The museum as soundscape

Possibilities of acoustic exhibition design

25.04. - 26.04.2022

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Date

25.04. - 26.04.2022

Location

Museumsakademie Joanneum

Meeting point

Bern (CH)

Costs

190 €, reduced fee 140 € (The reduced fee is available to students, trainees, unemployed people, and employees of this year’s cooperation partners.)

External registration

Please register via e-mail.

Contact us

+43-664/8017-9537

museumsakademie@museum-joanneum.at

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The museum has maintained an ambivalent relationship with audio and sound sources. On the one hand, traditional museum etiquette calls for visitors to be quiet and mindful of the noise they make, while on the other hand, designed listening experiences are playing an ever-bigger role in exhibitions. The use of sound in museums extends from fully composed sound experiences that create a certain ambience or offer guidance, to making the human voice more audible, to strategies that allow us to perceive, for instance, the specific sound of a city or region. Sound, noise, or silence can also serve as the theme or tool of exhibitions. In this workshop, we want to map the field of acoustic exhibition design and discuss both theoretical and practical issues arising from the use of sound in our work in museums. How do museum spaces function from an acoustic perspective, and what do we have to consider when audible elements are meant to be used? What technological options are available for this? What is the cooperation like between sound designers and curators, and who else should be included in the planning? How can we ensure that traditional sound sources (interviews, film, radio, etc.) can be easily heard and enjoyed with passion, and how does the respective setting guide the listening experience? Together with sound designers, curators, and exhibition producers, we want to discuss best practices for creating listening experiences in museums.

With
Jascha Dormann sound artist, idea and sound audio design, Basel (CH)
Thomas Felfer freelance cultural scientist and museologist, Unzmarkt/Styria (AT)
Monika Gärtner Director of the Lech Museum, Lech am Arlberg (AT)
Claudia Glass Graduate educator and museologist, RÄUME und KOMMUNIKATION, Basel (CH)
Beat Hächler Director/Exhibition Organiser, Alpine Museum of Switzerland, Bern (CH)
Johannes Kapeller Media archivist and sound researcher, Österreichische Mediathek, Vienna (AT)
Martin Lesjak CEO, Co-Founder and Design Director 13&9 Design and INNOCAD architecture, Graz (AT)
Nathalie Lötscher Mediation & Events, Alpine Museum of Switzerland, Bern (CH)
Ramon De Marco Sound scenographer and founder of Idee und Klang Audio Design, Basel (CH)
Christian Rohner Curator, Head of Exhibitions and Digital Museum, Museum of Communication, Bern (CH)
Kurt Stadelmann Exhibition Curator, Museum of Communication, Bern (CH)
Bruno Winkler Exhibition and communication curator, co-founder and partner, Büro Rath & Winkler, projects for museums and education, Innsbruck (AT)

Organisers of the workshop
Martina Nussbaumer Curator, Vienna Museum (A)
Eva Tropper Management Team, Museumsakademie Joanneum, Graz (A)

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