During a four-week studio residency at the Atelierhaus Dosenfabrik in Hamburg, writer Marie-Alice Schultz and I created a participatory seven-channel sound installation called Speicher, which explored the phenomenon of voice messages. Visitors were invited to record their own messages via a tin-can telephone booth, contributing directly to the creative process. The recordings were transcribed using speech-to-text software, then re-read and played back through tin-can telephones made of various materials. This iterative process, repeated several times, produced misinterpretations that formed the basis for both text and music.
Photos: Michael Perlbach
From August 10 to August 20, 2023, we carried out the second version of Speicher, both in front of the 18th-century brewery and inside its ice house. As part of the 'Internationale Bauaustellung Thüringen,' our focus this time was particularly on the personal stories and memories of the inhabitants of the small town Döschnitz, related to the house where we spent ten beautiful days.
Photos: Thomas Müller, Kira Becker, Caroline Böttcher
Video by MDR Journal about our residency