TESTIMONIUM
Jacob Kirkegaard
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TESTIMONIUM is an ongoing project created by Jacob Kirkegaard from recordings of waste, recycling, and wastewater facilities around the world.
With vibration sensors placed inside endless piles of organic waste and on massive incinerators, hydrophones lowered in wastewater and heavily contaminated rivers, and acoustic microphones pointed at metal, glass and plastic sorted by hand or machine, TESTIMONIUM listens beyond the immediate stench from discarded matter and into its physical core and industrialized journey.
An acoustically detailed powerful bittersweet homage to the midden of civilization and testimonial for the future.
Artist Name: Jacob Kirkegaard
Artist credited as: Sound artist
Title of the work: TESTIMONIUM - AthensYear: 2021
Medium: Sound and video work
Copyright owner: Jacob Kirkegaard
Duration of the work: 10 minutes
Language: The language of the waste
