Sound’s Hidden Journey Under Nordic Waters

2-20 ApriL 2024

"They both listened silently to the water, which to them was not just water, but the voice of life, the voice of Being, the voice of perpetual Becoming" 

- Poet Hermann Hesse

We are delighted to team up with Nordic Culture Point and Between Music whose creative work involves an international multidisciplinary network of musicians, physicist, engineers, instrument makers, neuroscientists and others, and established sound artists Petri Kuljuntausta (Finland), Laila Skovmand (Denmark), and Jens L. Thomsen (Faroe Islands)for Sound's Hidden Journey - Under Nordic Waters project.

Concept, Direction of behalf of MiklagårdArts: Ceyda Berk-Söderblom

Sound’s Hidden Journey Under Nordic Waters is a pioneering exploration of sounds underwater from an artistic point of view.

It introduces the sensation of sounds travelling four times faster than they do in the air, of being completely surrounded by sound and elevates the feeling of being one with nature in a new sound art installation that includes soundscapes that have never been played to an audience before.

The project is created by sound artists Petri Kuljuntausta (Finland), Laila Skovmand (Denmark), and Jens L. Thomsen (Faroe Islands) who joined forces with scientists and sound engineer Roma Komar to create unique recordings of underwater reverb - from deep caves in the Atlantic to silent fjords in Greenland and the shallow waters of the beautiful lake Saanajärvi (Sánajávri).

Nordic Culture Point B28 on Suomenlinna, FINLAnd

📷 courtesy of Between Music

The result of the recordings is presented as a collaborative artwork and a sound art exhibition at the Nordic Culture Point's premises B28 on Suomenlinna in April 2024. The project explores humanity's connection to water and raises questions about how we are influenced by our relationship with nature.

Next to the sound art installation, each artist offers their own perspective on water - hovering between philosophy and science, myth, ethics, and aesthetics. These are presented by documentary filmmakers Karin Pennanen, Benjamin Hesselholdt and Peter Sørensen who have produced films that can be viewed as part of the exhibition from April 13th to 20th, 2024.

Sound’s Hidden Journey Under Nordic Waters project is supported by Nordisk Kulturfond, Danish Arts Foundation, Nordic Institute in Greenland, City of Aarhus, KODA kultur, William Demant Foundation, Dansk Komponist Forening, MiklagardArts and Nordic Culture Point Finland.