Recordings on Dust (Archiving the Universe)
Sound installation
2023 - ongoing

The sound installation Recordings on Dust (Archiving the Universe) by Ben Glas and Stefan Klein consists of recordings of the dust sound that are played throughout the exhibition space and the nave, supported by an interactive drone sound composed of physically navigable, standing pure-tone waves. These standing waves are recordings of the church organ on site. The entire composition is based on the instrument’s tonal frequencies. This combination of ambient sound and standing waves creates an immersive layer that settles subtly in the background of the space, connecting everything within it.

Just as dust, in its material state, resists the laws of physics and does not obey gravity, lingering in the air for weeks, the sound of the installation hovers throughout the space.

During the installation at Chruch St. Paul in Munich, it was continuously audible throughout the exhibition, and at predetermined times, the organist Peter Gerhartz plays live on the organ, integrating his performance into the sound installation.

During the instllation at Culturim Gallery Backshop in Berlin an intimate meditative setting was created, by transforming the window front of the exhibition space is into ad-hoc speakers, acting as an open invitation for listeners to tune into the world of dust particles that constantly surround us. To fully exprience the soundpiece the visitors were invited to press their ears on the window to emerge into the sound trapped in the windowpanes.

Link: Sound 

Part of
Church St. Paul, space n.n., Munich, 2026

Culturim Gallery Backshop Berlin (using the window front as adhoc-speakers), 2024
Ohrenhoch (Der Geräuschladen), Berlin, 2024
Temple Bar Gallery Dublin (played in intervals for two weeks during the DABF), 2023