1999
Defining a Space
As one walks through the lobby / corridor of the office center, one sees / feels / experiences this space in sections, thanks to Neuhaus' sound work. Divided into four zones, it not only becomes part of the architecture of the space, it defines that space, it becomes inseparable from our experience of being there.
My immediate reaction upon walking into the building was that the sound seemed faraway. Its presence seemed almost invisible, ambient. I knew it was there, but sensed that it was faraway, away from any immediate encounter. Its volume, its presence, is only apparent when one stops, when one concentrates on hearing it.
This reaction would be tempered the more time one spent in the space. As the sound is integrated into the overall spatial parameters, as it, paradoxically, becomes less of an intervention and more of a permanent quality, one does not have to stop and listen. It is just there.
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