Spitting off the Edge of the World

2023
Sound, Installation

Documentation video

The globe moves and vibrates. There is not a single moment of rest. The natural vibration of the earth creates a frequency that is beyond human perception. Frequencies that are created in the atmosphere and in the earth‘s interior. Signals from earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and meteorite impacts. The human body resonates with these signals. Just like the hum of the earth, the brain also produces a frequency in the same range. It seems as if the world vibrates at 16 hertz. My graduation show takes up this phenomenon. At the threshold of human hearing, a low tone hums through the room. In music theory, the organ tone subcontra-C with its 16 hertz, is also known as the tone of humility.

 

Installation view, 2023, Academy of Arts Düsseldorf, Germany – graduation show

 

Organ pipe (G); 55x68x55 cm; pinewood, steel, tube

 

Organ pipe (C); 482×20,5×19 cm; pinewood, steel, tube

 


Organ pipe (G); 55x68x55 cm; pinewood, steel, tube

 

Organ pipe (C); 482×20,5×19 cm; pinewood, steel, tube
(c) saeeda sabbir

 

Organ pipe (C); 482×20,5×19 cm; pinewood, steel, tube
(c) saeeda sabbir

Platform; 123x557x770 cm; steel

 

Platform; 123x557x770 cm; steel

 

Platform; 123x557x770 cm; steel

 

Installation view, 2023, Academy of Arts Düsseldorf, Germany – graduation show