Re-charge #2

Slow down

Our home is once again transformed into a public, collective and universal place for experimental performances and presentations within the context of its intimacy.

Due to today's compulsive communication media, silence and stillness are becoming increasingly rare. The installation encourages a ritual of attentive listening and shapes a community without communication, for one is united only in silence.

Sound, music, and poetry help the visitor slow down to a moment of stillness that transforms being in the world into being at home.

Designers involved

Quilts by Cees de Rooij, an Amsterdam-based designer.
Patterns of stripes and checks, quilts made from old shirts.

Soundscape by Jeroen Dirrix, a Rotterdam based electronic musician, composer and producer.
A spatial sound experience that invites attentive listening.

Voigt Pipes by Jonas Lutz, a Rotterdam based and Finnish born designer.
Four special totem-shaped speakers for an immersive audio experience.

Installation by Bert Dirrix, architect.
A narrow listening room of hanging quilts, a room within a room.

Objects by Rens Hein, an Eindhoven based designer.
A series of objects that are formed by close observation of the material, its will, limits, qualities and functions.