Dahin hören, wo nichts klingt

To what extent can a sound be spatially audibly delineated from its surroundings or even possess a contour perceptible to the ear? The principle of reversing figures, familiar from visual perception, is presented in the piece is here an auditory experience. By permanently swapping the foreground and background sounds, the audience’s attention is drawn to the potential borderline between these two sound events.

Performed and broadcast in November 2020 from the Immersive Audio Lab Hamburg using a dummy head microphone.