When Time Lies

Hannah Weinberger works mainly with video, performance and above all sound. Her productions often transcend beyond classical exhibition formats. When Time Lies transforms the Villa Merkel into a walk-in sound space. Noises recorded during the construction, opening or running of the project, in and in front of the building, are transformed into ever new compositional structures by an algorithm. Whenever you visit the exhibition house, there are always new soundscapes.
Hannah Weinberger’s artistic practice often focuses on almost random, sometimes marginal sounds that accompany us in our everyday lives and are, for example, the result of social gatherings.

Her works and installations are created in close reflection of the contexts which determine them. Again and again they enable new references to be made between the work and the audience. Thus they blur the roles of visitor and performer, reminding us that manifold relationships determine our everyday life with its social realities. Hannah Weinberger succeeds in creating impressive atmospheres that oscillate between familiarity and the spirit of discovery. The question of how images and sounds accumulate into memories in a medially overhauled world and how they inscribe and trigger memories is also always at the centre of attention. With the generous support of Schweizer Kulturstiftung Pro Helvetia.