The group exhibition brings together works from the seminar
Sonic
Art. Sound as Material in Artistic Practice (Department of Support Art and Research), created under the direction
of
Karl Salzmann as part of the
ÆSR – Applied/Experimental Sound
Research Lab.
Sonic Relations explores sound as a material. Drawing on approaches
from electroacoustic practice and current debates surrounding the ‘Sonic Turn’, the works on display combine form and context:
from the sculptural manipulation of sound to spatially situated installations that explore listening environments, narratives
and identity. On display is a broad spectrum, ranging from video works and interventions on the theme of sound and identity,
to drums moving through space and specially developed receiver antennas. The works explore how sound influences our perception,
how it affects the environment and the body, what aesthetic and political possibilities historical and contemporary technologies
open up, and what can be learnt from soundscapes and transformed through interventions. Sound is presented not merely as something
to be heard, but as a medium that shapes spaces, forges relationships and shifts discourses.
Participating
artists:
Carina Wowerath
Flores Paul
Janina Hoffmann
Joannis Murböck
Maerie
C. Fricke
Paula Kiermaier
Philipp Steinkellner
Viktoria Kerkewitz
Opening
hours group exhibition:25–26 June 2026, 10:00–12:00 and 16:00–20:00
The course,
Sonic Art.
Sound as Material in Artistic Practice, was part of the
ÆSR Lab – Applied/Experimental
Sound Research Laboratory. ÆSR Lab is a collaborative project between the University of Applied Arts Vienna (Support Art
& Research) and the Artistic Research Center (ARC), the Institute for Composition, Electroacoustics and Sound Engineering
(IKE) at the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, and the Phonogram Archive of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
ÆSR Lab is funded by the BMBWF and in cooperation with the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).
