Are you there? MicroPOM Transition Machines Aalborg
Sound intervention in the Fritz Koch Kiosk. Aalborg, DK, 10—11.05.2022
Ricardo Arias (CO), AЙKTRONER (UA), AETHER.mcrt (UA), Camilo Cantor (CO), Maskitol SAE (UA), Piotr Madej (PL), Sebastian Milewski (PL), Sk.ein (BY), Aleksandra Słyż (PL)
‘Are you there?’ reimagines a former phone kiosk as a dedicated space and time for listening and connection in a moment of crisis. The project uses a simple phone call as an abstracted means to receive signals and experience distant ambiences in real time.Inside the 1896 Fritz Koch Kiosk on Aalborg’s Nytorv, listeners pick up the receiver and enter an intimate one-to-one sonic encounter. In a context of conflict and war in Europe—where people and infrastructures are under attack—the “old” medium of the phone call remains a vital form of communication. Returning to a pre-digital mode of connection, participants are invited to bridge geographical distances and understandings through sustained listening and focus.
Sound artists from Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, and Colombia perform a live composition reflecting on Russian aggression against Ukraine and the broader experience of war. Each participant is invited into the kiosk to listen to the performance through an analogue phone in real time. The project encourages international audiences to attend to the war from a personal perspective and to reflect on the instability of our shared reality.