In conjunction with Art Access Aotearoa's Whakahoa Kaitoi Whanaketanga PAK'nSAVE Artist Fellowship, we are happy to invite you to listen to 4 Feet in The Dark, a new work by Tash van Schaardenburg and Ari Kerssens. 4 Feet in the Dark considers the ableist architectures of everyday life alongside the soulful empowerment of embracing the disabled experience, a 20-speaker surround sound sonic journey through the breadth of human emotions within the lens of blindness. There will be five presentations of the work at the Western Springs community hall.
4 Feet in the Dark was created with a collection of field recordings taken during a period of 8 months of Ari Kerssens navigating the world as a blind person, using a portable contact mic rigging that attached to their cane, a field recorder with just enough buttons for Ari to memorise and another recorder coupled with some quiet shoes for Tash to follow them on their journeys.
These sounds are allegories of the ableism designed into our cities; an allusion to the discomfort and anxiety that we often experience while navigating through urban soundscapes.
But beneath the noise, through the overwhelming, louder than the sonic dysphoria, grows the euphoria of embracing existence of the difference of experience. What does it mean to love yourself? What does it mean to live outshining the shadow the society casts over you? What can you feel when you face the closing doors and find new pathways between their frames?
You walk like Ari Kerssens walks, 4-feet in the Dark.
Western Springs Community Hall
Wednesday 31 January: 7:00PM and 9:00PM
Thursday 1 February: 1:00PM, 6:00PM and 9:00PM.
Western Springs Garden Community Hall
- Western Springs Garden Community Hall
- 956 Great North Road
- Auckland, Auckland 1022
In conjunction with Art Access Aotearoa's Whakahoa Kaitoi Whanaketanga PAK'nSAVE Artist Fellowship, we are happy to invite you to listen to 4 Feet in The Dark, a new work by Tash van Schaardenburg and Ari Kerssens. 4 Feet in the Dark considers the ableist architectures of everyday life alongside the soulful empowerment of embracing the disabled experience, a 20-speaker surround sound sonic journey through the breadth of human emotions within the lens of blindness. There will be five presentations of the work at the Western Springs community hall.
4 Feet in the Dark was created with a collection of field recordings taken during a period of 8 months of Ari Kerssens navigating the world as a blind person, using a portable contact mic rigging that attached to their cane, a field recorder with just enough buttons for Ari to memorise and another recorder coupled with some quiet shoes for Tash to follow them on their journeys.
These sounds are allegories of the ableism designed into our cities; an allusion to the discomfort and anxiety that we often experience while navigating through urban soundscapes.
But beneath the noise, through the overwhelming, louder than the sonic dysphoria, grows the euphoria of embracing existence of the difference of experience. What does it mean to love yourself? What does it mean to live outshining the shadow the society casts over you? What can you feel when you face the closing doors and find new pathways between their frames?
You walk like Ari Kerssens walks, 4-feet in the Dark.
Western Springs Community Hall
Wednesday 31 January: 7:00PM and 9:00PM
Thursday 1 February: 1:00PM, 6:00PM and 9:00PM.
