Update / Akustik Ufuk - Acoustic Horizon

“Pera Museum presents Özcan Ertek’s interactive sound installation Acoustic Horizon, inspired by the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Orientalist Painting Collection. The installation plays soundscapes driven from the paintings in the Intersecting Worlds: Ambassadors and Painters exhibition, using an electronic compass that operates according to the direction of the horn. The project launches with a live performance by Özcan Ertek, where he will be playing this instrument.
Influenced by the intensive relations between European states and the Ottoman Empire during the period from the 17th to the 19th centuries, Acoustic Horizon reflects upon history while also exploring its connections to the present. The paintings included in the collection are not only significant in revealing information on diplomatic relations within the Ottoman Empire but are also substantial portrayals of the attitude felt by European Ambassadors either visiting or residing in the region. Acoustic Horizon invites the audience to use this instrument to listen to the sounds inspired by the paintings in the collection exhibition. In connecting seemingly juxtaposed concepts such as the conscious and the unconscious, the physical and the emotional and distance and close proximity, the installation explores future scenarios.”