Wasserfall

In 2023, OTO SOUND MUSEUM intends to pursue its migratory mission by travelling both in the digital sphere www.oto.museum and in the urban space, nurturing the nomadic nature of the museum as a home for sound art. Through the SOUND TURM program 2023 at the old Wasserturm in Zurich sound once again lights up the water tower, endowing it with a ‘heartbeat’ that contributes to make it a living organism and a symbol of resistance.

For the second performance of the year, interdisciplinary artist IPek shapes a collective experience, combining her traditional singing practice with reflections on the symbolic meaning of water and its role in our society. As a singer, the artist works with the healing traditions of water in folk music from different geographies. On the other hand, as an activist, she constantly questions the growing ecological crises that we partly cause with our consumption habits. IPek accompanies the listeners on this empirical as well as sonic journey as if they were all together on a boat: sometimes listening to a sinister song while sailing down the river of the underworld and at other times pouring water to say goodbye to our beloved in a village in Anatolia.

The performance Wasserfall is curated by Zaira Oram