I NEED YOU NEED YOU IN MY LIFE (PT. 1)

2024

glass lampshade, piezo microphones, insects, live electronics, loudspeakers

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I NEED YOU NEED YOU IN MY LIFE (PT. 2)

2024

loudspeaker chassis, cow dung, insects, live electronic, loudspeaker

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I NEED YOU NEED YOU IN MY LIFE (PT. 3)

2024

metal lamp, transducer, mp3

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Insects are dying and with them our livelihood.
The three-part sound installation “I need you need you in my life (Pt. 1-3)” makes our dependence on insects audible and tangible. It deals with connections in the sense of the actor-network theory, which – instead of a dualism of nature and culture – assumes inseparable relations between society, nature and technology.

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The first part of the sound installation is dedicated to nocturnal insects and consists of a lamp that shines at dusk and into the night. Various microphones are attached to the lampshade so that the sounds and activities of the insects attracted by the light can be heard and made usable in the composition. Every time an insect touches the lampshade, the initially dense composition becomes thinner and thinner until it finally disappears completely. The composition develops over a period of several hours.

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The second part of the sound installation takes place during the day: Buatsch (Rhaeto-Romanic; cow dung) is placed over a microphone to attract diurnal insects, especially the many flies, and allow them to influence the composition.

 

The third part of the sound installation consists of a lamp that imitates the sounds of a beetle attracted by the light. This part functions completely independently of the insects: A nostalgic object from a potential future.

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Installation view: Buatsch Festival, Tersnaus

Photos: Stefan Gartmann, Lisa Mark