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Sound Art & Intervention

Exploring the sonic presence of invisible phenomena — Wi‑Fi networks, GPS signals, and the social architectures they shape.

Installations and interventions presented at Deutsche Oper, Akademie der Künste, and festivals across Europe and Australia.

AnaX Oslo 2013 — a textured abstract composition in muted charcoal, slate grey, and cream, suggesting layered sonic fragments

Installation

Anywhere, All The Time

An Android application that sonifies Wi‑Fi and GPS networks, giving a sonic presence to data streams that normally lie beyond human perception. Presented at Kongress der Möglichkeiten, the work turns urban infrastructure into a permanent, ever-shifting soundtrack.

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A dimly lit gallery interior with a large-scale projection casting geometric patterns across a concrete wall, cool blue and warm amber intersecting

Installation

Sonic Portraits

An interactive sonic installation exhibited at the Authorized Access Festival and Deutsche Oper, Berlin. The work investigates the relationship between listening, identity, and surveillance through real-time audio processing.

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Intervention

Sweep

A site-responsive sonic intervention engaging with architectural acoustics and public space. The work uses sweeping tonal gestures to reveal hidden resonances within built environments.

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Intervention

Sound Selfie

A participatory work that transforms personal listening data into a momentary sonic portrait, questioning how we curate and project identity through sound.

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Intervention

Noise Cancellation Remix

A critical reworking of noise-cancellation technology, exposing the political and social dimensions embedded in algorithms designed to silence unwanted sound.

Additional Works

Installations & Interventions

Gallery space with projected light patterns on a concrete wall, cool teal and warm amber intersecting, contemplative atmosphere

15 Minutes of Infinite Time

A sonic intervention presented at 48 Stunden Neu Kölln, Berlin, in June 2014.

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Sonic Portraits | Deutsche Oper

An iteration of the Sonic Portraits series staged at one of Berlin's most significant cultural institutions.

A dimly lit stage with microphone stands and tangled cables, warm amber and deep indigo shadows, an intimate performance setting

Inanimate Beethoven's Ear

A work engaging with listening, deafness, and the materiality of sound transmission.

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Ana X

A collaborative sound work exploring voice, absence, and mediated presence.

A dimly lit interior with a single window casting soft natural light across a bare wooden floor, deep browns and muted greys

Singing Stones

An installation activating the resonant properties of stone through contact microphones and amplification.

A dimly lit urban street at dusk with wet pavement reflecting amber streetlights, rows of parked cars receding into soft shadow

Whispering Wall

A site-specific work exploring architectural acoustics and the intimacy of whispered sound across distance.

A dimly lit recording studio interior with warm amber and deep brown tones, cables trailing across a wooden floor

Music For An Incidental Audience

A composition for public spaces, designed to be encountered rather than attended.

A textured abstract composition in muted charcoal, slate grey, and cream, suggesting layered sonic fragments and weathered surfaces

No Sound, No Movement, No Memory

A meditation on silence, stillness, and the erasure of sonic traces.

Artist CV

Exhibition History

Jasmine Guffond's sound art and interventions have been exhibited internationally. Venues include Deutsche Oper Berlin, Akademie der Künste, the Liquid Architecture Festival, and 48 Stunden Neu Kölln. Her work consistently interrogates the intersection of sound with social, technological, and political systems — rendering audible the infrastructures that shape contemporary life.

Sound art exists at the intersection of listening and the invisible forces that shape modern life. By translating the ephemeral signals of Wi-Fi networks and GPS satellites into audible textures, the work invites audiences to hear the infrastructures that surround them daily. These are not merely technological demonstrations but sensory investigations into how data flows condition our experience of public and private space. The act of listening becomes a form of awareness, revealing the political and social dimensions embedded in the electromagnetic spectrum. Each installation repositions the listener as an active participant in a landscape where the sonic and the algorithmic converge.

Interventions in public space often challenge the boundary between performance and everyday life. By working with site-specific conditions, the artist transforms urban environments into temporary listening chambers where passersby encounter unexpected sonic presences. These interventions draw attention to how architecture, surveillance systems, and networked technologies mediate our relationship with the city. The work does not simply occupy space but activates it, encouraging a heightened sensitivity to the acoustic and informational layers that normally recede into the background of perception. Each gesture is a proposition for rethinking how we inhabit shared environments.

The relationship between listening and memory is a recurring thread across many projects. Sonic traces of past events, movements, and communications linger in the air long after their source has vanished, and the work often seeks to capture these residues. By recording and recontextualizing found sounds, field recordings, and signal fragments, the artist constructs auditory archives that speak to the fragility of lived experience. These compositions do not document so much as evoke, allowing listeners to inhabit a space between recollection and imagination. Sound becomes a vessel for time itself, carrying whispers of what was and what might yet be.

Collaborations with institutions and festivals across Europe and Australia have allowed these sonic investigations to reach diverse audiences in concert halls, galleries, and unconventional venues. Each presentation adapts to its context, responding to the specific acoustic and social conditions of the site. Whether through multichannel installations, live performances, or participatory walks, the work maintains a consistent focus on the politics of listening and the materiality of sound. These projects affirm that attentive listening is a critical act, one that can reveal hidden structures of power, connection, and belonging within the technological fabric of contemporary life.