Based on the progressive disappearance of the dead sea, Silence starts at -425m presents a dubplate and a series of 35 mm slides, testimonies of the last sounds recorded at the dying sea in Jordan.
On a journey from the dead sea valley down to the dead sea’s bedside, Silence starts at -425m follows a man wandering with his sounding line, pursuing the aural traces left by the memory of a sea that once used to cover the whole valley. The recorded sounds of the Dead Sea were imprinted on a dubplate. Each time it is played, the recording deteriorates a little bit, fading into smaller and smaller noises. Played over and over, the engraved lines of the Dead Sea’s recording slowly become muted, disappearing into the acetate material itself.
The installation is composed of 324, 35 mm slides and a 12’’ dubplate. It was presented in various setups and dimensions (a single turntable with headphones or multimedia installation with 4 synchronized slide projectors).
The project was commissioned by the Braunschweig Project Scholarship for a young artist in sound art. More information on the project Centre Clark, Motto distribution.
sandra Volny, Silence Starts at -425m, documentation of the installation at Quartiere fürzeitgenoessische Kunst und Fotografie, Braunschweig, Germany, 2013.