Acusmatico

The matter is mainly made of empty space separating subatomic particles. In such a sea of inconsistency, we establish connections with others and ourselves. In this noise, we flourish and perish. In this noise, we live. “Acusmatico”: perceivable sound without its source being visible. An adjective coined by Pierre Schaeffer around the middle of the last century, borrowed from Greek: “akousmatikoi”, the name of Pythagoras' students who silently heard his lectures without seeing him, from "akousma" (tr.: voice, sound). A raven inhabits a human space, sitting on a chair and questioning a mirror, in which individuals are used to discover, question, love and hate themselves. In this wor...View all