Acoustic Continuum: A Lecture Performance by Colette Aliman

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Join the final lecture performance by Colette Aliman in the intimate space of -1 at the Nieuwe Instituut.

Acoustic Continuum is a hybrid project that merges sculpture, sound installation, and lecture performance. It blurs the boundaries between research and presentation, between stillness and activation, and between design object and instrument. Modular sculptural forms serve both as resting furniture and as components of a plug-and-play speaker system. These pieces are reconfigured during performances to create intimate, participatory listening environments, while remaining accessible for use outside of performance contexts.The final lecture performance will be presented in the intimate -1 space at the Nieuwe Instituut. These sessions interweave science fiction narratives with research on archaeoacoustics and speculative urban sound design. Through sound design and storytelling, the performance will render complex ideas into immersive and accessible experiences. The project invites a wide audience: from local residents to urban designers and policymakers to listen into imagined acoustic futures.

Colette Aliman Colette Aliman is a Rotterdam-based artist and researcher whose practice centers on sound, listening, and spatial perception. Through installations, performances, and collaborative research, she explores how sonic environments shape social and ecological relationships. Drawing from methods in deep listening, design, and site-specific inquiry, her work often responds to transitional landscapes, from hospitals and energy islands to coastal ecosystems, foregrounding embodied knowledge and alternative modes of sensing. As founder of Sound Office, she develops sound-driven tools and frameworks in dialogue with scientists, architects, and communities, challenging dominant narratives of progress and proposing more attentive, care-oriented engagements with systems in place.

The doors open at 18:00 hr. The event will begin at 18:30 hr.Image credit: The Acoustic Continuum, Colette Aliman. Photo: Roel Backaert

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