We are the four creators of multidimensional forms of being, and each of us has the ability to open new gates
by changing timelines and probabilities. At the same time, we are hypnotized by the belief that we can experience
our reality as we wish, if we harness the power of the headsets and smartphones that each of us owns.
Third listening platform was an improvised collective performance called Four Shifts and took place on 9 April 2022 as part of the Sounding the Spui installation at the Rewire Festival in The Hague. The performance lasted about eighteen minutes, during which four performers, Sonology students dressed in orange uniforms, were imitating Thuisbezorgd (dutch food delivery company) employees, who hang around during breaks, watching their phones and waiting for their next food order. While doing so, they were processed the sounds of the public traffic—bells ringing, booming trams passing by, clickety-clack of skateboarders, voices murmuring, etc.
As a result, the four processed audio signals from the performers’ headsets were sent to the mixing console, distributed to the multi-channel sound system, and transmitted back into the venue.