- Orion - pandemic sound "podcast " for Cyber Pills_following the deep " - festival in Lviv / Ukraine.
Status : Archive.
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The piece I propose is a reflection on the current state of tensions in the world. The tensions, not on the level of armed conflicts or strong political antagonisms, but within each of us. Tensions linked to the uncertainty of tomorrow, to the unpredictability of events. For the first time we are faced with a reality that triggers a kind of sharpening in us - thoughts, feelings, sensations, fears. The world, which is no longer known and safe, suddenly becomes different, unknown, read anew. We seek solace in nature, but also in art. On the other hand, we hope that innovation and technology will somehow save us. We turn to knowledge. However, we allow ourselves a kind of magic, which always starts in the face of the unknown.
In my work I use my composition in which I weave all the tensions currently accompanying us. I weave the sounds of nature around me, the sounds of my child with whom I now spend so much time, my walks with the dog, but also the sounds of everyday life that I hadn't paid attention to before - ambulance signals, hospital recordings, the rush and the pace of everyday life, which from the constant acceleration has moved into suspension mode.

My work is called Orion. It is one of the most characteristic constellations of the winter sky, in the latitude of Poland visible from October to the end of February, when the constellation disappears in the west. It is precisely in the period of the intensity of the pandemic. Mounting of Orion falls in early December. It is easy to find and identify, and at the same time looking at it we see it selectively - we see the seven stars that make up the "body" of this hunter, who was supposed to be the son of Poseidon. In fact, the constellation of Orion hides many secrets, for example, it is a great point of reference for searching the Pleiades.

As I lift my head up into the sky I only see what my unarmed eye will allow me to see and wonder "where we are and where we are going". Wandering around my own neighborhood and around my own city, I ask exactly the same questions, with my eyes and ears armed with new tools - uncertainty, anxiety but also hope to see and hear more in order to better understand and feel more.

Łukasz Szałankiewicz / Zenial