The more the world was falling apart, the more our breathing synchronized
“The more the world was falling apart, the more our breathing synchronized” is an interactive sound sculpture abstracting the presence of a bed. It is an invitation for the audience to delve into the collective experience of listening within the borders of a shared environment. The project is a result of exploration of public and private spaces and the recontextualization of the bed from a sleeping room to any public space, changing its intended use. The research focuses on exploring the possibilities of deconstructing the sleeping place as a venue for interaction. What constitutes an invitation to one’s bed and does it immediately result in being intimate?
The work consists of a cube sculpture, hanging in the air, metaphorically representing the bed, inviting the audience to step into an imaginary space. Equipped with an overhead sensor camera and surrounded by a 4-channel audio field, this space reproduces dreamscapes. Here, a dreamscape refers to a dynamic soundscape that adjusts based on the number of people present within the space. Each stage of sleep is sonically represented, varying according to the number of participants involved.
All dreamscapes have been created using sounds recorded at the Electronic Studio of Radio Belgrade during the autumn of 2023 and spring of 2024 using EMS Synthi 100.
Interaction technical set up: Slava Romanov.