A Path Leading Down to the Caretaker's Shower Room 

2024

Sound installation in an enclosed staircase

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"A Path Leading Down to the Caretaker's Room" is a sound installation with room-scale plastic sheets covering the entire space. This project is based on my ongoing research, "Klangliche Route der Häuslichen Wasserversorgung," which explores various architectural situations of water systems, focusing on their acoustic characteristics. Recorded sounds from different water facilities—including the Paderborn sewage treatment plant, the Gummersbach waterworks, the Mainmühle Pumping Station, the pond of Berger Weiher in Munich, and a rain gutter from a house in Cologne—come together and are played back in a staircase. The sounds were carefully composed within the vertical structure of the enclosed staircase using five channels and loudspeakers. 

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Bluna Keller 

Cologne, Germany