The Flow of Cause and Æffect
May 1-29, 2022
Ohrenhoch, der Geräuschladen
The group show parses the divide between emotional affectation and (the) phenomenological effect, in an attempt to reframe art as an experience, rather than a mere static object. This show and its theme seek to open the meta-dialogue of how we as individuals respond, react and consider the aesthetic experience.
The differences between the words “affect” and “effect” are often overlooked and or accidentally mixed up. What determines an insight response to a piece of art? Can a purely emotional/aesthetic interpretation of a work of art be only right/wrong? How can we as artists make art which helps individuals objectify their own life experiences, in a mindful manner? If art doesn’t aid in our own critical thinking or aesthetic enjoyment, what does it do?
The differences between the words “affect” and “effect” are often overlooked and or accidentally mixed up. What determines an insight response to a piece of art? Can a purely emotional/aesthetic interpretation of a work of art be only right/wrong? How can we as artists make art which helps individuals objectify their own life experiences, in a mindful manner? If art doesn’t aid in our own critical thinking or aesthetic enjoyment, what does it do?
Weichselstraße 49
12045 Berlin
12045 Berlin
Oskari Ruuska
Oskari Ruuska (b.1994) is completing his master’s degree at the Academy of Fine Arts of Helsinki in the program of time and space. In addition to his fine art studies, he spent one semester at the Theater Academy of Uniarts Helsinki in the department of Choreography (MA) and completed the Erasmus exchange program at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie (Fine arts, BA).
Ruuska’s works are situational, sensible, and immersive installations where he examines themes of desire, touch, and (be)longing. Ruuska uses sculptural fragments with other sensible materials such as scents and light together with moving image.
For his recent work, he has been building fog machines controlled using an Arduino processor and programming to add a durational element to the work. His work ‘Cruising’ was a vaporous space inspired by saunas and other public sites, where men cruise for sex. Cruising was awarded honors by the Anita Snellman Foundation.
Ruuska’s works are situational, sensible, and immersive installations where he examines themes of desire, touch, and (be)longing. Ruuska uses sculptural fragments with other sensible materials such as scents and light together with moving image.
For his recent work, he has been building fog machines controlled using an Arduino processor and programming to add a durational element to the work. His work ‘Cruising’ was a vaporous space inspired by saunas and other public sites, where men cruise for sex. Cruising was awarded honors by the Anita Snellman Foundation.
Haesoo Jung
Haesoo Eshu Jung (she-her) is a sound artist and designer based in Berlin(DE) and Seoul(KR. Coming from a background of Social Studies and Journalism, Jung takes great interest in magnifying individual human lives to universes of their own.
Jung explores everyday rituals and tradition of acts in modern society, and her focus on communal sonic experiences and rituals revolves around spatial acoustics, performativity and sensory transcendence of cultural, social, political and personal perspectives..
Jung explores everyday rituals and tradition of acts in modern society, and her focus on communal sonic experiences and rituals revolves around spatial acoustics, performativity and sensory transcendence of cultural, social, political and personal perspectives..
Ben Glas
Ben Glas (b. 1992) is an experiential composer based in Berlin. Through ephemeral compositions Glas' work questions preconceived notions between the acts of passive hearing and active listening.
In seeking to discover open ended forms of music and pragmatic listening perspectives, Glas' compositions focus on the realms of subjective perception and cognition, via the use of acoustics, psychoacoustics and space as tools for sonic composition.
In seeking to discover open ended forms of music and pragmatic listening perspectives, Glas' compositions focus on the realms of subjective perception and cognition, via the use of acoustics, psychoacoustics and space as tools for sonic composition.
Hayden Dean
Hayden Dean is an artist and composer whose practice revolves around installation and performative sonic art. Their work often centers on inner experience, language and reduction of hierarchies within sound and other materials.
After a decade working in creative and improvised music, he is now pursuing a masters degree in Sound Studies and Sonic Arts at the Berlin University of the Arts. He also works as a sound designer and is a co-founder of an artist collective curating cross media art events. Dean’s work has been shown at the ZKM Center for Art and Media, Gera Museum of Applied Arts and La Biennale di Venezia.
After a decade working in creative and improvised music, he is now pursuing a masters degree in Sound Studies and Sonic Arts at the Berlin University of the Arts. He also works as a sound designer and is a co-founder of an artist collective curating cross media art events. Dean’s work has been shown at the ZKM Center for Art and Media, Gera Museum of Applied Arts and La Biennale di Venezia.
a. modica
a. modica is a sound artist, composer and engineer with a strong focus on creative exploitation of technology, including explorative techniques of feedback networks, digital and analog instruments and self-designed electronic systems.
their works often take the form of audiovisual compositions, improvised electroacoustic sound interventions, and multimedia installations.
a. modica has performed and shown their work in various venues around Europe, including Funkhaus and ACUD Club in Berlin, ZKM Karlsruhe and Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (DK).
their works often take the form of audiovisual compositions, improvised electroacoustic sound interventions, and multimedia installations.
a. modica has performed and shown their work in various venues around Europe, including Funkhaus and ACUD Club in Berlin, ZKM Karlsruhe and Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (DK).
