Tomoko Hojo (JP) and Rahel Kraft (CH) perform, install and exhibit sound works. Active as an artists’ collective since 2016, they constantly push their interest in hidden, faint and intimate sounds that are often inaudible in the relationship between people, place and history. Auditory memories, performative field recordings, listening to snow, rivers and silence, and hours spent translating between Japanese, English and German form an important backdrop to their site-specific and research-based working processes.
With clear nods to Luc Ferrari’s work and his adoration of his surroundings, there is a strong sense of place here. By allowing a meditative spirit to take shape there is a journey of sorts, one punctuated by the occasional sounds of truly being alive.
Beachsloth October 2021
