SONOSEISMIC EARTH by Saša Spačal & Ida Hiršenfelder

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Exhibition opening: Wednesday, 22 February 2017 at 7 pm

Sonoseismic Earth presents Earth in the age of the Anthropocene, the geological epoch of industrial societies. The age that has witnessed disruptions in the Earth’s system on a planetary scale. The crisis of the planet is marked by climate change, loss of biodiversity, pollution of sea, land and air, exploitation of natural resources, and heavy depletion of soil.

The global capitalist structure of the world does not allow human beings to act globally, or to counter the planetary crisis produced by inevitable consumption. The obsolescence and, consequently, accumulation of waste are inscribed in every product. The driving force of globalism are the non-renewable energy sources. They all cause seismic shifts: the depletion of fossil fuels creates cavities in the lithosphere, accumulation lakes generate pressure on them, and accidents in nuclear reactors cause tectonic cracks.

Sonoseismic Earth makes a possible entry into a planetary perspective, into the sensual and haptic relationship between the human and the planet. The depletion of fossil fuels in the Earth’s crust causes tectonic cracks; hence, in the installation, the globe is gradually grazed. The rendering of seismographic shifts intensifies with the proximity of human beings detected by proximity sensors. The planet emits the infrasonic sound of earthquakes; it submerges the human in the ubiquitous acoustic space with no identifiable origin. The infrasonic sound is a warning frequency, recognised by the more sensitive beings as a sign of danger. With the acoustic environment of the Sonoseismic Earth, humans are caught actively and experientially in the drama of the endless circulation of capital. The crisis of the planet is the crisis of the system.

Concept: Saša Spačal and Ida Hiršenfelder

Associate professional: Mirjan Švagelj

Production: KID Kibla, Maribor (2015) and Aksioma – Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana (2017)

Production of the exhibition: Aksioma – Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, 2017

Artistic Director: Janez Janša
Producer: Marcela Okretič
Executive Producer: Sonja Grdina
Public Relations: Urša Purkart
Technician: Valter Udovičić
Documentation: Jure Goršič