Sound Practice Research Kollektiv ›SKIA‹

As part of the summer festival“Shifting Grounds – IN COMMON,”theSound Practice Research Collective (SPRK)—composed of students from theFolkwang University of the Arts—will bringthe Zollverein slag heapto lifeacoustically with“SKIA” —a novel multichannel loudspeaker system for spatial sound reproduction that deliberately engages with the sonic reality of urban or rural outdoor spaces. The system allows for the precise spatial control of sounds in public spaces and makes it possible to incorporate the acoustic unpredictability of outdoor environments as a creative element. The acoustic activation of the site culminates in the evening, at 9 p.m., with a sound performance on the slag heap, featuring the specially developed SKIA system.