Exhibitionview: Helmhaus Zürich 2026
The work, developed specifically for the exhibition Only the Lonely – sole interactions, brings together the participants’ different perspectives in a collective sound memory.
It operates like a classic memory game: instead of matching identical images, players search for corresponding pairs of sounds, which are activated via small sound modules and become audible the moment they are lifted.
In the game, unexpected encounters emerge between sounds, as well as between different experiences and interpretations of loneliness and solitude.
Visitors can discover a spectrum ranging from loneliness as an experience of deprivation or distance, and the quiet uncertainty of an artistic process bound solely to the self, to solitude as a state of concentration, retreat and artistic openness.
Loneliness and solitude are thus portrayed as an interplay between loss and productivity, between isolation and connection – stable yet fragile states that cannot be rigidly defined and keep us in motion.
◦ 2. April – 7. Juni 2026 — Only the lonely – sole interactions, Helmhaus, Zürich, CH