Earthing A new sound piece by Morten Riis

Event Introduction

Earthing is a new sound piece by Morten Riis (b. 1980), in which all sound is powered exclusively by the earth’s own electrical energy. The work explores how music is shaped when its energy source is neither mobile nor stable, but dependent on soil composition, humidity, temperature, and time. The composition becomes a negotiation between human, technology, and landscape.

Earthing foregrounds our dependence on the earth as a resource and introduces a deliberate slowness and fragility into electronic music practice. Rather than taking energy for granted, the work makes its production audible and physically perceptible.

The piece is conceived for an intimate listening space, where low volume and close physical proximity to the instrument underline the fragility of the music. The audience is invited to come close to a circuit in which soil, body, and acoustic resonators form a single system, and where the electrical energy is experienced as quiet yet physically present sound. Presented as a concentrated listening experience, the work shifts the audience’s attention from spectacular technology to a simple, slow, and transparent musical practice: a sensory reflection on sustainability, place, and the future of electronic music.

In co-operation with and supported by:

Northern Connection, Art Music Denmark.

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