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Public Retreat

Public Retreat

Public Retreat uses the sounds of cities to make art that is fun(Norway / Sweden / Denmark)
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SWS24 shortlisted
Public Retreat is: Johanna Fager (SE), Nicole Cecilie Bitsch Pedersen (DK) and Jo Mikkel Sjaastad Huse (NO).
The project examines public space in dense, modern cities. Their soundscapes, characteristics and design. Who are they made by and for? Can one see what political and philosophical currents are prevalent in the way a bench looks? Can one hear it? In the presence of certain sounds, or in the absence of others?
https://www.instagram.com/public_retreat/
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flakkari

“Icelandic culture is infused with stories of travel. When names were needed for modern machines, the technology that enables our imaginations to travel, words were chosen that centred on the quality of roaming. Thus the neologism for laptop is fartölva, formed from the verb far, meaning to migrate, and tölva – migrating computer’; its companion, the external hard drive, is a flakkari. The latter word can also mean ‘wanderer’ or ‘vagrant’. In the end it’s the wanderers we rely on.” From Nancy Campbell’s “The Library of Ice”.

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