experimental space /Music, Space and Architecture exhibition at a rca m
Spatial Sound, Erik Blits, assisted by Taco Keers (realization) Vedute Foundation/nai, Rotterdam (manuscript 0126) Spatial Sound, a spatial manuscript from the partial collection ‘Acoustic Architecture – Architectural Acoustics’ curated by the Vedute Foundation, is the result of a study on acoustic perception. How do you listen to a space? What do you perceive? The conclusions of this study included the observations that spatial transitions can be perceived easily, but that walls and objects can be perceived after training solely by listening; even empty space can be heard. The sound of space seldom needs to be literally amplified, since it is already perceived subconsciously. It is sufficient to be motivated to hear, to surrender completely to the subtle interplay of acoustic spatial perception and the complex totality of sensory stimuli. The deliberate acoustic perception of a space intensifies the experience of space. Movement and selfproduced sound are important in this context, since an active attitude can intensify the experience.
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