Watch That Sound

Pierre-Laurent Cassière / Stefaan Dheedene / João Onofre / Mira Sanders / Sarah van Sonsbeeck

In the Orfield Laboratory (Minneapolis, USA) one finds the unprecedented, quietest room in the world, an anechoic or "dead" room. Steven Orfield, founder of the lab, challenges people to experience a period of darkness within this room. The quieter the environment, the more sensitive the ear. In the anechoic chamber one can only hear the sounds of the body, as if they are being magnified many times. One cannot orientate themself in this darkness, because normally that is achieved on the basis of environmental sounds. People start to hallucinate in the anechoic chamber. So far no one could endure longer than 45 minutes.

The exhibition brings together five artists that translate silence, absence and limitation of noise into sculptures, images and installations.