By exploring this eco-acoustic installation in four listening stations, visitors are sensitised to the fragile and complex urban and natural soundscapes. “Chants from a river” deals with the acoustic interaction of fish and other organisms as well as human influences in freshwater ecosystems. “Voices from the ground” enables visitors to listen to the communication, feeding and movement sounds of soil organisms, as well as emissions from humans. “Calls from trees” enables to perceive the acoustic properties of trees, and biological sounds in dead wood. “Messages from a [Post]-Anthropocene” envision the Péitruss landscape several millennia into the future, unfolding across three scenarios.
#Landscape and art installations EOMAIA s.à,r,l.S.
Sam Erpelding (*1992, Luxembourg) is a sound engineer, sound artist, and eco-acoustician. As an electric guitarist he performs in various formations, including the trio “ARGON”. Under the pseudonym “Dankwart” Sam publishes his compositions mostly by himself, but also on various labels.
He completed his studies in sound engineering at SAE Vienna and produced a sound documentary about the nature reserve “Prënzebierg” in Luxembourg. In 2018 he completed the course in Computer Music and Electronic Media at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and developed the MoConZinth (Motor Controller-Zither-Synthesizer). In 2019, he completed the master’s programme in Digital Media Technologies at the University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten and conducted an Ambisonic Soundscape investigation in the Donau Auen National Park as part of his master’s thesis.
In 2018, he was artist in residence at the Kunsthalle Groß-Siegharts in Lower Austria and published his sound installation “Prënzebierg”. In 2020, he won the ORF-Ö1 Radio Art Competition together with the language artist Elif San. He is co-founder of the Luxembourgish art collective “D’Kréiennascht” and since 2021 member of the radio art network of the Greater Region “Radiôme”. He is currently pursuing his PhD at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz in collaboration with the University of Salzburg and is conducting research in the Donau-Auen and Kalkalpen National Park (Au).
D’Kréiennascht a.s.b.l.
“D’Kréiennascht” is a young Luxembourgish art collective founded in 2019 and based in Pétange. Our main focus is the organization of concerts and art events featuring local and international alternative visual artists, writers, performers and musicians. Originating from years of friendship, a part of the collective’s current members has been organising alternative events for over ten years. A few years ago, we decided to found a non-profit association and continue to execute our passion and – as for now – are especially known for our annual garden festival: “Feier-fest”.
The main focus of the collective is to design the events with the help of artistic “do-it-yourself” and “upcycling” methods. The added value therefore lies in the individuality and uniqueness of the artistic visual and conceptual design. The team for this project consists primarily of the following members: Bob Erpelding, David Kartheiser, Xuan Nguyen, Tom Wagner, Jeremi Witte and Christof Hartkopf. As president of the collective, Sam Erpelding will mainly be responsible for project management and cooperation with EOMAIA sarl-S.
Materials
Some of the materials used are leftover wood from old furniture, pianos and radios. In some cases, new wood was also used to ensure stability. The electro-acoustic systems each consist of an audio player, weatherproof loudspeakers and rechargeable batteries, which are charged by a solar system.