ACHERUSIA

ERRANT SOUND, BERLIN
October 23rd to 26th, 2025

(Installation: panels, photographs on paper, found objects, transducers.
Live performance: multichannel sound system, field recordings, samplers, digital and analog effects.)

Acherusia is a sound installation and live performance whose core elements are soundwalks recorded in both natural and urban settings surrounding the Phlegraean Fields, a vast volcanic area west of Naples, Italy.

In the installation, the recordings are presented alongside photographs and found objects collected on-site, linking audio to the visible and material traces of the landscape.

During the live performance, the sounds are manipulated and mixed to form a shifting narrative that intertwines childhood memories with present-day concerns about the fragility of both urban and natural environments.

Acherusia examines how everyday life continues, pauses, or almost disappears in a place where the ground itself is in constant shift. By contrasting environmental sounds with traces of human activity, the work reveals the delicate balance between people and their surroundings and invites reflection on how communities adapt or retreat in a precarious landscape that is constantly changing.