The peninsula of Refshaleøen is the home of very disparate terains, cultures and living beings. Food meets waste, culture meets business, urban expansion meet ecological entaglement. In a lot of ways Refshaleøen is a microcosm of the world at large.

The sound walk Living Matters takes you through the different spheres of Refshaleøen – and beyond. In this geolocated soundwalk you explore the peninsula through your whole body: lying on harbour soil, leaning against trees and walls, listening to the internal vibrations of old industrial buildings, looking up along tall masts and down into deep pits. All to arrive at a different kind of presence. To meander through and past deep time, sludge, night migratory birds and breathing buildings.

In the soundwalk, several voices guide you through the habitats, terrains and surroundings of Refshaleøen. They’ll take you through vacant plots, into sewage sludge, radio waves, water currents as well as inside trees and through history, while inviting you to inhabit the peninsula’s different dimensions through body and sense. Rather than explaining the world to you, it pleasantly complicates it with a myriad of angles and voices.

Living Matters will open on 30 July and will be permanently available on Echoes. The sound walk starts at the final busstop on Refshaleøen and takes approximately 2 hours.

Credits
Living Matters is a work by Johannes Bellinkx and Sjoerd Leijten.
With the voices of Eva Kijlstra, Inne Eysersmans, Dennis Gaens, Jeanne-Marie Knops, Johannes Bellinkx and Sjoerd Leijten.
Bass clarinet performed by Fie Schouten
Text Dennis Gaens and Sjoerd Leijten

Living Matters is a production of Metropolis and SoAP Maastricht supported by the Dutch performing arts fund, the Danish Arts Council and the city of Copenhagen.