Norwegian sound artist Maia Urstad is working at the intersection of audio and visual art. In ”Meanwhile, in Shanghai…(berlin)” she collects details about time and place from local radio stations around the world; ”23 Uhr in Deutschland, Cinco de la Manana en Madrid, Hilversum 16:00, Saint Johns 7:30 while 7:00 in Nova Scotia”…, and puts them together with other radio-specific sounds in a polyphonic sonic image - like a phonogram of a 24-hour cycle on the air. Some 80 portable radios transmit sound via local FM-frequencies, composed of pre-recorded radio transmissions from around the world. The polyphony of voices, tones and white noise forms a backdrop for on-air specifics explorations about time and place.


Kunsthaus MEINBLAU
Pfefferberg, Haus 5
Christinenstr. 18/19
10119 Berlin
Vernissage: Wednesday, 25 April at 7 p.m.
Opening hours: Wednesday – Sunday  2 – 8 p.m., Long Night: 27 May open until midnight

Supported by the EU’s Culture Programme (2007-2013), Bergen Kommune, Norwegian Arts Council, Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA), Bezirksamt Pankow von Berlin, Initiative Neue Musik Berlin e.V., Meinblau e.V. Kunst- und Atelierhaus Meinblau is supported by Stiftung Pfefferwerk. (Foto: cyan)