A square. Chaotic, human structure, organised by traffic lines and junctions. All actors of this grand urban movement are connected at all times through one common activity – the activity of breathing. In this sound installation different breathing sounds are interwoven within compositions to put them upon Jakominiplatz as a carpet of sound like a deep covering fog. Only as loud as to connect one’s own breathing with the one which covers the square. To rest for a moment in the rhythm of one “grand” movement of breathtaking which will offer perception within soft irritation.

Media
Audio installation in a public space

Artists
RHIZOM (Angelika Thon, Mirko Maric, Christian Bachler, Leo Kreisel-Strausz in co-operation with Norbert Math, Institut für elektroakustische und experimentelle Musik/ Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz

Place, Time
Jakominiplatz Graz
November 1999
Duration: 1 week, daily from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Interval: 15 min. sound/h

We thank Institut für elektroakustische und experimentelle Musik/Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz; Grazer Stadtwerke; Grazer Verkehrsbetriebe