AURICULA

The body is such a beautiful story. One could say; ”your feet consist of as many if not more bones than the rest of your body.”

One could also say:
”The outer ear or the ear mussel is the visible part of the ear situated on the outside of the head, like little hats placed on both sides. The outer ear is like a funnel that catches the sound and leads it into the middle ear via the ear canal. Here the sound is enhanced by the eardrum and the middle ear bones before it can be lead safely to the inner ear. In the inner ear the sound waves are transformed to nerve signals that are sent to the brain via the listening nerve.

aur•icle /'{phon_capo}:rIkl/ noun (anatomy)
At exactly the same time, with not even a split second delay, the sound wave is sent via the genitiv cordis channel down to your heart – also called the third ear. The human being listens with three ears, the two at each side of your head and the one in your heart.

yellow flowered alpine primrose (Primula auricula)
The outer ear consists of a cartilage skeleton covered with skin, while the earlobe consists of a little fatty tissue. The funnel shape functions as a way to catch the sound, which is the reason why the ear is formed as a mussel and not just as a hole in your head.
The inner ear, or the ear in your heart, or the fictive ear – a loved one has many names – is formed like an alpine primrose, that never withers or loses its colour.

The two upper spaces in the heart are used to send blood around the body atrium—compare ventricle
When exposed to sound art the ears are stretched to the outmost. The ears are habitual to their environment and do not like changes or challenges. If ears are used to listening to the soft tones of Chopin, the etudes and the ballads, then they will decline listening to the frequent rotations on the radio – and vice versa. Sound art throws you into the deep end of the pool. Yet ears know no fear and and when exposed to difference and challenged, they will reach out and seek deeper waters and create even more beautiful stories

Maybe the body will lose its balance for a while but it will be gained tenfold.

Auricula is a sound art exhibition at Krabbesholm Kbh Kunsthal featuring the artists; Ann Lislegaard, Stormhat (aka Peter Bak Nicolaisen), Lars Tingskov Mikkelsen and Ursula Nistrup. Auricula is curated by Kristina Valborg Valberg.

Opening Friday the 29th February (till the 29th March) with a concert by Stormhat. Open to the public 24 hours.
Thank you to Mathias Kryger Hansen for text and to Mai Boline Bjerre for design.

Downloads
> Stormhat: Concert
> Ann Lislegaard: Science Fiction
> Lars T Mikkelsen: Natugle
> Ursula Nistrup: public-work-in-4-parts-kassel-opera
> Ursula Nistrup: whistling-adjecent-room-Museum-Insel-Hombroich-2007

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