01/03/2025 – 25/05/2025,

ton not. not ton. Bear Bones Lay Low, Isaac Chong Wai, Gajek, Keta Gavasheli + Gregor Darman, Satch Hoyt, Steffani Jemison, Annika Larsson + E.I. the Blob, Alvin Lucier

, Kunsthalle Münster

Concert, performance, exhibition: ton not. not ton is devoted to the sound of things and to what sound evokes, allowing it to appear in acoustic interventions and objects in space, and come to life in one’s own imagination—vibrating and haptic, visual and immaterial, embodied and disembodied. The focus of the third edition of ton not. not ton lies on resonance. How is sound produced, how is it absorbed by the body, how does it resonate within us and how do we resonate within our surroundings? What traces do we leave behind—sometimes consciously, sometimes unconsciously? What role does our body play in all this? How do we, simply through our physical presence, inscribe ourselves into the space and change it?

By exploring the theme of resonance, ton not. not ton responds to an increasing alienation. The associated loss of the ability to resonate is countered in the exhibition by offering meaningful experiences. Immediate physical experiences, the visualization of time and space, encounters with textures and sounds, listening as a distinct sensory experience and perceptual ability all contribute to a sense of situatedness. It is about a collectively shared space, an ability to resonate—in the sense of “response-ability”—and challenges us to think more broadly about what it means to hear, to be heard and to listen in today’s complex environment.

In addition to featuring works by Isaac Chong Wai, Steffani Jemison, Annika Larsson and Alvin Lucier, there will be performances and concerts by Bear Bones Lay Low, Satch Hoyt, Annika Larsson + E.I. the Blob during the opening (28 February 2025) and by Gajek, Keta Gavasheli + Gregor Darman at the end of the exhibition (24 May 2025).

A joint project by Kunsthalle Münster and dispari—a label and platform for auditory publications and performances at changing locations, initiated and run by Nguyen Phuong-Dan.

Curators: Nguyen Phuong-Dan + Merle Radtke