The Angst of Finding Oneself on a Map (10’18’’)

Spatial sound composition as part of the installation Berlin Sound Transitions by the collective DISSS for the exhibition Navigating Berlin. Perspectives on Cartography — Chapter 1: Snapshots and Transitions at CLB Berlin.

For hours you’ve been indifferently watching a global realtime weather map. The impact time and location are represented by a blinking red dot and a single click sound. Suddenly your internet-device freezes, the screen goes black, the clicking in your headphones is being sustained in a peculiar way. It appears that you have found yourself on the map.

Berlin Sound Transitions

(Sound Installation by Jonathan Bruns, Nico Daleman, Yun-Chu Lang, Oskar J. Mayböck, Enrika Myskovskaja, Samuel Perea-Díaz, and Francis Sosta)

The Angst of Finding Oneself on a Map was part of the group Project Berlin Sound Transitions under supervision of Daisuke Ishida. It was exhibited at CLB Berlin in December of 2019. A collective of seven students developed a site-specific setup of 16 loudspeakers, consisting of tweeters, mid-range speakers, subwoofers and surface transducers distributed in the gallery space, engaging with the existing acoustic properties of the room in the form of sound collages, acoustic cartographies and compositions. Each member developed an individual aural perspective creating a variety of sonic dimensions in dialogue with the cartographies exhibited.

Navigating Berlin. Perspectives on Cartography

Curated by Lisa Gordon

A never-before-seen collection of historical Berlin maps are presented alongside contemporary art intervention. The 3-part exhibition series examines the city through its cartographic representation, focusing on the maps’ historical narratives, aesthetic depictions and the socio-political dimensions they illustrate or even influence.

Can the map be seen as a useful index to hidden histories?
Do we use the map as more than just a navigational tool?
Is the map ever really an accurate representation of place or simply an interpretation?

The private collection of Berlin city maps belongs to Michael Müller and contains examples dating from 1700s to the present day.
Six contemporary artists will engage with the specific themes of each exhibition, creating exciting new dialogues with the maps on display.
An events programme will accompany the series, including tours, interviews and symposia.

Opening: 30.11.2019, 07.00pm
Running time: 01.12.2019 – 05.01.2020