Things That Speak

electro-acoustically reanimated remnants

Objects once handled, used, and left behind—now returning as things with voice

Drawn from the everyday material life of Ærø, each thing carries its own residue of time, touch, and circumstance. Through electro-acoustic activation, these residues are coaxed into vibration forming a choral body that does not represent, but is: a presence emerging from within the things themselves.

Set in the submerged rooms of a 450-year-old moated castle, the work unfolds as an acousto-archaeological excavation. A descent into a state where resonance is both method and medium. Where signals leak, accumulate, and take on a life of their own. There is a quiet friction here: between control and release, between the audible and the latent, between the human ear and a more-than-human field of attention.

Seven compositions, unfolding over 61 minutes and 27 seconds, were conceived in early spring 2026. The audience moves through three basement chambers, tracing a shifting topology of sound. Never fixed, always on the verge of reconfiguration.

Commissioned by Oplevelsescenter Søbygaard as part of the UNESCO Geopark Det Sydfynske Øhav.
On view May–October 2026.

Supported by the Danish Arts Foundation