Vibraception

We often think of space as static, defined by architecture, form, or function—but what if space were understood instead through waves, pulses, and resonances? Vibraception: Investigations in Wavespace brings together a range of experimental and theoretical approaches to understanding space precisely as shaped by such vibratory forces. Conceived as a companion to a series of site-responsive sound interventions recently realized by sound artist Jan St. Werner in and around MSU, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, this beautifully designed book documents and expands upon these sonic explorations from myriad interdisciplinary conceptual angles. The book gathers essays and interviews whose authors engage the central premise of Werner’s project from philosophical, scientific, fictional, dialogic, curatorial, and architectural directions to tune into wavespace as a dynamic field constituted by frequencies, interference, and perception.

The core investigations in Vibraceptions have been conducted by Michael Akstaller, Rudyard Schmidt, Gascia Ouzounian, Brett Mommersteeg, Nikola Bojić, Damir Gamulin, David Grubbs, and Jan St. Werner. These are complemented by contributions from Louis Chude-Sokei, Marina Peterson, Madison Greenstone, Andy Graydon, Marta Pedišić, and Ana Škegro. 

Book Launch / Live Performance / Reading / Discussion
Tuesday, 1 April 2025 / 5pm / daadgalerie, Berlin

In the framework of Energies, an interdisciplinary gathering on sound and architecture co-hosted and curated by Sonorous Cities (SONCITIES), Jan St. Werner will launch his upcoming book, Vibraception: Investigations in Wavespace with a live performance by Jan St. Werner and clarinetist Madison Greenstone, alongside readings and discussion with contributors Marina Peterson and Brett Mommersteeg.

daadgalerie
Oranienstraße 161
DE-10969 Berlin
Free admission

For more info on the event, please go here