TONSPUR 59 'Krakow to Venice in 12 Hours' presented at the exhibition: Sounding, Resonating and Vibrating, Ostrava, Czech Republic

Abstract

TONSPUR 59 'Krakow to Venice in 12 Hours' presented as part of group exhibition (12 Artist) curated by Jakub Frank, Matěj Frank, Martin Klimeš, Jozef Cseres
Organizing institution: Bludný kámen, z.s. www.bludnykamen.cz
With cooperation: The Exhibition Hall Sokolská street no. 26, The Photo Gallery of Fiducia, Gallery Dole, Gallery Lauby and The Centre of New Music in Ostrava
The exhibition is co-financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic

The exhibition named Sounding, resonating and vibrating, which is prepared by the association of Bludný Kámen at various venues in Ostrava and Opava, enables its spectators to appreciate the autonomy of various sound surrounds. Nevertheless, the main aim is to discover for the spectators the possibility to hear old sounds in silence or appreciate the unknown silence in the noise.8-channel sound instalation, 720’, series of posters, clock
Voices: Aneta Bendakova, Jozef Cseres, Roberto De Gregori, Aneta Krzemień, Julia Neubauer, Tao G. Vrhovec Sambolec
Sound recordings: Magda Stawarska-Beavan
Commissioned by: TONSPUR Kunstverein Wien
Galerie Lauby, Ostrava

“Kraków to Venice in 12 hours” maps a journey across Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and Slovenia to Italy, visiting Krakow, Katowice, Bielsko-Biala, Ostrava, Brno, Bratislava, Vienna, Graz, Maribor, Ljubljana, Trieste and Venice.
Using the binaural microphones worn in her ears, the artist subjectively captures the unique sonic identities of the 12 cities travelled through searching for similarities and differences and she moves on blurred borders of the private and public. Apart from the unique sounds of each city, the language and random conservations are an important element of the piece; marking the transition from one country to another, it serves as a spatial and temporal reference for the traveler in a borderless Schengen Europe. In the composition, the times of the recordings are synchronous with the real time of the installation’s location.
“50.06465,19.94498 to 45.441058,12.320845” is a visual record of the artist’s movement through the locations where the field recordings took place. The artist is looking for key points within the urban space, but the city imposes its structure and creates a unique pattern for each of the drawings denoting the walks. The printed record of latitude and longitude allows the viewer to discover exact locations where audio material was recorded.