Vernissage ::: aufHÖREN ::: eine thematische Gruppenausstellung zeitgenössischer Kunst und auditiver Übersetzungen im Rahmen des blurred edges Festivals

In the organizer's words:

aufHÖREN in the xpon-art gallery

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A thematic group exhibition of contemporary art and auditory translations as part of the blurred edges festival

Opening with concert on Saturday, May 31, 2025 at 3 pm (concert starts at 4 pm)

Open afterwards until June 29, 2025

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A dialog between sound and art as part of the blurred edges festival for contemporary music with Hamburg visual artists and students of the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg.

At the opening, Hamburg musicians and music students will interpret the works live.

Annett Stenzel, artist and head of the painting workshop at the AdbK Nuremberg, initiated this project for her course "The Sound of Painting", in which the students' works were created.

We round off the networking of the participants with Hamburg artists who work in the field of auditory visual arts.

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Participating artists (and musical interpretations by):

Wolfgang Block, Chanyoung Chin(Daehyeon Kang, violin), Sam Gora, Kim Gündel(sound design Carmen Kleykens Vidal), Madeline Hamen(sound design with Dylan Steiert), Kirsi Jahn(Nikolas Oberländer, bass clarinet), Seungyeon Jo, Felix Mayer, Lucia Müller(Elena Khurgina, harpsichord), Konstanze Schnabl(Jan Wegmann, clarinet), Annett Stenzel(Carla Genchi, vocals), Mengyun Xu(Dong Zhou, Gu Zheng), Nadine Zenker(Valerie Heber, recorder)

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Continuing the exploration of the resonant properties and symbolic content of various hollow bodies, "Useful Volume III" by FELIX MAYER is the third part of a series dedicated to the sound design and associative potential of industrially manufactured recyclable containers and various packaging, upholstery and protective materials.

In "Interpretations of the Kosmos", the voices of singers are heard interpreting non-verbal space sounds. Audio data from NASA, based on graphic representations of storms on Mars and plasma waves, among other things, serve as the basis. The work deals with the search for answers in space and the fact that ultimately everything is a question of interpretation. SAM GORA weaves the voices into a spherical soundscape in which the listener can imagine the universe. This adds another level of interpretation, that of personal perception and processing of data. The sculptural work, on the other hand, is about the limits of the universe in terms of the ongoing exploitation and pollution caused by space debris, for example by Starlink.

Von KIRSI JAHN is the first of the works on display in the cellar. "I dived down. Listened to the muffled, deep sounds from the water. Looking into the blue nothingness, I imagined what could be swimming towards me from there." The sense of space is shaped by the interaction between the object, its accents and the light colors. NIKOLAS OBERLÄNDER will tell a story with the sounds of the bass clarinet in harmony with the work.

In her work "soundmalereieaufmalervliesmitsound",MADELINE HAMEN explores painting on painting fleece. DYLAN STEIERT captures the painting noises produced in the process and assembles them into a new composition within a sound painting. Sometimes the sound and sometimes the painting are in the foreground, but they always form a symbiotic overall construct.

"Lines are reminiscent of something - perhaps a landscape, perhaps a body. In the transformation they lose form, become alien, angularly loud. Between disturbance and echo, something illegible remains. Is what is translated still me - or just the echo of an image?" is how MENGYUN XU describes his work. It is interpreted musically by DONG ZHOU on the Gu Zheng, a traditional Chinese arched-board zither.

In her performative work,NADINE ZENKER deals with what happens when external influences can no longer be processed and undigested food escapes unhindered. The performance is interpreted and accompanied by the musician VALERIE HEBER on the recorder.

ANNETT STENZEL herself shows "Memory of Essence", a notation of images compiled in a book. The repetitive image reproductions form the predetermined rhythm of a symbolic interplay: historical, erotic depictions of women, which are currently distributed as postcards in Paris, alternate with historical, French family photographs, which were sent as postcards during the World War. Finally, they culminate in images from a French magazine. The images overlap and obscure each other, black Riso printing ink is surrounded and replaced by images in pure print colors. CARLA GENCHI sings at the opening.

