Sound art has long freed itself from music and soundtracks, but for composer and sound artist Benny Nilsen the distinction doesn\u2019t really matter. He simply works with sounds, using the evocative power of a wordless auditory language. In near and far-off places, Nilsen picks up the humdrum of industry and urban life or captures impressions from nature, to edit the recordings later. At EKWC he cast clay vessels moulded on pumpkins and fungal conks, which he planted in the Oisterwijkse Vennen to record the sounds reverberating inside them. In a way the vessels are like ceramic creature listening in on their surroundings, interpreting the sounds, translating them into their own particular language depending on their shape and material, the thickness of their walls. Nilsen will use the recordings in future sound pieces, just as they were captured or digitally distorted, to summon up a whole new world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":63206,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"class_list":["post-62424","kunstenaar","type-kunstenaar","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","countries-sweden","disciplines-composer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n