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To hear what you see.
Blue-and-white porcelain vessels hang from the ceiling, with microphones
amplifying each receptacle’s unique sound – this interactive sound installation is the
central piece of Oliver Beer’s exhibition Recompositions: Night Revels at Almine Rech
Shanghai. Visitor movements activate the motion sensors, creating an immersive and
ever-changing orchestra. Every unbroken vessel keeps the same note at which it
resonates. Although the sound evolves every second, the harmony never changes. By
manifesting the constant, Beer in turn invites us to observe what changes in the
passage of …