Marissa Lee Benedict and David Rueter

Sound Installation / Performance Series

Beginning with the audio engineering technique of ‘ringing out a room’—to locate resonant frequencies—after the siren, before the bell turns broadcasting infrastructure (radios, headphones, microphones, cables) into a site-responsive sound system that hums with feedback. after the siren, before the bell takes place the first Monday of the month, beginning after the blare of the public test sirens ends at 12:01:27, and ending at 12:59:59 when the ringing of large city church bells commence. P/////AKT: This iteration of the work featured performance maker and sociologist Diane Mahín, who performed “growling,” a technique often used in black metal performances. Diane's layered internal monologue looped through the radio system, breaching and flooding into the passageways of the Pakhuis Wilhelmina warehouse where P/////AKT is located. de Thomaskerk: This version features text and sound recordings written and performed by Becket MWN, opening gates between Crystal Cathedral (Garden Grove, Los Angeles, USA) and de Thomaskerk (Amsterdam, NL). The project is supported by Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK), and was developed with project space When Site Lost the Plot (Amsterdam, NL).

Marissa Lee Benedict and David Rueter, with performances by Diane Mahín, Becket MWN, Radna Rumping