Lytteaften: Struer Tracks Edition

Join us for a special edition of Lytteaften here at Sound Art Lab – a sneak preview of what’s to come at Struer Tracks 2025!

This evening features works by Laura Papke and Line Sandvad Mengers:

Laura Papke will give an artist talk and a demonstration of her work ‘Sonic Driving’.

Sonic Driving is a participatory performance inviting a group of people to experience and practise connectedness through sound. The participants’ heartbeats are captured and translated into low-frequency sound, allowing each person to feel their own and other people’s heart rhythms through individually assigned speakers. Reminiscent of ancient drumming, the unique beats merge into a collective symphony, fostering synchronisation and co-regulation, and evoking a sense of connection and belonging.

Laura Papke is an interdisciplinary designer and artistic researcher based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Through her practice, she explores the intersections of art, science, and technology with a particular interest in mental and physical well-being. She crafts contemporary rituals using performance, biofeedback, a range of technologies, and sound. It is her intention to reimagine the purpose of technology, shifting our focus toward nurturing our personal and collective spiritual well-being.

Line Sandvad Mengers will introduce You’re not Alone, a work activated as people pass each other, triggering a sung line from a 90s hit via mobile phones – inviting reflection on community, technology, and human connection across public and private spaces.

With culture as a changing political and social concept, Line Sandvad Mengers works to create space for dialogue and reflection on complex issues such as value and belonging. She graduated from the Funen Academy of Fine Arts in 2006 and holds a Master in Curating, AU, 2020. Line Sandvand Mengers has worked in public spaces and international venues such as Manifesta 11, ACVic Centre d’Arts Contemporànies, Kurgan Art Museum and her work is part of the collection of the Danish Arts Foundation.

Photo credit: Femke Reijerman / Sonic Driving – Laura Papke