KorSonoR, Preamble I, Pavillon Sicli Foundation

more heat than light is a new piece by LABOUR that continues their exploration of sound and ritual. Following their recent works tower of silence (2024) and death levels us all (2024), this piece envisions death not as an end, but as a passage, an experience of crossing between different states of being. The artists draw inspiration from ancient Zoroastrian death rituals, in which music and song help guide the soul's journey after death.
With this project, the artists are developing a format they have experimented with in several other contexts, sound activation: a spatialised composition that explores architecture through sound, guiding the audience through a journey of interconnected sound events, composed of amplified and unamplified sources. For the performances at the Fondation Pavillon Sicli, they have designed a composition that intertwines voice, percussion, electronics and two double basses that enter into dialogue with the building.
Distribution
LABOUR - Colin Hacklander & Farahnaz Hatam: creation, composition
Colin Hacklander: solo percussion
Farahnaz Hatam: electronic music
Hani Mojtahedy: solo voice
Emilio Pinca: double bass
Noëlle Reymond: double bass
Mixed choir formed for the project, accompanied by Yvonne Harder and Antoine Läng
Arta Sperto (= ‘artistic experience’ in Esperanto) is an independent structure for the curation, production, organisation and publication of transdisciplinary artistic projects. It organises the biennial exhibition-festivals Dance First Think Later and KorSonoR, which explore the intersections between visual, performing and sound arts.
Direction, curation: Olivier Kaeser, media@artasperto.chmedia@artasperto.ch