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Lublin Open Form Pavilion of Air / Lubelski Pawilon Powietrza Formy Otwartej
A floating roof of sound at Lublin’s LSM. GPS-triggered & accessed by headphones & Echoes app. Playfully reframes public space as an essential community engagement. 1st of 15 in international series drawing on Oskar & Zofia Hansen’s Open Form concept
Bergen Open Form Pavilion of Air / Bergen Åpen Form Paviljong av Luft
A floating roof of sound in Bergen, GPS-triggered & accessed by headphones & Echoes app to playfully reframe public space as an essential community engagement. One of 15 in an international series drawing on Oskar & Zofia Hansen’s Open Form concept.
Piteå Open Form Pavilion of Air / Piteå Öppen Form Paviljong av Luft
A floating roof of sound in Piteå, GPS-triggered & accessed by headphones & Echoes app to playfully reframe public space as an essential community engagement. One of 15 in an international series drawing on Oskar & Zofia Hansen’s Open Form concept.
HERE
HERE (the Harvard Experimental Research Ensemble) is a multidisciplinary arts organization that focuses on the intersection of urban environments, performance, and public space. Founded in 1993 and based in New York City, HERE produces original theater, dance, and multimedia performances that often explore social, political, and spatial themes through experimental forms. The organization emphasizes site-specific and immersive works that engage audiences outside traditional theater settings, drawing attention to the ways environments shape cultural and individual experiences. Moreover, HERE collaborates with a diverse range of artists, including emerging and established voices from various disciplines, fostering innovative artistic practices that challenge conventional narratives. Its projects frequently incorporate live music, technology, and visual art to create hybrid performances that reflect contemporary urban realities. As a research-driven institution, HERE supports artistic experimentation and critical inquiry into the relationship between space, identity, and storytelling.
Related
Lublin Open Form Pavilion of Air / Lubelski Pawilon Powietrza Formy Otwartej
A floating roof of sound at Lublin’s LSM. GPS-triggered & accessed by headphones & Echoes app. Playfully reframes public space as an essential community engagement. 1st of 15 in international series drawing on Oskar & Zofia Hansen’s Open Form concept
Bergen Open Form Pavilion of Air / Bergen Åpen Form Paviljong av Luft
A floating roof of sound in Bergen, GPS-triggered & accessed by headphones & Echoes app to playfully reframe public space as an essential community engagement. One of 15 in an international series drawing on Oskar & Zofia Hansen’s Open Form concept.
Piteå Open Form Pavilion of Air / Piteå Öppen Form Paviljong av Luft
A floating roof of sound in Piteå, GPS-triggered & accessed by headphones & Echoes app to playfully reframe public space as an essential community engagement. One of 15 in an international series drawing on Oskar & Zofia Hansen’s Open Form concept.
HERE
HERE (the Harvard Experimental Research Ensemble) is a multidisciplinary arts organization that focuses on the intersection of urban environments, performance, and public space. Founded in 1993 and based in New York City, HERE produces original theater, dance, and multimedia performances that often explore social, political, and spatial themes through experimental forms. The organization emphasizes site-specific and immersive works that engage audiences outside traditional theater settings, drawing attention to the ways environments shape cultural and individual experiences. Moreover, HERE collaborates with a diverse range of artists, including emerging and established voices from various disciplines, fostering innovative artistic practices that challenge conventional narratives. Its projects frequently incorporate live music, technology, and visual art to create hybrid performances that reflect contemporary urban realities. As a research-driven institution, HERE supports artistic experimentation and critical inquiry into the relationship between space, identity, and storytelling.
An overview of the Open Form Pavilion of Air series via RTÉ Culture (Irish National broadcaster):
https://www.rte.ie/culture/2023/0327/1366079-new-music-dublin-welcomes-you-to-the-open-form-pavilion-of-air/
The Pailliún Aeir i bhFoirm Oscailte Inis Oírr (Inisheer Open Form Pavilion of Air) is a floating roof of sound across a section of the eastern end of the north coast beach (by the ferry) on Inis Oírr, triggered by GPS and accessed via a smartphone, headphones and the echoes.xyz app. Inspired by Polish architects Oskar & Zofia Hansen’s “Open Form” architectural concept (ca. 1959), this audiowork is one of 15 locations in 9 countries in the pan-European Open Form Pavilion of Air series, using sound and site-mapping to offer a playful renewal and reframing of public space as an essential place of engagement for the community.
By walking through different zones near the eastern end of the beach, while using your mobile phone, the Echoes app and headphones, you become a participatory listener producing a composition in real-time. Your navigation creates a unique choreography via GPS, combining and changing sounds mapped along the site through the app. Hear this beachside location and its context become transformed by the sounds forming this floating acoustic architecture, revealing an immersive, profoundly spatial and physical experience. The Pavilion has no visible presence outside the app and can only be accessed and enjoyed at the site on Inis Oírr.
Credits
Developed in association with Áras Éanna Arts Centre, May 2023
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