encourage the stream – kunsthalle baden-baden

https://kunsthalle-baden-baden.de/en/program/state-and-nature-2/jan-st-werner-encourage-the-stream

Encourage The Stream (2021) is an acoustic amplification of the Oos River, which flows through the park as the heart of Baden-Baden and shapes its nature. In an attempt to communicate with the Oos, Werner places a microphone just above the water to transport the sound of the river via a directional loudspeaker system beyond the riverbank through the park toward the Kunsthalle. Thereby, Werner creates the possibility to explore and perceive the Oos at different frequencies of sound (acoustically) and create new spatial relationships (perceptually). The active act of listening creates an experience of distance and proximity. The acoustic supersedence of space and time also stands for engagement with the forces of nature. The first large-scale public art work commissioned by Çağla İlk and Misal Adnan Yıldız for their tenure as directors of the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden brings together the fields of visual art and sound.