Inner Voices. Soundwalk

2022
45-60min
In collaboration with Martina Lussi, Patricia Jäggi and Tim Shaw.

'Inner Voices. Soundwalk“ is an artistic research project developed and realized by the collective consisting of Martina Lussi, Patricia Jäggi, Tim Shaw and Christoph Brünggel at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Music. The soundwalks were performed in Altdorf, Kriens-Lucerne and Stansstad in spring 2022 as part of the Albert Köchlin Foundation’s culture project ‚Innereien'.

Two performers take the audience on a walk dealing with inner voices of the respective place and of Central Switzerland more generally. The soundwalk is a dual improvised sound performance during which the performers as well as the audience wear headphones which receive the sounds that are played live to them. While walking, sounds from Central Switzerland that are encountered along the way as well as previously recorded sounds become audible. Underwater sounds or electromagnetic fields that are present on the location are made audible through specific microphones and sensors which the two performers use as instruments. The sound artists have the possibility to change the on-site sounds live: sometimes as coherent as possible, sometimes dissonant, condensing or isolating. In the process of the walk, various interiorities are made audible and, thus, can become more conscious to the listeners. This way, the walks build on everyday listening but aim to deepen the listening experience by transforming live the sound environment passed through. Each walk started or ended in a specific interior architectural space: In Kriens-Lucerne the walk started in on of the sound towers of the Music School and ended in the subterranean train station Allmend. In Stansstad we walked from the Sust and ended inside the impressive labyrinth of the Fortress Fürigen. In Altdorf the groups strolled from the Haus für Kunst Uri uphill to the former Kapuziner monastery with its garden and meditation room.
As technical starting point the soundwalk collective used a system Tim Shaw developed for his work «Ambulation». During the project the system was extended to be able to perform as a duo, to play pre-recorded sounds, and further effects were programmed in PureData. This way each player had an individual „instrument“, a PureData patch on a Bela Board.

DATES

ALTDORF SOUNDWALKS
SO. 3.4, 16:30-17:30, Tim Shaw / Christoph Brünggel
SO. 10.4, 16:30-17:30, Martina Lussi / Tim Shaw
SO. 24.4, 16:30-17:30, Martina Lussi / Christoph Brünggel
SO. 1.5., 16:30-17:30, Patricia Jäggi / Christoph Brünggel
SO. 12.6, 16:30-17:30, Patricia Jäggi / Martina Lussi

LUZERN-KRIENS SOUNDWALKS
MI. 6.4, 18:00-19:00, Patricia Jäggi / Tim Shaw
SA. 9.4, 19:00-20:00, Martina Lussi / Tim Shaw
MI 27.4., 18:00-19:00, Martina Lussi / Christoph Brünggel
DO. 2.6, 18:00-19:00, Patricia Jäggi / Christoph Brünggel
DI. 7.6, 18:00-19:00, Patricia Jäggi / Martina Lussi

STANSSTAD SOUNDWALKS
SO. 8.5, 16:15 - 17:15, Patricia Jäggi / Christoph Brünggel
SO. 15.5, 16:15 - 17:15, Martina Lussi / Christoph Brünggel
SA. 28.5, 16:15 - 17:15, Patricia Jäggi / Martina Lussi
SA. 4.6, 16:15 - 17:15, Patricia Jäggi / Christoph Brünggel
SA. 11.6, 16:15 - 17:15, Martina Lussi / Christoph Brünggel