Squint/Opera and DCT on visit in Basel

Squint/Opera and DCT on visit in Basel

December 2024

We had an inspiring workshop with the team of Squint/Opera from London and the Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT) of Abu Dhabi for an exciting project, we will tell you more about soon. It's been a pleasure to have such a great group of creative people from all over the world in our little workspace

 

Sounds of Silence at Cité des sciences et de l'industrie

Sounds of Silence at Cité des sciences et de l'industrie

December 2024

Last week, we attended the re-opening of our exhibition 'Sounds of Silence' (2018) in Paris. The exhibition is showing again at Cité des sciences et de l'industrie from December 2024 up until August 2025.

Listening Session with Flurina Haeberli

Listening Session with Flurina Haeberli

November 2024

We had the privilege to host a listening session in cooperation with the Swiss Society for Acoustic Ecology (SSAE). During that session, sound artist Flurina Haeberli showed field recordings, snippets and compositions she's currently working on, focusing on the dutch north sea area (port of Rotterdam, offshore wind farms, waters of the dutch coastline), as well as talk about the role of a sound artist, working in the field of acoustic ecology.

An ode to self-playing pianos in Seewen

An ode to self-playing pianos in Seewen

September 2024

Under the title “Magic Piano”, the Museum of Music Automatons is dedicating a special exhibition to self-playing pianos and the museum's 20-year research collaboration with the Bern University of the Arts (HKB). The vernissage took place September 19th. The special exhibition runs until the end of November 2025.

 

A weekend full of celebration in Toggenburg

A weekend full of celebration in Toggenburg

May 2024

Our long-term project with Klangwelt Toggenburg the new Klangweg, has finally opened its gates! It was a whole weekend of celebration, music & many other attractions. In addition to a refresh of the 'Classical Edition', the sound trail was enriched with twelve installations by well-known sound artists. We were responsible for the sound scenography of the sound trail and for curating the new sound art. This truly was a long-term project together with Klangwelt Toggenburg and we are more than happy it has finally opened its gates for the world to see and hear it!

Ramon De Marco and Dr Ruzica Dadic selected for PolARTS

Ramon De Marco and Dr Ruzica Dadic selected for PolARTS

May 2024

The 2023 edition of the PolARTS programme received applications from fifteen tandems of artists and researchers. In cooperation with the PolARTS initiators, the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia and the Swiss Polar Institute, a transdisciplinary jury selected three tandems' projects that stood out in terms of quality, originality, and prospective synergies. We are excited to announce that Ramon has been selected together with Dr Ruzica Dadic (Research Unit Leader at WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF) for their project ‘Sounding Snow’.

Blind soundwalk through Basel with students of HGK

Blind soundwalk through Basel with students of HGK

May 2024

Ramon did a little blind soundwalk with the HGK interior design and scenography students as part of a sound scenography course. The whole thing was all about conscious listening, acoustic phenomena, urban planning from an acoustic perspective, listening radius, geometric acoustics, city soundscape. Always exciting to re-discover seemingly familiar places!

Sounds Unlimited soundwalk through Allschwil Forest

Sounds Unlimited soundwalk through Allschwil Forest

April 2024

As a co-event with the Swiss Society for Acoustic Ecology, we took a walk to the nature reserve in Allschwil Forest, where we listened to the spring soundscape of the biotopes there. Special thanks to Rahel Kraft who, together with Ramon De Marco, immersed us in the place with listening invitations and interactions.

'inside/outside' at group exhibition by Visarte

'inside/outside' at group exhibition by Visarte

April 2024

Ramon De Marco was showing his 3D sound installation 'inside/outside', which premiered at the Biennale di Musica last November, at the group exhibition Entrée & Hommage by Visarte Region Basel. We really enjoyed the vernissage at M54 project space in Basel!