Lytteaften: How to dismantle a piano?

Join us for an artist talk with Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard on Friday, March 13 at 3:00 PM at Sound Art Lab in Struer. The talk will focus on Løkkegaard’s work The Big Silent, a grand piano that has been dismantled and submerged in glass, permanently installed at Sound Art Lab.

After the talk, participants from 89 Sound Art School will present a series of artistic explorations influenced by Niels’ work.

Collecting and Archiving as World Building

How can we create other possible worlds through collecting and archiving?

What happens when something settles in the spine? Can it be dangerous? And can practices of collecting and archiving suggest how we, together, might soften preconceptions that have become fixed?

These are questions that Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard will explore in this artist talk, which takes its starting point in his own collecting practice and in his work The Big Silent (a grand piano that has been dismantled and submerged in glass). The Big Silent (softer tissue) is exhibited at Sound Art Lab.

On the same day, we celebrate the release of the book The Big Silent, published by Aftryk.

As part of the presentation, Løkkegaard will also contextualize his practice in relation to his artistic research project Multiplayer – Softenings and inquiries into matters of toxoplasmatic ectoplasm, which can be accessed here.

The event is part of the educational program connected to the work “Du er ikke alene” (“You Are Not Alone”), created by Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard. Based on the work Du er ikke alene, citizens and visitors are invited to experience Struer as a place where we listen – to each other, to the city, and to the incomprehensible. The educational program aims to explore how we can listen and connect in different ways.

The work ‘Du er ikke alene’ has been selected by Struer Kunstråd to mark Struer as the City of Sound. It is rooted in the idea of breaking isolation and opening listening toward the world.
Instead of controlling and isolating sound, the work invites us to let our surroundings in – and thereby experience that we never listen alone. We are connected to the city, to one another, and to the world.

The program is supported by:

Struer Lydens By
Statens Kunstfond
Augustinus Fonden
Ny Carlsbergfondet

The program takes place during March and May and unfolds through the following activities:

March 13

Collecting and Archiving as World Building – Artist Talk

Info: Can we create other possible worlds through collecting and archiving?
What happens when something settles in the spine? Can it be dangerous? And can collecting and archiving practices suggest how we might together soften preconceptions that have become fixed?
These are the questions Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard will address in this artist talk, based on his own collecting practice and his work The Big Silent (a grand piano dismantled and submerged in glass). The Big Silent (softer tissue) is exhibited at Sound Art Lab.
Location: Sound Art Lab
Time: 15:00

March 14

Svalegangen X Statsgymnasiet – Soundboxing and Playlisting Between Generations
Info: Come and meet artist Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard, who will play songs via a soundbox selected by residents from the dementia ward Svalegangen and students from Struer Upper Secondary School.
Location: Du er ikke alene (Hængslet)
Time: 12:00–13:30

We Listen to the City’s Sounds, Bricks, Tiles, and Walls – What Can They Tell Us?
Info: A collective listening walk through the urban spaces of Struer, ending at Struer Museum, which invites participants for a small snack and a shared conversation about the walk.
Location: Du er ikke alene (Hængslet)
Time: 14:30 (starting at Hængslet)

March 15

Svalegangen X Statsgymnasiet – Soundboxing and Playlisting Between Generations
Info: Meet artist Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard, who will play songs via a soundbox selected by residents from the dementia ward Svalegangen and students from Struer Upper Secondary School.
Location: Du er ikke alene (Hængslet)
Time: 12:00–13:30

Personal Data Music
Info: This afternoon, Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard will translate two NemID key cards into music performed on the church organ – perhaps NemID key cards from two local citizens of Struer?
Location: Struer Church
Time: 15:00–16:00

May 1

A Phonetic Guide to Struer
Location: Du er ikke alene (at Hængslet)
Time: 19:00–20:00

May 14

To Give into the Hands of Another
Info: Opening of the art installation To Give into the Hands of Another, which explores how we can connect with one another across interstellar space.
Location: Struer Museum
Time: Afternoon

May 15

Svalegangen X Statsgymnasiet – Soundboxing and Playlisting Between Generations
Info: Meet artist Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard, who will play songs via a soundbox selected by residents from the dementia ward Svalegangen and students from Struer Upper Secondary School.
Location: Du er ikke alene (Hængslet)
Time: 11:00–12:00

Triangular Mass
Info: Come and take part in performing the work Triangular Mass – a piece for countless triangles that everyone can join in performing.
We begin at the installation Du er ikke alene (Hængslet) and end at Struer Museum with a shared conversation about (musical) communities.
Location: Du er ikke alene
Time: 13:00–14:30