Adrián Villar Rojas's 'Poems for Earthlings' delves into the complex relationship between tangible and intangible heritage. This thought-provoking work, inspired by wartime heritage protection, features an eight-hour soundscape and a site-specific installation. Visitors are invited to experience a critical examination of cultural preservation in the modern era. The artist challenges perceptions of material accumulation versus the infinite abundance of sound.
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Poems for Earthlings is an immersive soundscape exhibition by Adrián Villar Rojas, inspired by the protection of heritage during wartime. It explores the dichotomy between tangible and intangible heritage through an eight-hour soundscape and a transient, site-specific installation.
Inspired by the methods of protecting heritage during wartime, Adrián Villar Rojas's 'Poems for Earthlings' presents an eight-hour soundscape encompassing historical sounds from walruses and dying languages to computer startups. The exhibition critically examines the difference in how material heritage, such as buildings and art treasures, is treated compared to intangible heritage like sounds and languages. Villar Rojas developed a temporary, ephemeral installation on-site, emphasizing its transient nature, a stark contrast to the art market's unwritten rules. This work highlights its own ephemerality and the risk of oblivion, posing radical questions about the sustainability of heritage, museums, and collecting institutions in an era dominated by Western perspectives. Rojas states that the Oude Kerk serves as a unique exploration ground where he analyzes human obsession with heritage, conservation, and material accumulation, contrasting it with the intangible and infinite abundance of sound. The installation invites an introspective journey through personal narratives via this metaphorical history of sound, aiming to provoke reflection and emotion by focusing on negativity, absence, and loss, regardless of the tangible or intangible nature of the material involved.
General ticket information and booking links are available via the 'Tickets' link, indicating that admission may require a purchase or specific booking arrangements. Visitors are directed to official ticket details for further information.
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