Hanna Hartman – Passage

Hanna Hartman – Passage

Commissioned by

Photo credits Helga Brekkan

Hanna Hartman creates compositions that are exclusively made up from authentic sounds which she has recorded around the world. These sounds are taken out of their original context and thus perceived in their purity. From the new constellations between these sounds she creates extraordinary soundworlds in which she seeks to reveal hidden correspondences between the most diverse auditive impressions.

(…)

The ears experience a buzz, perhaps it’s depth or perhaps height.

It’s the pressure from the other side of the wall,

the pressure that makes each fact float

and makes the brushstroke firm.

Passing through walls hurts human beings, they get sick from it,
but we have no choice.
It’s all one world. Now to the walls.
The walls are a part of you.
One either knows that, or one doesn’t; but it’s the same for everyone
except for small children. There aren’t any walls for them.
The airy sky has taken its place leaning against the wall.
It is like a prayer to what is empty.
And what is empty turns its face to us
and whispers:
“I am not empty, I am open.”

Tomas Tranströmer: Vermeer. Translation by Robert Bly, from The Half-Finished Heaven: The Best Poems of Tomas Tranströmer (Graywolf Press, 2001)

Commissioned by INA grm
Premiere: May 10 2024 at Akousma concert series in Paris, France.
This work is available for touring.
Contact for presentations: grm@ina.fr

Year

2024

Location

Paris (FR)