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Semaphores (excerpts)

Excerpts from a performance at ZKM from April 2025 in collaboration with CERN: Sounds of singing sands from the Rub'al Khali desert resonate with the crackling of thawing ice and the clicking of a particle accelerator at CERN. Inspired by theories of the end of the universe, these sounds have been collected during explorations of how states of instability can shape new forms – how disintegration brings forth new structures. Singing sands are a natural phenomenon where sand emits a sound akin to singing or humming when disturbed. This occurs due to a combination of factors: the shape, chemic...

Credits

With gratitude to: Monica Bello and Ana Pren at CERN, Lea Luka Sikau at ZKM, Catherine Bourgouin at Pasteur Institute, Clément Cerles at IRCAM, Rahul Gudipudi at Diriyah Biennale. photo credit: Centimetric underwater barchan dunes created in a laboratory experiment. Sylvain Courrech du Pont at Université Paris Cité. musicians: Brice Catherin (cello), Anouk Chambaz (singing dunes), Anouck Genthon (violin), Mohammad Hussain Shaikh (horn), Chernoll Mendonca (clarinet), Anna-Kaisa Meklin (viola da gamba), Karim Rushdy (driver, singing dunes), Gautam Sawant (tuba) thanks: Anouk Chambaz, Bastien Gallet, André Gwerder, Mathieu Lucas, Ivan Mata