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Syria..as my mother speaks
Syria..as my mother speaks
ohrenhoch presents on Sunday 1 and 8 February 2015, 2pm - 9pm:
Syria..as my mother speaks
(2015)
by Christine Gedeon
with sound artist Bent Bøgedal Christoffersen
Curator: Knut Remond
Loudspeaker installation: 'ohrenhoch, der Geräuschladen' Knut Remond
Christine Gedeon on 'Syria..as my mother speaks':
'Syria..as my mother speaks' is an interactive playable “string instrument”, connecting strands of wire to the architecture of the space, and when triggered, plays layered sounds and snippets of stories and conversations with Christine Gedeon’s mother (mainly in Arabic), centered around the war in Syria, her relatives there, and her mother’s memories before the war.
Working with Danish sound artist, Bent Bøgedal Christoffersen, where he layered these snippets of conversations against a backdrop of war sounds, chants, and traditional Syrian songs, this instrument plays as a harp where each string triggers different points in this sound collage.
Syria, once a country famous for its love of music has forcibly had the traditional sounds of music replaced with the violent sounds of this incessant battle. This musical instrument is used as an agent in transferring the stories and memories through sound while the collapsing of this country continues to be the soundtrack for the people.
Christine Gedeon was born in 1973 in Aleppo, Syria, moved to the U.S. in 1976, and lives and works in Berlin and New York City. Her work has explored architectural spaces and mapping using string and mixed mediums as installations, but has more recently taken a detour focusing her work on the war in Syria. Gedeon has shown at various galleries and museums internationally and has received grants and awards, including The Bronx Museum, NY, the A.I.R. Gallery, NY, Fellowship, and a grant from the Dave Bown Projects. Her work was written about in Art in America, Hyperallergic, and The Dallas Morning News, among others.
Bent Bøgedal Christoffersen was born in 1948 in Copenhagen, Denmark, and lives and works in Lövestad, Sweden. He is a contemporary sound artist, producer, musician, composer, sound painter and performer, using modern electronic sound equipment, field recordings, tools and analog instruments to create experimental music and sound art. He collaborates with artists in other fields of art, including actors, painters, and sculptors.
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