Archipelagic Sounds

A major third rings out from the loading hatch of a garbage truck – Gerhard Stäbler perceives it as Morse code of an acoustic journey. Endless loops, which imperceptibly alter our stream of consciousness, cause the acoustic landscape in Bernhard Lang’s piece to implode. A fragmentary nucleus, dissected by Laure M. Hiendl into minuscule particles, oscillates between a sonic still life and animated stasis, hinting at a third possibility. Instead of...