Exhibition Spectral Diffractions by Dutch artist Edwin van der Heide

The Mies van der Rohe Foundation, the Music Technology Group at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Sónar Festival and the EINA Foundation have joined forces to make possible the exhibition Spectral Diffractions by Dutch artist Edwin van der Heide, a project study on the fragmentation of sound, comissioned by professor Lluis Nacenta and which takes part in the privileged context of Sónar+D.

The point of departure for Spectral Diffractions is the question of what happens if we take a sound apart in its elementary vibrations and distribute these individual tones in space. How do we perceive this? What is the music of the sound rainbow?

The result is what you will find at the installation of artist Edwin van der Heide, at the Mies van der Rohe pavillion, from June 10th until June 14th. The venue on its own participates of the installation - for its own volumetric forms and inside and outside space characteristics –, aswell as  visitors , whom through their position and movement around the pavilion will be able to alter effects and sound discoveries of the exhibition.

As part of the collaborative effort, a publication and CD documents the installation Spectral Diffractions, as presented at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion, but also forms a piece in itself. The book has been designed by EINA professor Pilar Górriz  and graduate student Gerard Pellisa. Purchase is available at the Mies van der Rohe pavillion library, since exhibition opening June 10th, at 8pm.