The Ear is the Eye of the Soul

Installed in the ›Giardino Mistico‹ earlier this year, the work unfolds as a sonic prayer inspired by the compositions and figure of Hildegard of Bingen, an abbess, poet, healer and composer in whose mind cosmology, music and medicine formed one continuous mode of perceiving creation. Commissions from artists as diverse as Meredith Monk, Kali Malone, FKA twigs, Carminho and Terry Riley are folded into a contemplative whole. During Berlin Art Week, the ambulatory experience of the ›Giardino Mistico‹ is translated into a synchronous one at Reethaus, giving visitors the opportunity to experience this work collectively in celebration of its LP release co-produced with Analogue Foundation and distributed by Bella Union and Heni.

For Hildegard, sound was a way of knowing. In ›The Ear is the Eye of the Soul‹, listening becomes the primary act, and collective listening an opportunity to share inner experience.