Languitecture

since 2016

Languitecture is a study of the languages English, German, Spanish and Arabic. How is a language perceived in an acoustic sense and what socio-historic circumstances settle a language in a certain frequency range? The sound sculptures use movement of different materials to make specific characteristic of each language visible; e.g. the velocity, intonation, use of consonants, frequency range or the utilization of vocal cords, etc..

 

Hards (German); 2016, 135x15x15cm, Ø 15-120cm; wood, motor, Arduino motor control

Highs (English), 2016, 41x41x10, ø 82-104cm;  Sawing blades, plastic coffee stirrers, motor

Scrapes(Arabic), 2016, 50x70x10cm; Sandpaper discs, wood, motors

Smooths (Spanish), 2016, 20x50x40cm; Paint brushes, metal plate, carpet, wood, motor

 











 

 

 

 

 

 

Languitecture is a project by Nadine Hattom, Joe Hornby, Marco Pando, Lisa Premke, Rawan Serhan and Eduardo Suarez; a year-long process to explore interconnections of the four mother-tongues Spanish, Arabic, English and German.

 Languitecture is a project by Nadine Hattom, Joe Hornby, Marco Pando, Lisa Premke, Rawan Serhan and Eduardo Suarez; a year-long process to explore interconnections of the four mother-tongues Spanish, Arabic, English and German.