan Guldimann