years of sameness
2020
18:08min (loop)
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”years of sameness” is based on a research of choirs, that are established for rehabilitation of people with aphasia. Trough singing familiar songs, people who had lost their ability to speak can gain back access to language.

For the work, an archive of songs from a choir for people with aphasia are run trough an algorithm designed to create ”emotional music” – trough this translation process, a new set of compositions is created on the base of the choirs recordings (instruments, scale, melody). In the procedure, language gets ereased by default and solely the hook lines and melodies recognized as ”emotional” remain. At times, this translation process fails creating a cathartic, unsettling overall composition. 

HFBK Hamburg graduate show, 2020