Multiplicity, Justin Bennett 2017
The (ongoing) project Multiplicity was developed during a residency at Overtoon which Bennett used to investigate the acoustic territories of the city of Brussels. Territories of language: voices, narratives. Territories of security: signals, announcements and sirens. Territories of work. Territories of birds and animals. Underground territories: the reverberations and resonances of the tunnels and passageways of the city.
Multiplicity consists of a number of pieces in different media which can be shown together or individually.
- A sculpture made of old brass instruments which plays an ever-changing five-channel composition of musical sounds and field recordings. The form of the instrument is based on the metro network of Brussels.
- A collection of "Filters" - small sculptural objects which act as listening tubes.
- A collection of recordings made through these filters.
- A text with sonogram images which analyzes the role of sirens in the soundscape of the city.
- A collection of drawings and photographs which provide context for the above works.
Coproduced by Overtoon, Jubilee and supported by Stroom Den Haag and Mondriaan Fonds.
Presentations
- web event Helicotrema 2020, Helicotrema, Modena, Italy, 2020
- festival De Week van de Klank 2020, MIM, Brussels, Belgium, 2020
- special event RE:SOUND, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, 2019
- festival Oscillation, Q-O2, Brussels, Belgium, 2019
- solo show Ondertussen: Justin Bennett, Stroom Den Haag, Den Haag, The Netherlands, 2017
- group show The State of Things 2017, iMAL, Brussels, BELGIUM, 2017