This winter, the LAM museum is turning up the volume on art.
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Hear art like never before
Allow your ears
to take the lead
What happens when we allow our ears, rather than our eyes, to take the lead? Starting on Friday, 13 December 2024, the LAM museum on the Keukenhof Estate in Lisse invites visitors to tune into a fresh way of experiencing art. With a brand-new audio tour, a sound sculpture by renowned Scottish artist Susan Philipsz and a new piece by sound artist Elise ’t Hart, visitors can discover how they listen, what they hear — and don’t hear — and how sound shapes the way we see the world.
The sound of
celebration
For the latest addition to its food art collection, the LAM museum has spent the past year collecting home videos capturing the sounds of celebratory occasions. What food-related sounds do we hear during dinners, parties, baby showers and other joyful moments shared around the table? Sound artist Elise ’t Hart has taken these captured sounds — ranging from the popping of champagne corks to the rustling of crisp packets and the lively clatter of shellfish — and transformed them into a sensory feast for both the ears and eyes. You can experience this new installation at the LAM museum starting 13 December 2024.
Do you hear
What I hear?
Do you hear what I hear? Probably not. This is illustrated by a viral audio clip of a computerised voice that utters a single word. Some listeners are convinced they hear the name ‘Yanny’, while others distinctly hear ‘Laurel’. This phenomenon is just one element of the LAM museum’s brand-new audio tour, designed to heighten our awareness of what we hear and how we listen. The tour guides visitors past artworks that make sound, as well as artworks made of sound, revealing how hearing is a deeply personal experience — and how sound can completely change the way we view art.
The sound of
love
One of the sound artworks featured is Songs Sung in the First Person on Themes of Longing by the acclaimed Scottish artist Susan Philipsz (1965). Amid the rustling leaves on the trees surrounding the museum, visitors’ ears may occasionally catch a voice softly humming love songs. Susan Philipsz originally performed these songs over a British supermarket’s intercom. “You can’t touch this sound artwork, but it can definitely touch you”, explains the artist.
