Look & Listen

Sto Werkstatt’s new sound responsive exhibition “Look & Listen”, opened in Clerkenwell, explores the often unnoticed, yet vital role acoustics play in our experience of place.

“Look & Listen”, view of the exhibition at Sto Werkstatt. Photo © GG Archard
Commissioned by Sto Werkstatt and designed by The Klassnik Corporation, Look & Listen offers a variety of sonic experiences which encourage the visitor to focus on the audible aspects of architecture.
This exhibition creates a unique set of environments formed using Sto’s range of acoustic systems and utilises the perfect balance of design flexibility and technical leadership the acoustic materials offer. The installation also demonstrates the materials‘ capabilities in reducing reverberation and promoting clearer sound.
“Look & Listen”, view of the exhibition at Sto Werkstatt. Photo © GG Archard
“Look & Listen”, view of the exhibition at Sto Werkstatt. Photo © GG Archard
A cartoonish juxtaposition of the onomatopoeic words “Bang” and “Shhhh!” resonates in the ground floor gallery space. Bang Billboard is a bold CNC-cut super graphic created using StoSilent Distance, spray finished in StoSilent Decor M. Beyond this skeletal wall is Wonderwall Shhhh!, a series of rotating panels, subtly engraved with the sonic directive “Shhhh!”. These pieces demonstrate the fine CNC engraving possible in Sto’s smoothest acoustic finish, StoSilent Top.
In contrast to the sober monotone exteriors, two passageways clad in StoSilent Direct bring a saturation of bold colour and texture to this installation. Sonic Corridor is finished like a sparkling grotto with a Sto Siliconcarbide glitter sprayed as a finishing touch into the slate grey StoSilent Decor M. The tunnels draw one’s attention to the clarity of the incidental sounds created as visitors inadvertently activate a host of classic desktop science toys positioned inside them, from tweeting birds and clinking chains to rhythmically tapping Newton’s Cradles.
“Look & Listen”, view of the exhibition at Sto Werkstatt. Photo © GG Archard
“Look & Listen”, view of the exhibition at Sto Werkstatt. Photo © GG Archard
Satirically titled Board Room, the Sto Haus has become a shrine to acoustics, with a panel of StoSilent Board 300 seemingly hovering within the space. A cinematic soundscape, created by sound designer Doug Haywood, brings to mind interior spaces desperately in need of acoustic treatments including swimming pools, train stations and lecture theatres. These are interspersed with recorded snippets of conversations about the Sto systems and their practical applications made during Tomas Klassnik’s research trip to the Sto headquarters in Weizen, Germany in February 2015.

until May 1, 2015
Look & Listen
curated by Amy Croft and Doug Haywood
designed by The Klassnik Corporation
Sto Werkstatt
7-9 Woodbridge Street, Clerkenwell
London

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