At the Pier
A spatial audio composition responding to the architecture and movement at the landing stage; field recordings are processed into a site-specific multi-channel setup.
Site-Specific Sound Installations
Rotterdam
These acoustic interventions are designed to integrate pragmatically into the urban environment. The compositional process begins directly on location with field recordings; in the studio, these recordings are processed and interwoven with sonic structures to form multi-channel audio pieces.
The resulting acoustics react to the respective site; they range from raw and angular to atmospheric textures.
Behind the Oasis
An intuitive sonic mapping located behind OASE. Rhythmic structures are interlocked with the acoustic signature of the immediate urban surroundings.
In the Garden Quarter
Organic soundscapes reflecting the intersection of urban planning and nature; displaced field recordings are routed through discrete audio channels.
Chinese Pavilion
A 4-channel piece largely produced directly on site. Using digital instruments, analog equipment, and various microphones, an acoustic dialogue with the ambient sounds was created; in the studio, this material was subsequently interwoven with archival sounds.
The Maas Entrance
A site-specific 2-channel piece, designed for simultaneous playback on two mobile phones. Field recordings from the location are interwoven with heavily processed fragments of the song "La Paloma" in Russian, Dutch, German, and Arabic; the composition merges with the actual acoustics of the port entrance, deconstructing the romanticized narratives of historical seafaring.
The Pump of the Biesbosch
A 3-channel interpretation of a site that resembles the places of my childhood, yet feels hundreds of kilometers away. The displacement of these realities; the supposedly familiar sounds are acting with the artificial tones explored in this intervention. Ultimately, it matters little which hornet devoured a wasp, when or where.