Location
Moss Church
Rådhusgata 4, Moss
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The Glass Key, 2021
Sound performance / installation
Free entrance
Charles Stankievech’s The Glass Key harnesses subterranean and cosmic sound to blur the edges of time and space, drawing listeners into mesmerizing depths of environmental resonance.
Comprising field recordings of the ionosphere’s electromagnetic pulses, watery echoes from Arctic ice and Yucatán cenotes, and infrasonic murmurs from volcanic landscapes in Japan, Iceland, and the Canary Islands, the piece invites meditation on deep time and deep listening.
Initially conceived as a series of concerts merging geological features with sonic performance, The Glass Key transforms each host environment into a site-specific composition shaped by local acoustics. From Mexico’s cenotes to European planetariums and chapels, Stankievech’s immersive approach envelops visitors in waves of layered drones and reverberating organs, conjuring an almost mystical sonic underworld.
As part of Between / Worlds: Resonant Ecologies, the work resonates with the liminal thresholds of horizontal reorientation, bridging multiple worlds through transformative sonic passages, while transcending boundaries of place.
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