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| Exhibition Material | Englisch, Französisch und Deutsch |
| Curator | Bettina Steinbrügge |
| LUGA public program at Mudam | This >extented public program< was developed by the guest program advisor Dr. Aouefa Amoussouvi and António Mendes, head of the Publics Department at Mudam. |
| Credits | Susan Philipsz: The Lower World is presented in collaboration with LUGA – Luxembourg Urban Garden. In partnership with LUGA – a city-wide, open-air exhibition of urban gardens – Mudam presents two major monographic projects in Luxembourg’s public spaces: the recreation of The Living Pyramid by Agnes Denes in Park Dräi Eechelen and a new soundinstallation by Susan Philipsz developed for the Aquatunnel, a landmark feature of the city’s World Heritage Site situated below the Ville Haute in Luxembourg. |
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The Lower World
Susan Philipsz
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Scottish artist Susan Philipsz (1965, Glasgow), known for her installations exploring the sculptural and emotional dimensions of sound, has been invited to create a new work for Luxembourg’s Aquatunnel, aunique landmark of the city’s urban heritage. The 900-metre-long tunnel runs beneath the Ville Haute, connecting the Pétrusse Valley to the Pfaffenthal Quarter. Featuring the artist’s voice and playing through twelve speakers placed in different parts of the tunnel, the sound installation The Lower World evokes both the sound of civil defence sirens and the song of the Sirens, who, in Greek mythology, lured sailors to their deaths. ‘The separated voices will be arranged in such a way that the siren sound will in turn be melodic, melancholic, dissonant and haunting as it passes through the space: a current of sound that will appear to rise and fall, coming in waves. With this work, I mean to fill the Aquatunnel with sounds, working with the specificities of the space and encouraging visitors, through multiple associations, to think about their surroundings,’ observes the artist.
Biografie
Susan Philipsz (1965, Glasgow) präsentierte ihre Werke zuletzt in Einzelausstellungen im fjk3 – Contemporary Art Space in Wien (2024), im Kunstmuseum Brandts in Odense (2023), im SFMOMA in San Francisco (2022), im Kunstmuseum in Bonn (2021), in der Auckland Art Gallery (2020), im Castello di Rivoli (2019) und in der Tate Modern in London (2018). Ihre Werke waren bei zahlreichen Gemeinschaftsausstellungen zu sehen, unter anderem im West Bund Museum x Centre Pompidou in Shanghai, im ZKM in Karlsruhe (2024), im Castello di Rivoli, in der Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lissabon (2023), im Kunstnernus Hus in Oslo, im Santa Barbara Museum of Art in Santa Barbara (2022) und in der National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne (2020). Ihre Werke sind in den Sammlungen von Institutionen wie dem Baltimore Museum of Art, der Fondation Beyeler in Basel, der Hamburger Kunsthalle, dem Castello di Rivoli, dem Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C., dem Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, dem Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, dem Museum Ludwig in Köln, dem SFMOMA in San Francisco und dem Walker Art Center in Minneapolis zu finden. Susan Philipsz lebt und arbeitet in Berlin.