Köln Kaddish

Prenning, Austria
Landhaus Feuerloscher

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5.1 channel audio installation with description/proposal for the city of Cologne
The piece proposes to coordinate Cologne’s church bells to perform the Jewish prayer for the dead and for peace, the Kaddish. While church bells are used to relay messages of both religious and political importance in a city, they also tend to disappear into the background of the lives of its inhabitants, becoming to some extent insignificant. By manipulating sounds and imbuing them with or highlighting their inherent cultural significance, the work aims to arouse an awareness of the environment and its history in a manner that is perhaps more often attained through visual means.