Bergen Assembly

We look forward to seeing Tarek Atoui´s Hyundai Commission for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, opening in October!

Tarek Atoui was one of three convenors of Bergen Assembly 2016. For this edition, he set out to expand our understanding and experience of sound and music. In collaboration with Council, he brought together Deaf and hard of hearing communities in Bergen with musicians, composers, and students.

The project was developed with both participants and audiences in mind who experience sound and listening in different ways.

At the time, he had already spent years exploring Deaf cultures and alternative ways of hearing, feeling, and perceiving sound. This resulted in exhibitions, orchestral performances with collaboratively created instruments, and a specialised mediation café called The White Cat Café.

We’re excited to see how his practice will unfold in the Turbine Hall!

Enjoy a video excerpt from ‘Sensational Sounds’ composed by Pauline Oliveros for the piece by Tarek Atoui, conducted by deaf painter Robert Demeter and performed by BIT20 Ensemble and musicians of different expertise and hearing abilities. Documentation by Miguel Balagué.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=526805638116855