VELMA SPELL - CONSTELLATION WALK

Velma Spell is the alter ego of sound artists Liew Niyomkarn and Inne Eysermans. Commissioned by STUK, the duo make a constellation audio walk through the streets of Leuven which focuses on ways of looking and listening in the universe. Each walk has the shape of a constellation. Choose 1 constellation and follow the route while listening to the audio track. The walk takes about 30 minutes.

Based on the Artefact theme ‘Wired for Empathy’, Liew and Inne explore cosmology and Earthlings’ relation with the universe. By tracking and tracing chaos and harmony, starting from Leuven towards outer space and back to our planet Earth. Enjoy!

Be sure to take your smartphone and headphones with you.

Start at the front facade of STUK, Naamsestraat 96.

Put on your headphones, choose one out of 7 routes and play back the assigned audio track.

N.B. During the opening hours of STUK, you can get a free printed map at the reception.

Credits:

voices: Dr. Fiorella Terenzi, Dr. Shreeya Shetye, Dr. Jan Eysermans, Professor Manuel Aalbers
sound: NASA, LIGO, Iowa University, Chandra Harvard, Mount Stromlo Observatory (all unprocessed)

poster design: Che Go Eun

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