¡Pasarán!

Sound Installation by Bernhard Gal, 2010

November 10th-14th, 2010; Palais Kabelwerk, Vienna

Presented as part of the European Conference on ‘Public space and the challenges of urban transformation in Europe: politics and culture’, organized by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space (SKuOR).

In cooperation with Another Festival (Nov. 11th-14th, 2010).

¡Pasarán! is the title of a site-specific sound installation by Bernhard Gal, developed for so-called transitory zones, architectural areas that serve no other function than to pass through, thus separating an interior space from an exterior space. This transitory character gets amplified by Gal’s acoustic intervention. The imaginary opening of outward-looking doors activates exterior soundscapes, the virtual opening of inward-facing doors presents - potential - interior acoustic spaces. This constructed sound environment is juxtaposed with the physical and acoustic act of walking through the installation area. While entering the building, passers-by compose a realistic counterpart of the same sonic concept.