Environmental Practice: Resin Arpeggio

Somewhere between the hum of parallel pipes and the inaccessible laboratories of the chemical factory, the dissonant chords of liquids and machinery reverberate endlessly. The space in which these sound patches resonate causes reverberation and interference of multiplied tones. In this dense composition, it is the space itself that performs the sounds, reflecting and playing them back again, as if it were trying to perform an arpeggio. Sometimes these arpeggios merge into a sound mass and emphasize the acoustic pressure of the chemical space. The resin produced here has the character of a sonic glue, moving as if in slow motion and filling one vessel after another. Inorganic compounds exhibit a range of binding properties, as does this sound composition, where individual phrases are connected by invisible filaments.

Humans and their creations are part of nature, but as civilization has developed, our species has mastered the art of copying the processes that occur in the natural environment, and thus our contribution to matter is largely synthetic. Aleatoric in its structure and repetitive in its narrative, Environmental Practice: Resin Arpeggio is also a subversive reference to the field of environmental practices, a set of procedures to analyse, control and reduce the environmental impact of activities, products and services. The whole experience has the character of a sound walk through inaccessible rooms where the processes of combining elements and their processing take place. Here the listener is guided along a path of sound sensations, sometimes abstract and at other times more associated with musical language.

• Curated by Adéla Machová
• Field Recordings by Jan Krtička
• Artwork by Ewa Doroszenko

Composed and performed by Jacek Doroszenko: field recordings, various electronics, various analogue synths, strings, found objects, prepared piano

The field recording session was made possible by the help and willingness of Spolchemie, the Czech chemical company, namely thanks to Mrs. Lenka Pospíšilová and her colleagues.

 

Jacek Doroszenko

The artistic work of Jacek Doroszenko focuses on the relationship between sound and space, capturing the unique audio or audiovisual identity of the various environments in which one moves and realizes oneself. The audio track in his works refers to the characteristics of a location, thus referring, among other things, to the necessity of learning to listen as well as look in visual art. The sound elements of a chemical factory in the city of Ústí nad Labem became the core of the new work for Gallery 3, with the intention of exploring the variability and possible complexity of the sound ecosystem of this place. The sound composition works with the significant properties of the sound landscape, where human-controlled production and manufacturing (from quiet noises to noisier mixers) mix with natural moments (birdsong, a bubbling brook flowing through the area). - Adéla Machová Ph.D.