Concrete Dreams of Sound - Open Lab
22 April - 5 May 2024
As part of our Design Week at daadgalerie in Berlin, focused on the theme of sonic materialities, we hosted an Open Lab featuring the work of artists associated with the Concrete Dreams of Sound programme. The Open Lab was conceived not as an exhibition in the classical sense, but rather as a testing-grounds and investigative site activated through performances, workshops, and dialogue; and a space that evolved over the course of the two-week programme.
With: Andrius Arutiuanian, Alchemyverse (Bicheng Liang + Yixuan Shao), Merche Blasco, Gerard Gormley, Katarzyna Krakowiak, Signe Lidén, Nicole L’Huillier, Yara Mekawei, Brett Mommersteeg, Mendi + Keith Obadike, Samuel Perea-Díaz, Marina Peterson, Charles Richards, Jonathan Tyrrell, Jan St. Werner, Jona Wolf
Co-curated by Dahlia Borsche and Gascia Ouzounian
Production management by Sebastian Dürer
Photography by Eunice Maurice
Columna(s) (2024) by Nicole L’Huillier and Samuel Perea-Díaz
Transitory Sonic Bodies (front), by Samuel Perea-Díaz and Jona Wolf
Earth drill geophone by Signe Líden
Lead Lag Time Spool (2023) by Jan St. Werner
Messa in Luce (2022-23) by Alchemyverse
Video documentation of Anyanwu (2019) by Mendi + Keith Obadike
Concrete Dreams of Sound LP (2024) by Gerard Gormley and Manifesto for Materials’ Acoustics (2024) by Yara Mekawei
Geological turntable (2018) by Charles Richards
Selected works by Jonathan Tyrrell, as part of Architecture’s Acoustic Shadow
Day 1
Day 2