Surrealistic Telegram

Project type

Participative mediation, sonic and poetical performance, participatory project, creative mediation of artworks

Commisionned by

Kunst Meran, Art center, Italy

Roles

Mediator, Designer, Artist-performer

Date

summer 2023

This participatory sonic and poetical performance is inspired by the surrealist practice of automatic writing. It transcribes into vibrations the emotions felt by visitors.

Visitors to Kunst Meran (IT) choose three words at random, which they have to associate with an object or work. This allows them to see the work differently, and then to write a short poem. These telegrams were exhibited in the museum. The participants were invited to the closing event, where all the poems were remixed and vocally performed. There, I improvised melodies to turn the poems into what could be a collective song, transcribing the emotions felt by the visitors of Kunst Meran.