Refractions

Sound art exhibition at Palais Bellevue, Kassel
September 2 to October 1, 2023

Opening hours

Thurs. to Sun., 3 to 7 p.m.
Museum Night:
Sat, Sept 2: 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Sun, Sept. 3: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Clara Oppel’s “Refractions” at Bellevue
As a prelude to the Brückner-Kühner Foundation’s program at the Palais Bellevue, Clara Oppel is creating a space-consuming audio installation: an interwoven, oscillating, and walkable structure that sounds different from every listening direction. The sound from soundscapes of nature as well as voices and thoughts crumbles down to the microscopic, as fine as the delicate tension of a lake surface with dancing water striders. During the exhibition, the Graz-based artist offers sound walks (“walk the sound”), guided tours and talks. The supporting program also includes a reading by language artist, radio play author and literary editor Stephan Krass from his 2022 book “Radiozeiten. Vom Ätherspuk zum Podcast”: for a good reason, because in October 2023 radio will be 100 years old.

Event program

Sat., Sept. 2, 11 a.m.: Exhibition Opening
In the context of the opening of Palais Bellevue
Introduction: Dr. Friedrich W. Block / Sound performance: Clara Oppel

Sat., Sept. 2, 7 p.m. / Sun., Sept. 3, 11 a.m.: Kassel Museum Night
Guided tours and talks with Clara Oppel

Tue, 9/26, 7 p.m.: “Radio Times”
Reading and talk by and with Stephan Krass

Sat. Sept. 30 / Sun. Oct. 1, 4 p.m.: “walk the sound”
Sound walks with Clara Oppel, limited number of people,
only with registration: bellevue@brueckner-kuehner.de / 0561 24304

An event of the Brückner-Kühner Foundation at Palais Bellevue
Palais Bellevue: Schöne Aussicht 2, 34117 Kassel, Germany
Brückner-Kühner Foundation: Poets’ House, Hans-Böckler-Strasse 5, 34121 Kassel
Tel.: 0561.24304, e-mail: bellevue@brueckner-kuehner.de, Internet: brueckner-kuehner.de Photos: Gernot Muhr
With the kind support of the Cultural Office of the City of Kassel