Artist-led research project Here, a nut falls twice presents a newly commissioned sculptural sound installation, performance and overnight event in the ICA Theatre.
Through light, darkness, music and sound, Here explores the idea of falling as it relates to sleep, love and physics. The project invites audiences to partake in collective listening – tuning into the ‘frequencies’ of falling and being held by its transient potential. Through the communality of this auditory and spacial experience, participants can empathically co-create a new, shared ‘here’.
Here is activated by an opening sound performance by Yen Chun Lin and Lou Drago on Sunday 27 November. From 10pm on Saturday 3 December until 6am on Sunday 4 December, audiences are invited to spend the night in the installation. Over eight hours, the event will include sound works featuring inaudible frequencies, sleep-inducing rhythms, dream echoes, lullabies of nightmares, shimmers of darkness, nocturnal wanders, and bedtime tales.
Here is initiated by Yen Chun Lin. The event programme features Yen Chun Lin, Marijn Degenaar, Lou Drago, Cee Füllemann, Tzu Ni Hung, Lithic Alliance, oxi peng, Felix Riemann a.k.a leslie, Berglind Thrastardottir and Matilda Tjäder, with lighting by Charlie Hope.
Event programme
Absence here
27 November 2022
4pm - 5.30pm
For its opening night, artists Yen Chun Lin and Lou Drago present a live sound performance with the installation.
Drift(in)between
3 December 2022
10pm - 6am
From 10pm on Saturday 3 December until 6am on Sunday 4 December, audiences are invited to spend the night in the installation for a deep listening event. The event features live performances by artists Yen Chun Lin, Marijn Degenaar, Lou Drago, Cee Füllemann, Tzu Ni Hung, Lithic Alliance, oxi peng, Felix Riemann a.k.a leslie, Berglind Thrastardottir and Matilda Tjäder, with lighting by Charlie Hope. With a floor installation by Cee Füllemann. The performances include poetry, movement, sound and storytelling.
Producer: Natasha Chubbuck
Curator: Sara Sassanelli
Technical Management: Patrick Brett & Nicky Drain
Fabrication support: Luke Felstead
Sculptural sound installation by: Yen Chun Lin
Floor Installation by: Cee Fullemann
Technicians: Francesca Penty, Ben Moon, Michele Bianchin and Cam Deas
Sound support: Gediminas Žygus
Lighting: Charlie Hope
Echo stories by: Si Javitong, Min Jou Lee, and Hanbao Lin
Supported by: ICA, Arts Council England and Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
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