Moving Sand [Live-Set]

Performative Reading and Live-Set of Field Recordings around the infrastructural movement and supply chains into which the majority of sand flows. In The Neverending Story, the fantasy novel by Michael Ende, the land of Fantasia is destroyed, with only a single grain of sand remaining. Sand is both the end and the beginning. It is the foundation of cities in both ancient and modern times. Sand is mined, dredged, manipulated, dissected, mixed, sold, stolen, smuggled, heated, blown, minimized, transformed, and used in almost all contemporary designs: machines, structures, products, houses, infrastructures, and communications systems. Sand spans the urbanization cycle, from rural terrain to manufacturing centers, city buildings, and artificial islands. The symbolism of sand as a foundation for our world continues in our collective subconscious, and the story of sand is indeed neverending. The project was part of the listening session with participants from the Sandberg Instituut’s Artificial Times and Studio for Immediate Spaces during Re:Wire Festival 2024.