The Conference of the Birds.
sound collage and radio broadcast, 19 June 2020
audio production: Ljubica Letinić
participants: Vlad Brăteanu, Ana Dević, Tin Dožić, Bianca Hisse, Neža Knez, Martina Kontošić, Ana Kovačić, Jolanta Nowaczyk, Gaisha Madanova, María Luisa Sanín Peña, Ivana Tkalčić
editor of Kulturizacija: Franka Štrkalj
where: Radio Student, Kulturizacija
Searching for new models of collaboration outside the gallery space - which quickly became necessary because of the COVID-19 pandemic - WHW Akademija has produced a sound collage inspired by the twelfth-century epic poem The Conference of the Birds by the Persian poet Feriduddin Attar, as adapted for the stage by Peter Brook and Jean-Claude Carrière. This group sound performance is a result of intense collaboration and conversation. Along with the collective work on the text and its interpretation, the participants explored the possibilities of audio interventions, constructing a common language, and developing a space for collective action through sound. This group sound collage performed by the participants of the second generation of WHW Akademija in collaboration with sound author and producer Ljubica Letinić and conceived as a joint encounter in virtual space.
text is taken from the official website of WHW AKADEMIJA
The group sound collage is the final act of the exhibition Drei Tage bis zum Ende der Kunst curated by Ana Dević.
the whole sound collage available here
developed piece for the Valley of Nothingness by Gaisha Madanova starts from 29:05 to 32:24
