Watch the video reportage of Hanna Hartman – Passage, commissioned by INA grm.

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.

Passage
13’-15’

(…)
There’s a ringing the ears of either depth or height.
It’s the pressure from the other side of the wall.
It has every fact in suspension
And makes the brush steady.
It hurts to go through walls, you get sick from thatBut it’s necessary.
The world is one, but walls…
And a wall is a part of yourself—
You either know it or don’t,
but it’s the same for everyone
Except little children.
No wall for them.
The clear sky has set itself on an incline towards the wall
It’s like an appeal to emptiness
And emptiness turns its face to us
And whispers,“I am not empty, I am open.”

from ”Vermeer” by Tomas Tranströmer
Translated by John Cobley

INA grm also facilitated a residency period during which Hanna Hartman worked at the GRM studios in Paris to compose the piece. Premiere: May 10 2024 at Akousma concert series in Paris, France.
This work is available for touring.
Contact for Presentations: grm@ina.fr