Abfall
Audiovisual installation for 2 video monitors, 2 microphones, headphones.
2025
As part of Errant Sound’s Group Exhibition HELLHÖREN
KUNSTPUNKT BERLIN – Raum für aktuelle Kunst. Schlegelstraße 6, 10115 Berlin.
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Abfall is the latest iteration of Noise Re(in)duction, that explores the possibilities of Noise Reduction Algorithms.
Abfall is an immersive sound installation that critically examines the politics of listening, sonic waste, and the unintended consequences of noise reduction technologies. By amplifying the discarded, Abfall transforms fragments of traffic, wind, and urban soundscapes into digital artifacts that function as primary compositional elements. Extracted spectrograms and distorted digital remnants of removed noise create an abstract landscape that reveal the aesthetic and political dimensions of sonic erasure, exposing the socio-political dimensions of soundscapes shaped by climate (in)justice, class divides, and surveillance capitalism. As a result of challenging the preconceived biases embedded in machine listening algorithms, Abfall encourages an apostasy from the current blind faith in technological progress and teleological narratives.
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