WE HERDED SHEEP TOGETHER
geolocated sound installation
stories and music about human relationships with animals
a project by Karmina Šilec
RECOMPOSITION
conceptional installation
A composition waiting to be stored inside of a juniper for voice and a wideband spatial speaker for outdoor use Music by: Karmina Šilec Performed by: !Kebataola! ensemble Bioacoustic sounds: Juniperus sabina (savin juniper), 2023 Juniperus...
PHARMAKEIA
Data Garden
Pharmakeia is a garden of plants that do not grow, do not breathe, do not wither; they are artificially created, yet remain vividly present. Their life derives from a code. The robotic mechanism is a spiritual prosthesis, a machine that does not produce a function, but a metaphor. In...
Karmina Silec STABAT MATER
soundwalk
Karmina Šilec: STABAT MATER location: Centre Marie de I'Incarnation, Quebec 6 Rue du Parloir, Québec https://www.centremarie-incarnation.ca/nousjoindre HOW TO USE: geolocation sound exhibition takes the listener through Minoriti Church. With the help of a...
THIN MEMBRANE demonisation
series
sound installation
Nuuk, Greenland, 2025
concept and sound: Karmina Šilec
ALONE IN IT'S UNIQUENESS
immersive miniature
an immersive sonic event for a solitary visitor
Text: Dr. Mladen Dolar
Concept and music: Karmina Šilec
Performed by: Mladen Dolar, Kebataola ensemble, Andrej Fon (prerecorded)
SHEEP MUSEUM
cabinet of curiosities
The Sheep Museum incudes four sections: Naturalia, Artificialia, Scientifica, and Magica. Groups of objects organized thematically and taxonomically follow the principle of a wunderkammer. Cabinets of curiosities originated in Renaissance Europe when private collectors began gathering exotic,...
PASTORAL
installation
Collection OVIS
Pastoral is not a story about what the sheep did for us, it is a necrography – a history of deaths and ultra-violence taking place over decades, centuries. This violence is not a thing of the past, it is an ongoing act. Human victories over primitive and stupidsheep act as an extension of events, a timeless, almost eternal repetition and escalation of violence against animals. Their remains demonstrate our (un)awareness and animal (un)worthiness.
ACCESS POINT
Geolocated Storytelling
Geolocated Storytelling Teya Brooks Pribac: PUMPKIN performed and produced by: Teya Brooks Pribac radio play Karmina Šilec: MEDI innocent silent shepherd performed by: Minca Lorenci from the book Colossal Balkan fiction Sheep have been...
Karmina Šilec: PHILOMELA
geolocated sound exibition
PREMIERE: 25.11.2022 ob 19.00
next run: 28., 29. in 30. 11.2022 ob 19.00
Architectural space is not a total message in itself. It makes something possible, but it becomes fully meaningful only when it is used. It can also be an indicator of the content. Architecture could become interesting differently when experienced via auditory senses. Space through sound. In sound exhibition Philomela the interplay between aural and visual architecture creates captivating spatial experiences. Sonic walk is designed to immerse a walker in the sounds and place by placing music in the church and in quiet spaces of outdoor courtyards what heightens walkers’ awareness to sound and space. Songs sound like the landscape what shaped the experience. After installing the free smartphone app and downloading Philomela, participants can explore at their own pace, triggering a dense array of musical cells that are carefully crafted to harmonize with the Minoriti church landscape and attractions.
PHILOMELA tries to increase awareness of the gaps in our knowledge of music composed by women. The project aims to change our understanding of the canon of classical music, and its overwhelmingly male appearance. The project aims to investigate forgotten identity of early women composers. The goal is also to erase the need for the distinction of ‘female’ composer entirely.
HOW TO USE:
Carmina Slovenica's first geolocation sound exhibition takes the listener through Minoriti Church. With the help of a simple application loaded on a smartphone, listeners follow the markings on the map of Minoriti. When listeners enter geographically restricted areas - at locations marked with a circle - the musical content of Carmina Slovenica's performance is triggered.
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