JACOB KIRKEGAARD :: TALE OF THE BEE TO A CLOUD
DATE
Saturday, Nov 7th
TIME
3:00pm-6:00pm
EVENT FORMAT
Two performances alternating every 30 minutes.
LOCATION
TRAUM CDMX
Sonora 27, Roma Norte
TRAUM × MUTEK MX presents
TRAUM and MUTEK MX come together for an intimate afternoon of sound and listening with Jacob Kirkegaard. Curated by Sally Montes, hosted at TRAUM as part of the MUTEK MX festival, the event features a live sound performance of Tale of the Bee.
TWO PERFORMANCES
Alternating every 30 minutes.
Guests can come and go between 3pm-6pm; capacity is limited.
1.TALE OF THE BEE
Inspired by the European tradition of “telling the bees,” in which people shared important news with their hives, Tale of the Bee turns the exchange around: what might the bees have to tell us? Drawing on a 24-hour recording made inside a beehive, Kirkegaard’s work carries the hive’s sounds through vinyl and into beeswax from that same hive. At TRAUM, the work will be presented as a live sound performance, inviting close attention to the life within the hive.
2.PERMANENT CLOUD
Permanent Cloud draws on recordings made with sensors placed directly on servers in a German data center. The work makes audible the physical infrastructure behind the seemingly intangible cloud, where our digital memory is stored. In this live sound performance, Kirkegaard invites us to listen to the mechanical heart of our connected world. It alternates with Tale of the Bee every 30 minutes.
About Jacob Kirkegaard
Jacob Kirkegaard is a sound artist whose recordings reveal environments and processes that often escape our attention. His work explores themes including Arctic ice, radioactivity and the sounds generated by the human ear, using listening to make hidden conditions perceptible.
ABOUT TRAUM CDMX ::
A place where ancient craft, tradition and ritual are brought into modern life.
Tea, sound and heat through the same door, in Roma Norte, open through the day and into the night.
A proposal about tempo, drawn from an analog life.
Not a tea house. Not a listening room. Not a spa.
A sanctuary for the self.