mouth to mouth

(2022) : sculpture, sound (various formats)

mouth to mouth explores a closed circuit of sonic exchange in which communication is redirected away from the listener. Two loudspeakers are physically screwed together, forming a sealed acoustic system in which sound circulates internally between them. The sonic material consists of artefacts and residues produced by noise reduction processes, where the attempt to remove “noise” generates its own voice. The work stages a reversal of standard listening relations: the apparatus no longer addresses a receiver. Instead, sound becomes an intra-object relation, suggesting a form of technological intimacy that is indifferent to perception.