The work is based on anonymous, fragmentary passages of sensory observations collected during sensobiographic walks. These walks, conducted near bodies of water in the United States and Europe, are multisensory, transgenerational investigations, producing new understandings of the changes in people’s sensory environmental relationships. In Murmurations, these observations are divided into three parts – the no longer, the now, and the not yet.
The installation creates an experience of oscillation between the private and the public through the use of psychoacoustics and hyperrealism in sound. A visitor experiences the whispered sentiments alone, while being physically surrounded by others. The situation forms an opportune moment for a sudden, momentary introspection and subjective contemplation in a public space.
Murmurations is commissioned by Finnish Cultural Institute in New York and realized in collaboration with the SENSOTRA research project. Murmurations is kindly supported by AVEK – The Promotion Center for Audiovisual Culture, Frame Contemporary Art Finland, and Panphonics.