Confession – Solo with Sound

How do we bear the weight of existence when every step we take seems to lead us back to the slow destruction of our planet? Alone in a hotel room, cut off from the outside world – or so it seems – a young woman attempts to answer this daunting question. She disconnects from the world by turning inwards, deciding not to resurface until she feels ready. Drawing from a personal archive of sounds collected over time (fragments of voices, musical memories, everyday noises) she recreates a world of her own, a refuge where she might exist without constantly feeling the need to apologise for it. At least, that’s the hope… With Confession – Solo with Sound, Annina Polivka offers an intimate journey: an auditory journey through past, present and imagined futures. She crafts a space of quiet respite, where, for a brief moment, we might allow ourselves to believe, however naïvely, that things could still work out… and feel the faint spark of hope for reconciliation. All conveyed with humour, delicacy, sensitivity and a finely tuned ear for sonic detail.

Bibliographic reference

• Nicolaj Schultz, Mal de Terre (2022), Essais Payot