Aargh is an exploration into the mechanics of speech. Inspired by the famous Wolfgang Von Kempelen, Aargh explores the possibilities to create a site specific sound installation for the 11th floor of the Overtoon Kanal office building. This particular building stands high and free in the city center of Brussels. Wind has a strong impact on it. The offices are drafty spaces when you open them up on both sides. Can the energy created by the wind be used as a force or input to generate sound, which sounds remotely like speech.

Presentations

• group show Le Voile Du Palais, Le Bon Accueil, Rennes, France, 2021
• web event Helicotrema 2020, Helicotrema, Modena, Italy, 2020
• group show LE NOYAU, Musée Dobrée, Nantes, La France, 2016
• group show A State of Stability, Školská 28 Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic, 2015
• festival Convergence Festival, Okno, Brussels, Belgium, 2015

Productions by Gert Aertsen

• The Alphabet of Nature 2016
• Aargh 2015
• Time is a technology 2014