Voice and Landscape
In Search of Form

Can a landscape speak? And if so, what kind of voice, or voices, might it have? How do we listen to it, and what does this listening make us feel? And how have the definitions of landscape and voice changed over recent times? These questions guide an exploration into the intersections between sound, image, and perception, opening up a reflection on how we relate to our surroundings and how we shape them through our interpretations. Landscapes are not neutral; they are charged with meaning, often carrying stories that extend far beyond their physical presence. The interplay between sound and image creates a space where form is not fixed but constantly shifting, revealing new perspectives and understandings. The researches of Véréna Paravel and Philippe Parreno are almost at the opposite of each other. Yet, through their work, through moving images and images that move, both artists challenge conventional ways of perceiving and interacting with the world, inviting us to rethink how we define form, movement, and voice in the context of our environments.

Host: Andrea Lissoni

Andrea Lissoni, PhD, is Artistic Director of Haus der Kunst. His curatorial programme is based on transdisciplinary and transgenerational approaches in which all strands of artistic practices are deeply connected and started in April 2022 with the sound and music residency series TUNE and the series of intertwined exhibitions by Fujiko Nakaya, Dumb Type, Carsten Nicolai, Christine Sun Kim, Tony Cokes, Karrabing Film Collective. The series continued with Inside Other Spaces. Environments by Women Artists 1956—1976, alongside shows by WangShui, Martino Gamper and Meredith Monk and developed further, with solo exhibitions by Pan Daijing, Liliane Lijn, Rebecca Horn, Pussy Riot and Philippe Parreno.

Véréna Paravel

Véréna Paravel is a French anthropologist and filmmaker. Her research and artistic practice examine he poetics and politics of the body, the physical and perceptual limits of human experience, interspecies perspectives, sensory ethnography and new ecologies.

Philippe Parreno

Philippe Parreno is a French artist who rose to prominence in the 1990s, earning critical acclaim for his work that spans a diversity of media. He radically redefined the exhibition experience by taking it as a medium, exploring its possibilities as a coherent “object”.