Temporäre Videopräsentation: Annika Kahrs "Gravity's Tune"

In the organizer's words:

The video installation One Hundred Thousand Suns (2023) by Rohini Devasher is the starting point for the discussion "Experiencing Space" on February 27. This work will be juxtaposed with the film Gravity's Tune (2023) by German artist Annika Kahrs, which will be shown at the PalaisPopulaire from February 26 to March 2, 2025. Both films open up new perspectives on space through image and sound.

In Gravity's Tune, which premiered at the Schering Stiftung in 2023, the artist interprets acoustic recordings of astrophysics. These acoustic signals make it possible to hear gravitational waves, such as those produced by colliding black holes. With the interpretation of an "extraterrestrial" sound, the artist opens up access to inaudible and barely imaginable (sound) worlds on the one hand and points out the possibilities, but also the limits of the audible on the other. For her video work, the artist worked closely with composer Louis d'Heudières, musicians from Los Angeles and researchers from the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory), which, according to physicist Dr. Keith Thorne, can be considered the "quietest concert hall on earth" thanks to the extraterrestrial signals.

The video is in English, with German subtitles.

Price information:

Costs: regular exhibition admission. The ticket for the discussion round "Das All erfahren", 27.2.2025, is also valid as an admission ticket for the presentation of Annika Kahrs' video work, Gravity's Tune.