BODIES AND SUBWOOFERS (B.A.S.)
Stefanie Egedy
Stefanie Egedy was born in São Paulo, Brazil, and lives in Berlin. For years she has been experimenting with sound, installation and performance, studying in particular low frequencies and their relationship to human bodies and architectural structures, using field recordings and analogue and digital synthesis. This cross-over between sound and musical language becomes a means of investigating how organisms communicate and interact.
The ongoing project “BODIES AND SUBWOOFERS (B.A.S.)” includes a series of site-specific sound installations that explore the interactions between sub-bass, infrasound and bodies based on the subwoofers’ arrangement. Stefanie has been studying for years how a given frequency range communicates with multiple types of bodies: human bodies – and how sound waves contribute to the nervous system with increased relaxation, stress and anxiety reduction – and the structural aspects of the space in which the installation is presented, informing the correlations (resonances) between sound and building features (materials, walls, columns and floor). The audience perceives the pressure and distortions of sound as a physical presence that permeates the space. “My work is always in a dialectic relationship with the environment and its stakeholders. B.A.S. taught me to arrive at and comprehend (as a continuous movement rather than a conclusion) how it relates and interacts with its surroundings. I’m interested in inviting people to experience the relaxing effects of low-frequency sounds, even if it’s through intensity.”
After successfully presenting the project at numerous international festivals, Stefanie Egedy is developing an adaptation of B.A.S. for the HYBRID Biennale 2024, which will be performed in the Great Hall of the Festspielhaus in Hellerau.
Duration: ca. 1 h
Without the use of language
B.A.S. supported by d&b audiotechnik
Trigger warning
Please be aware that you will be in contact with sound waves that can be felt by your body, change the air pressure levels, and spread differently across the room. They also have a relaxing effect, so enter, settle, and enjoy.
The artist and the Institution are not liable for any kind of effect caused to your body once inside the installation, if you feel unwell, listen to your body and please leave the room as soon as possible.