Symphony of Encounters

Everyone makes a difference just by being here. This idea is illustrated by the participatory music installation created by composer Rupert Huber in cooperation with the AVL Cultural Foundation. Sensors that capture movement and activate sound are located behind sketches drawn on parchment that act as a reflecting medium for the sounds generated by the visitor’s movement. What emerges is a spatially flexible musical network of complex interactions and relationships between the visitors, between the different musical objects, and between art, technology and society.

The Symphony of Encounters aims to transform the exhibition space into a performative stage for dialogues between different voices and demands, using the musical space as a meeting place for an emotional engagement with technology. Rupert Huber is fascinated by the poetic-musical potential of physical encounters and what every human being contributes to the whole simply through their presence. Huber also sees his installations as a response to current topics such as the networking and interaction of people, the use of technology in everyday life and social togetherness.

Especially for this occasion, selected musical motifs have been sung and recorded by the Czech opera singer Vanda Šípová.