ALIFIYAH IMANI

an entropy of one’s own
Sonic Rituals
Soil Sisters
Wor(l)ding Dreamers
Drone ~ Ether ~ Stream
Form(ing) Matter (of) Sound
Before the Rāga Comes the Drone
Your Listening is a Paracosm
Diasporic Listening to Berlin’s Soundscape
Is it alive

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Is it alive (2022-2023)

Category: sound installation, sound object

1. Group exhibition - Ich spüre was, was du nicht spürst, HilbertRaum (Berlin)
November 18 - November 22, 2022 / Curated by: Rhizome Laboratory (Stephanie Fenner & Miguel Canal)
2. Group exhibition - Finissage Pandora Art Gallery (Berlin)
February 17, 2023 / Curated by: Guinchi
3. Group exhibition - ThinkHalle (NEW NOW Festival - Hypernatural Forces)
UNESCO World Heritage Zollverein (Essen) / June 4, 2023 / Curated by: Vivianne Lennert

Link: https://hilbertraum.org/2022-ich-spuere-was

Is it alive is a speculative listening object and thought experiment based on sound, life, and electromagnetic induction. It explores the potential for sound to influence both the external environment, and of the relation(s) between sound, and the concept of a soul.

Through the plasma speaker of a DIY Tesla coil placed inside an enclosed object, listeners are provoked to wonder, whether what they are listening to can be considered a living entity? When you take something out of its presumed context, can it still have a soul? The experiment does not aim to clarify an ambiguous reading with a straightforward yes or no. It asserts the change of what exists and asks us to reflect on our own nature in order to comprehend the peculiarities between the material and immaterial forms.

_{Details
10 x 10 x 30 cm
Tesla coil, microcontroller board, circuitry, and sound}

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