STOWAWAY

Sculptural Sound Installation | Lisa Kohl

Volkspark Gallery | Germany | 2021

The sculptural sound installation STOWAWAY, which comprises suspended container sheets, steel chains, and low-frequency speakers capable of generating infrasound, serves as a representation of the personal narrative of a blind passenger during his escape within a shipping container. This state of emergency, which is challenging to comprehend, is manifested in an abstract manner through an acoustic and spatial zone that invites recipients to explore their own boundaries of perception and endurance. An atmospheric composition of authentic sound recordings (including ship engines and underwater acoustics) alongside artificially produced low frequencies creates a tangible interaction between sound and materiality.

Collaboration with the Sound Designer Sören Schenk

I: Tell me about your passage.

Blindpassenger: I have tried to cross the sea to reach the other side of the land.

I: How did you go about it?

Blindpassenger: Imagine a dark space, like a black box.

I: What did you see?

Blindpassenger: Nothing.

I: What did you hear?

Blindpassenger: Nothing.

I: How could you find the exit?

Blindpassenger: There was no exit.

I: How could it be passable?

Blindpassenger: Nothing is impassable.

I: You mean impossible.

Blindpassenger: No impassable. Nothing is impossible.

I: Tell me about your passage.

Blindpassenger: I have tried to cross the sea to reach the other side of the land.

I: How did you go about it?

Blindpassenger: Imagine a dark space, like a black box.

I: What did you see?

Blindpassenger: Nothing.

I: What did you hear?

Blindpassenger: Nothing.

I: How could you find the exit?

Blindpassenger: There was no exit.

I: How could it be passable?

Blindpassenger: Nothing is impassable.

I: You mean impossible.

Blindpassenger: No impassable. Nothing is impossible.

contact: kohl_lisa(at)riseup.net

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