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Discarded Sound /Odložený zvuk/ - Róbert Rampáček (SK) x Leon van Oldenborgh (NL)
Discarded Sound - Róbert Rampacek (SK) x Leon van Oldenborgh (NL)
Event by: Creative Industry Košice, Art & Tech Days
Location: Kasárne/Kulturpark, Kukučínova 2, Juh
Talks & discussions, Exhibitions
About event
Vernissage 21 NOV 2024
Dutch media art artist Leon van Oldenborgh and Košice screenwriter, director and sound engineer Róbert Rampáček will also present their joint artwork Discarded Sound during Art & Tech Days.
Headphones with noise cancellation, they quickly became the new standard for personal audio playback, allowing those able and willing to invest to retreat into controlled private audio landscapes, free of any ambient noise that surrounds them. Who actually has access to this technology and is this individualistic approach to managing the noisy environments we face every day the best solution? What do we lose by muting sounds that this technology classifies as "noise"?
Discarded Sound is an interactive installation that playfully uses active noise cancellation technology to rethink the way users normally use this technology. It focuses on recording "rejected sound" through custom-engineered headphones, meaning sound that the headphones actively dampen and keep out of the user's reach. By engaging the visitor in a game where the only way to win is to listen and analyze this sound at a detailed level, Leon and Robert connect participants through this sound with different perspectives on this technology and mechanics, from the individual user to broader approaches to of sound in the private and public environments we inhabit.
21 NOV 2024
Barracks/Kulturpark, Gallery Alpha
18:00
Free entry.
Leon van Oldenborgh (NL)
Leon create physical and digital interactive experiences that disrupt the way people normally interact with your environment. They encourage people to think about how their chosen behavior within the gaming experience relates to their actions outside of it. In their work, they examine decision-making and mutual interaction, which is not based on social expectations and culture, but is the result of the influence of factors such as technology, creator's intention or mutual agreements.
Most recently, their work has focused on communicating the power that lies in the design position of widespread technologies such as web interfaces or location-based games. Leon has exhibited at places like Ars Electronica, IMPAKT and V2_ Lab.
Róbert Rampáček
Róbert is a screenwriter, director, master of sound and dramaturgical concepts at Onomatopoje studio in Košice. He studied at AKU in Banská Bystrica and completed his studies at VŠMU in Bratislava as a film documentary filmmaker under the guidance of Vlad Balc. He finished his studies with the graduation film Jonatán.
He is the father of two children and the DOCsk documentary film festival, and the author of the Slovak Documentary Film Almanac and the Instagram project #chodimpešo. Currently, he is helping to start inclusive film clubs for children and teenagers in the Úsmev cinema in Košice. He is a dedicated runner, rides a longboard and is a lover of Knausgård. He prefers a contemplative approach to life and his work.
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The project was supported from public funds by the Art Support Fund. The Art Support Fund is the main partner of the project. The residency of the artist Leon van Oldenborgh was established within the framework of the European Platform for New Media Art (EMAP), of which Creative Industry Košice is a member. The project was supported by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Dutch media art artist Leon van Oldenborgh and Košice screenwriter, director and sound engineer Róbert Rampáček will also present their joint artwork Discarded Sound during Art & Tech Days.
Headphones with noise cancellation, they quickly became the new standard for personal audio playback, allowing those able and willing to invest to retreat into controlled private audio landscapes, free of any ambient noise that surrounds them. Who actually has access to this technology and is this individualistic approach to managing the noisy environments we face every day the best solution? What do we lose by muting sounds that this technology classifies as "noise"?
Discarded Sound is an interactive installation that playfully uses active noise cancellation technology to rethink the way users normally use this technology. It focuses on recording "rejected sound" through custom-engineered headphones, meaning sound that the headphones actively dampen and keep out of the user's reach. By engaging the visitor in a game where the only way to win is to listen and analyze this sound at a detailed level, Leon and Robert connect participants through this sound with different perspectives on this technology and mechanics, from the individual user to broader approaches to of sound in the private and public environments we inhabit.
21 NOV 2024
Barracks/Kulturpark, Gallery Alpha
18:00
Free entry.
Leon van Oldenborgh (NL)
Leon create physical and digital interactive experiences that disrupt the way people normally interact with your environment. They encourage people to think about how their chosen behavior within the gaming experience relates to their actions outside of it. In their work, they examine decision-making and mutual interaction, which is not based on social expectations and culture, but is the result of the influence of factors such as technology, creator's intention or mutual agreements.
Most recently, their work has focused on communicating the power that lies in the design position of widespread technologies such as web interfaces or location-based games. Leon has exhibited at places like Ars Electronica, IMPAKT and V2_ Lab.
Róbert Rampáček
Róbert is a screenwriter, director, master of sound and dramaturgical concepts at Onomatopoje studio in Košice. He studied at AKU in Banská Bystrica and completed his studies at VŠMU in Bratislava as a film documentary filmmaker under the guidance of Vlad Balc. He finished his studies with the graduation film Jonatán.
He is the father of two children and the DOCsk documentary film festival, and the author of the Slovak Documentary Film Almanac and the Instagram project #chodimpešo. Currently, he is helping to start inclusive film clubs for children and teenagers in the Úsmev cinema in Košice. He is a dedicated runner, rides a longboard and is a lover of Knausgård. He prefers a contemplative approach to life and his work.
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The project was supported from public funds by the Art Support Fund. The Art Support Fund is the main partner of the project. The residency of the artist Leon van Oldenborgh was established within the framework of the European Platform for New Media Art (EMAP), of which Creative Industry Košice is a member. The project was supported by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.