In the video work "Bug Box", analog and digital techniques are combined to create an experimental exploration of the world of insects. The focus is on their acoustic and visual presence. The result is an atmospheric exploration of an often overlooked microcosm. "Bug Box" by KIM GÜNDEL invites us to sharpen our perception of the interplay between noise and movement, surface and sound. The sound design is by CARMEN KLEYKENS VIDAL.

In "Soundorganism" by KONSTANZE SCHNABL, sound, textiles and mechanics merge into a uniformly moving composition and form an interplay of visual and acoustic elements. The breathing of the textile object is accompanied by a soundscape (in collaboration with OLAF BENKERT), which consists of sounds recorded during production, such as the steady rhythm of the sewing machine. At the opening, it will be interpreted live by clarinettist JAN WEGMANN.

"In the loneliness of foreign lands, when I miss the friends I grew up with, I take refuge in my safe room or lock myself in it. There I share warmth and comfort with my living objects and soothe my loneliness. They are little stories of everyday life that take place between them and me," says CHANYOUNG CHIN, describing her installation - and at the same time asks herself "If I make the vacuum suck my carpet, is that considered sexual harassment?" Does DAEHYEON KANG 's violin playing provide an answer?

SEUNGYEON JO takes the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster in South Korea as a conceptual anchor for her exploration of painterly animations. By overlaying everyday sounds with richly structured images, she creates sensual, immersive visual spaces in which reality blurs with the fantastic. The narrative content deliberately recedes into the background in favor of the aesthetic presence of the work.

LUCIA MÜLLER works with the medium of sculptural drawing to explore how she can access medieval history and its understanding of materiality from a point of view located through her body. It is about projections of time and the image of opening. She examines it through late medieval chests as a form of looking at history that is often perceived together with fetishization and the uncanny. ELENA KHURGINA will interpret the work on the harpsichord.

In the work "AGLAOPHONOS" by WOLFGANG BLOCK, sounds similar to trumpets or shofar horns sound from several horns, which attempt to lull and entice, based on the songs of the sirens Aglaepheme, Thelxiepeia and similar. External contacts also influence the system. Numerous connecting strands penetrate the roots. The horns transform their sound into an indefinable sound whenever you get too close to them.

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If you have any questions, please contact us; if you are thirsty, too. We don't offer anything we wouldn't drink ourselves, drinks are available for a donation. Free admission, because everyone should have access to culture. However, you are welcome to make a donation if you would otherwise honor it. We conceive these exhibitions and run this space because we think it is important that there are constant and challenging positions between state museums and commercial galleries on the one hand and changing platforms for emerging art on the other - on the one hand to better promote artists, and on the other to create a more vibrant culture for the dialog between art and society. If you would like to support this work, please contact us or simply recommend us to others.

The stories in this exhibition were created by the artists. The text was edited by Gerald Chors.

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Duration:

Saturday, May 31, 2025 to Sunday, June 29, 2025

Opening hours:

Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays 6 - 9 p.m. (and by appointment)

Vernissage:

Saturday, May 31, 2025 at 3 p.m. (concert starts at 4 p.m.)

Finissage:

Sunday, 29.06.2025 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Venue:

xpon-art gallery

Repsoldstraße 45

20097 Hamburg

www.xpon -art.de

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We will inform you about deviating opening hours on our homepage, our

Instagram account @xponartgallery and our Facebook page facebook.com/xponart

In the course of the exhibition, 360° views will be added to the homepage, especially for those who still have to avoid a visit.

Despite everything, we ask you to think about Corona and the flu epidemic and to behave accordingly.

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With the kind support of the Hamburg Ministry of Culture and Media

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Price information:

Free admission, because everyone should have access to culture. However, you are welcome to make a donation if you would otherwise honor it. Drinks are available for a donation. We don't offer anything that we wouldn't drink ourselves. We conceive these exhibitions and run this space because we think it is important that there are constant and challenging positions between state museums and commercial galleries on the one hand and changing platforms for emerging art on the other - on the one hand to better promote artists who are not yet established, and on the other to create a more vibrant culture for communication between art and the public.