There is no party so noisy as the one you’re not invited to
Exhibition
TENT
8 - 12 Februari
Quiet sounds can be profoundly disturbing, yet loud noises can be very comforting. These experiences are not only due to the sounds but also our attitudes towards them. Physical abilities, personal experiences, social contexts, cultural conventions, and political choices can influence these attitudes toward sound. Together with artists, musicians, and activists, curator Linnea Semmerling investigated how such attitudes influence Rotterdam’s soundscape.
The exhibition There is no party so noisy as the one you’re not invited to shows how mechanisms for distinguishing between wanted and unwanted sounds have shaped the city’s auditory culture since the 19th century. The exhibited artworks, artefacts, and policy documents include signs prohibiting singing in public facilities, by-laws against musical instruments popular among the less affluent, registration forms for regulating honking cars in Turkish wedding motorcades, and ultrasonic devices to deter teens from public spaces. Combined, they reveal how dominant modes of listening, such as white listening, wealthy listening, and able-bodied listening, have been adopted as norms and enforced by various bureaucratic technologies and administrative instruments.
Gilles Aubry, Concrete Blossom, Angeliki Diakrousi, Effi & Amir, Serene Hui, Cengiz Mengüç, Santiago Pinyol. Curated by Linnea Semmerling.
TENT
Witte de Withstraat 50, 3012BR, Rotterdam
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8 Februari
11:00 - 18:00
9 Februari
11:00 - 18:00
10 Februari
11:00 - 21:00
11 Februari
11:00 - 18:00
12 Februari
11:00 - 18:00
50% discount for AR visitors
€ 5.00 Entrance to TENT
€ 9.00 Combination ticket TENT & FKA WDW
€ 4.50 Combi ticket, discount for students / CJP / 65+
Free: < 18 years / Museum card / Rotterdam pass / ICOM
