In amplified residence
Theodore Trottner
12 December
Description
In Amplified Residence, composer and sound artist Theodore Trottner transforms HAS, the sounds our audience makes, into a living instrument. Through a site-specific installation and an immersive sound performance, Trottner activates the architecture, exposing the hidden resonances, vibrations, and acoustic character of the space itself. And how that changes depending on who is moving in the rooms and how many they are.
What begins as subtle frequency shifts unfolds into a physical, spatial experience - a soundscape that can only exist here, in this moment, in this room.
With Amplified Residence, Theodore Trottner invites visitors into a sonic landscape shaped entirely by the building’s own voice. Using sensors, amplification, and sculpted sound, the installation turns walls, floors, and air into an instrument. The performance becomes a dialogue between artist and architecture, a one-night-only resonance of space, presence, and vibration.
Artist Statement
I investigate what sound can ultimately be. The fragmentary and ephemeral are conceptual pillars of how I work with sound. I am interested in ideas of value and exclusivity, openness and play.
I am endlessly fascinated by the potential of a sound piece that creates a listener. How does listening transform you? Can the presence of listening expand the physical space, and in what ways can sound transform the social environment?
Sound art is free to become sculptures, dim lit rooms, site-specific installations, blinking eyes, atmospheres in stairwells..
I see sound art as existing in the in-between spaces of visual art, and sound as an artistic material provides the freedom for my work to move and exist across many different contexts. Inhabiting the playful, the immersive, the intimate and the chaotic is important for sound and for my artistic practice.
The work presented here at Helix Art Space is a continuation of my recent work with live improvisation and amplified sound objects.
Here I use the buildings inside-structure as the resonant body in my search for sound.
The installation is built up by improvisation, during three days my residency is focused on decisions regarding placement of the contact microphones and what is amplified. This work becomes the composition and score. But it is not a finished sound work until you the visitor activate the installation. Your presence, movements and shared exploration on the final day of In Amplified Residence is key to how it sounds.
Date & Address
12 December
17:00-21:00
Sound performance: 19:30
Helix Art Space (HAS), Torsplan 12, Stockholm
Artists
Theodore Trottner
About
Theodore Trottner is a composer and sound artist whose work explores the acoustic identity of architectural spaces. Working with sensors, live electronics, and site-responsive sound structures, he transforms environments into active instruments. His installations and performances investigate resonance, vibration, and the physical presence of sound, often blurring the boundaries between composition, sculpture, and spatial experience. Trottner’s practice is rooted in deep listening and a curiosity for how sound shapes, and is shaped by, the spaces we inhabit.
Credits
Vanda Wide, Nicholas Oja, Petter Ericsson, Daniel daboczy, Thom Mattsson, Ebba Lindgren, Jennifer Gummesson
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