‘Hear Here’ takes you on a trip through sound art in Leuven. Fourteen resounding artworks are spread out across ten heritage locations. Every installation engages in an acoustic dialogue with the architecture and the surroundings. The solid brick walls of the KADOC chapel resonate differently than the Botanical Garden in full spring. This relation between sound, acoustics and perception is a key element in sound art. From buzzing bees to droning organ pipes, from the search for silence to noise disturbance in the North Sea. Get ready for a free discovery route for all ages and experience Leuven’s hidden heritage with different eyes and ears.
Besides an exhibition, Hear Here also offers a live programme at various locations in Leuven. Amber Meulenijzer will give a performance with her Saab Sculpture during the opening drink, An Roovers and Floris Vanhoof will give a talk about their works, Maika Garnica and Vica Pacheco will create performative soundscapes with ceramic sound objects. Furthermore, the German duo Phillip Sollmann and Konrad Sprenger invite composer Kali Malone and Sun O)))-founder Stephen O’Malley to work with the Modular Organ System. Finally, the ensemble Razen braves the 17th-century organ of the Beguinage Church, flanked by Danish noise artist Puce Mary, and transdisciplinary artist Begüm Erciyas moves into the Meerdaal forest for an evening listening session.