MUR 004 + CHARLOTTE HAYWOOD / EDWARD HORNE + HUMUS
オーストラリア、ニューサウスウェールズ州北部のバンドジャルンカントリー出身の地域アーティスト、シャーロット・ヘイウッドとエドワード・ホーンによって実現した魅力的な試み、HUMUSを紹介します。彼らのプロジェクトは、インスタレーション、パブリックアート、実験的建築、没入型シアターデザイン、サイトスペシフィックスカルプチャー、コミュニティエンゲージメント、ビデオ、サウンド、テキスタイル、教育学など様々なメディアを軽々と横断し、学際芸術の領域を掘り下げています。石垣島では、バイオミミクリー、エコ美学、マルチナラティブ、互恵性の探求に深く根ざしたクリエイティブなコラボレーションを展開しています。マ・ウミ・レジデンシーでは、織物職人、大工、船大工、音楽家、その他の地元の職人たちと会話を交わし、洞察を深め、コラボレーションを行うために集まっています。彼らの芸術活動の中心は、多様な文化との交流と没入であり、文化的、政治的、生態学的な規範を批判的に検討しながら、その独自性を尊重することです。
Through the creation of temporary “listening spaces”—part installation, part performance—the project invites audiences to attune themselves to Ishigaki’s intertidal and underwater acoustics. Hydrophone recordings, oral narratives, ambient frequencies, and speculative sound compositions come together to form immersive acoustic landscapes where the boundaries between human and non-human, memory and future, are dissolved.
By amplifying these overlooked or submerged frequencies, "The Unheard Presence" reclaims listening as a form of awareness, care, and resistance. It expands MA Umi Residencies’ commitment to multispecies storytelling and place-based knowledge, offering new ways of sensing and imagining coexistence at the edge of land and sea.
Claudia van Hasselt is an interdisciplinary artist, classical mezzo-soprano, and producer based in Berlin. As a founding member of the artist collective FRAU VON DA //, she integrates her vocal expertise with performance, sound art, and research-based installations. Her work often explores the intersection of art and science, engaging with ecological and societal themes. Claudia has participated in events such as the Berlin Science Week, contributing to performances that examine life forms within ecosystems like the Oder River.
Nicolas Wiese is a Berlin-based audiovisual artist and composer working at the intersection of sound, image, and spatial installation. With a background in communication design and sound studies, his practice spans electroacoustic music, performance, and experimental media. Wiese’s work explores mediated perception and the layering of memory through found materials and live improvisation. He has presented internationally at venues including the British Film Institute, Festival Sonikas (Madrid), and the Tehran Digital Art Exhibition.