We live in an era of saturation where the concentration of information is so immense it creates an inverse void. Consider the space pulsating with 75 overlapping audiobooks; the distinct narratives are lost, forming a ubiquitous drone, a wall of sounds where unique voices lose their singularity. This phenomenon mirrors our digital world, where a plenitude of information results in an information famine, and comprehension retreats in the face of oversaturation.
The overlapping stories, forming an acoustic soup, embody our culture of hyper-information. But within this chaos lies an invitation for us to engage with information in a fundamentally new way. We must hear and listen deeply to navigate the soundscape and find coherence within it.
This oceanic rumble highlights our contemporary paradox: the ubiquity of everything becoming the absence of one. In this era of overwhelming abundance, we’re challenged to create meaning and find coherence, turning the audibility of nothing into something once more.
Materials
single channel audio with accompanying list
Dimensions
60 minutes
Year
2021