Meander Tapes – Tender Sounds for Brutalist Architecture
Raman Research Institute Library, Bangalore
2019, Sound art and architecture
Bangalore, India
WDR 3 Open Sounds
Brutalism (3) “Béton Brut Bangalore” by F. Hattenberger and P. Simon
WDR 3 Open Sounds 07.05.2022 57:09 min. Available until 07.05.2023 WDR 3 By Ilka Geyer
At the end of the Brutalism trilogy at Studio Akustische Kunst, we listen to India
The project “Béton Brut Bangalore – Sound as Ornament” explores sound art, performance and architecture in an interdisciplinary way.
Unlike Visvesvaraya Towers in the center of Bangalore, Raman Institute is located on the outskirts of the city in a park. The acoustics of this place are contrary to the acoustics of the city center. A quiet place of science.
Here I was able to listen in further detail to the material and was surprised at the different sound sources. The variety of different materials used here has resulted in a complex acoustic signature of the building. The psychoacoustic effect on visitors to the building has a relaxing effect with the location and architectural order.
In this project, I was interested in exploring the geometric order, materiality, social status, emotional connection of the building, and the fluid reality of Indian culture, looking at sound as ornament.
