Antenna in the Mud

  • Artists and Students of the University of Applied Arts Vienna Antenna in the Mud Interactive Sonic Sculpture of Four Antennas to be Activated by the Visitors
Art Exhibition

Curator

Gál, Bernhard

Date, Location

  • 16 June 2025–20 June 2025 (Sound Space)

Keywords

Sound Sculpture, 3D Print, Meteorite, Interactive Art, Multidiciplinary, PEEK

Text

A series of sound pieces will be running, being played in a loop but not heard until a visitor approaches the antennas. These are then activated by the proximity of the human body and as the four antennas are spread throughout the space only with four people it is possible to hear the whole of the four channel pieces. Interaction is facilitated through theremin-like antennae modules, which are activated by holding a hand in proximity to 3D-printed meteorite-shaped holders. These act as volume control for visitors in the space, allowing participants to modulate the four channel spatial audio pieces. The atmosphere evokes a post-human laboratory nocturne—where humans are activators in their meditative state. The 3D sound specialization moves frequencies through the space, generating narrative sound works that shift between microtonal drones, biophobic textures, and electromagnetic interference patterns. The result is a deep listening experience, immersing the audience in a speculative ecology of sound with video elements of micro worlds to give the audience the pole opposite of the zoomed out meteorite shapes antenna elements. Visitors become activators and partial composers to a sonic world, where an individual is not enough, a collective of at least four people is needed in order to experience the pieces, alone the individual is only activating a small section of the works. The collective is all.

Opening

2025-06-16

Activity List

Published By: Mel E. Logan | Universität für Angewandte Kunst Wien | Publication Date: 28 January 2026, 14:42 | Edit Date: 28 January 2026, 14:42