Earzoom
Installation, 2014
As a result of technological advances, reproduction of sound is no longer reliant on the presence of a physical object, thus creating a dislocation between that which we see and that which we hear. In the middle of the 20th century, French composer and theoretician Pierre Schaeffer formulated the model of acousmatic listening, reducing the hearing experience to sound detached from its originating causes. The installation is an attempt to invert this model by creating a utopian environment where the connection between objects and sound is obvious, but this transparency hardly explains their complex relationship, leaving room for schizophonic speculations on the sound’s origin and connection to the visible.
Artist's Bio:
At the forefront of Mārtiņš Roķis’ interests are the limits of human perception, the relationships between body and space. The author studied philosophy in the Faculty of History and Philosophy at the University of Latvia and individually mastered audiovisual programming. Since the late 1990s, he has been experimenting with electronic music, working with sound in various contexts and forms, participating in concerts of experimental music, creating installations and compositions for multi-channel systems.