Proximity Music: The Ongoing Hum

Proximity Music is a collaborative exhibition programme, an initiative of iii and Rewire. The programme aims to connect sound, architecture and technology through intimate sensory experiences

The Ongoing Hum focuses on attuning to the seemingly inaudible rhythms, vibrations and radiations present in our environment. The exhibition brings together various instruments and compositions that encourage new ways of perceiving our everyday surroundings: from tapping into the electricity of cyanobacteria and sensing the heartbeats of strangers to the barely audible frequencies resonating in ceramic vessels and immersion in a hypnotic, humming soundscape. By attuning to the hidden rhythms of the physical world, this exhibition transforms materials into portals by encouraging us to listen beyond what our ears can hear.

The installations in The Ongoing Hum emphasise physicality as an essential approach to finding wonder in the seemingly trivial. By delving deeply into the properties of materials and the knowledge they embody, the works engage the whole body and its relationship with the environment. In this way, they create moments of reflection and sensitivity. In an age characterised by instant gratification, digital polarisation and the numbing effects of the screen, these works call for slowness, attention and physical presence.