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This installation contains intense lighting effects that may cause discomfort for sensitive individuals.

In the anechoic chamber of the Institute of Fluid Machinery at the Lodz University of Technology, research is being conducted on the properties of specific frequencies generated by flying machines. The psychoacoustic impact of noise and single tones on humans is a key issue in sound ecology.

I entered the chamber for the first time shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic and before the war in Ukraine began. I have the impression that in this darkened space – usually filled with the abstract whir of drone propellers – two trajectories of human thought and technological momentum intersect today.

On one hand, there is sensitive, precise care for one of the most sensitive human organs, aimed at improving the quality of life. On the other – there is military direction and engineering work on technologies designed to make drones undetectable.

Currently, the DJI 3 propeller, commonly used in photography, surveillance, and military applications, is being tested. For the purposes of the experiments, its size has been more than doubled compared to the standard (maximum rotational speed: 1800 rpm). This is to adapt the research results for future applications in flying vehicles, such as air taxis.

Aleksandra Chciuk – an interdisciplinary artist and pianist, working at the intersection of sound art, visual art, and choreography. In her artistic practice, she explores sound phenomena and their impact on the state of mind and reactions of the human body. She analyses the psychological and musical relationships between humans and nature, technology, and spatial architecture. Many of her works are based on acousmatic reception, which she treats as a tool for deepening mindfulness and relational perception of reality. She enjoys working collectively. She is the founder of the women’s collective Pełnia, co-creates an artistic duo with Kuba Krzewiński, and the band Węże Kobro, within which she freely improvises musicaly. She plays the prepared piano, small instruments, and uses her voice. An important theme in her work is broadly understood musicality, within which she explores the relationships between sound and image. In her recent works, she uses scientific research processes to capture changes taking place in the audiosphere and interpret their meanings.

Aleksandra Chciuk – an interdisciplinary artist and pianist, working at the intersection of sound art, visual art, and choreography. In her artistic practice, she explores sound phenomena and their impact on the state of mind and reactions of the human body. She analyses the psychological and musical relationships between humans and nature, technology, and spatial architecture. Many of her works are based on acousmatic reception, which she treats as a tool for deepening mindfulness and relational perception of reality. She enjoys working collectively. She is the founder of the women’s collective Pełnia, co-creates an artistic duo with Kuba Krzewiński, and the band Węże Kobro, within which she freely improvises musically. She plays the prepared piano, small instruments, and uses her voice. An important theme in her work is broadly understood musicality, within which she explores the relationships between sound and image. In her recent works, she uses scientific research processes to capture changes taking place in the audiosphere and interpret their meanings. A graduate of the Łódź Film School. She currently lectures and runs the Audiosphere Studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź. Her works have been presented at the Center for the Arts in Boston, Instituto Moreira Salles in São Paulo, Siddhartha Art Gallery in Kathmandu, MSN and Zachęta in Warsaw, Atlas of Art and the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź, as well as at festivals of new and experimental music and media art, such as Warsaw Autumn, Audio Art, Sound Sanatorium, Installations, WRO Biennale, Musica Moderna, Musica Privata, Spontaneous Music Festival and others. She has recently released two albums: minor civilization (Antenna Non Grata) and Dwie strony (Szara Reneta).