a r t i s t : Jacob Kirkegaard
t i t l e : 4 Rooms
d a t e : 2006
l a b e l : Touch Tone 26
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Jun/2006
t r a c k s : 04
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 58,6 MB
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4 ROOMS; empty memorials
The work aims to be a revelation of four abandoned spaces inside the
Zone of Exclusion in Chernobyl. It deals with a sonic experience of time,
absence, and change - in an area haunted by an invisible and inaudible
danger, amidst the slowly decaying remains of human civilization.
The sound of each room was evoked by sonic time layering: In each room,
he recorded 10 minutes of it and then played the recording back into the
room, while at the same time recording it again. This process was
repeated up to ten times. As the layers got denser, each room slowly
began to unfold a drone with various overtones.
The sound of each room was evoked by an elaborate method: Kirkegaard
made a recording of 10 minutes and then played the recording back into
the room, recording it again. This process was repeated up to ten times.
As the layers got denser, each room slowly began to unfold a drone with
various overtones.
From a technical point of view, Kirkegaard's "sonic time layering"
refers back to Alvin Lucier's work "I am sitting in a room" [1970].
Lucier recorded his voice in a space and repeatedly played this
recording back into that same space. In this work, however, no voice
is being projected into the rooms: during the recordings Kirkegaard
left the four spaces to wait for whatever might evolve from the silence.
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01-Church [12:48]
02-Auditorium [13:06]
03-Swimming Pool [13:30]
04-Gymnasium [13:05]
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52:29 min