Birástiddje beljustallam

Lydgalleriet presents an eight channel sound installation by Sámi artist Ánndaris Rimpi, Birástiddje beljustallam (translation: sharpened listening to your surroundings) in collaboration with this years' edition of Borealis. Constructed from elements of Rimpi’s sound practice across installation, performance and music, this new electroacoustic work, diffused on our custom-made, hand-built surround sound system, aims to create space for focused listening, and to give the listener the potential for inner travel.

Now living in Gothenberg, Sweden, Rimpi seeks for his art to find a place in the city for his Sámi home village of Oalloluokta. He elevates the field recordings from both Gothenburg and Oalloluokta and cultivates tunes and rhythms to create a new musical world. 50 Hz is the frequency of the main electrical current, the hum that we constantly surround ourselves with – a fundamental tone of modern life. Similarly we are constantly bound by the pace of the clock, the second hand ticking at 60bpm. Bringing together this tempo and fundamental tone, the listener is given a basis to find their way into their safest place and from that place of safety, they can travel to another place free from the surrounding city.

The installation opens Friday March 15th, 19.00. The opening event also hosts a conversation between Ánndaris Rimpi and Peter Meanwell, presented in collaboration with Borealis – a festival for experimental music.