| A flat, step-like podium covered with a red carpet that invites the visitor to sit or lie down – surrounded by loudspeakers, the space is flooded with the bright light of industrial lamps. The red of the carpet reflects the rays of light, a different soundtrack plays on each speaker, sounds flow from one channel to the next, recorded, repeated: the listener is wrapped in a concert of sounds. The sounds do not come from instruments, they are everyday noises broken by silence. The acoustic material is processed, edited, placed in new contexts: time is stretched out and compressed, producing a contemplative space which, in contrast to sacred music, offers neither solutions nor salvation, existing only for the sake of inner peace and meditation. Hans Peter Kuhn is a composer and sound artist. His career began in the 70s in the Schaubühne am Halleschen Ufer, also the origin of his long-standing collaboration with Robert Wilson. Since the 80s he has concentrated on his own work: alongside sound and light installations he has produced radio plays, performances, film soundtracks and sound environments for theater and dance.
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