Broken Chord
2025
Installation for 7 voices played through 7 glass panels
pyrolytic solar control glass, transducer speakers and motion detector
Duration: 12’00’’ (variable)
Musical direction and co-compostion:
Sophia Brous
Performed by:
Eugène Blove, Sophia Brous, Alice Heyward, Gregor Kompar, Gabriella Liandu, Holden
Madagame and Holly Sass.
Recording: Brewery Studios, Berlin
Post Production: EMS, Elektronmusikstudio, Stockholm
Sound mixing: Ville MJ Hyvönen, Helsinki
Video documentation of Broken Chord: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/
Broken Chord is a sound installation consisting of seven semi-reflective glass panels
and recorded voices played through surface speakers attached to the panels.
The glass acts as a conductor of sound, with each panel carrying one of the seven
voices, which in turn gives the glass a body and presence.
The voices appear both individually and in chorus, interacting with one another. The reflective glass captures both the surroundings and the visitors’ mirrored images, creating a fusion of reflections that blurs the boundaries between the self, other observers, and the space.
In the installation, the fleeting, organic nature of the voice contrasts with the sleek
industrial glass façades. The glass forms a symbolic barrier between inner and outer
worlds, while the voice threads bridges between them. Personal and public at once
voices are an intimate instrument. As voices and language move between bodies, they shape our perception and relationship to the world around us. As poetic as the voices can be seen, they also raise questions of power—whose voices are heard, and how we ourselves listen.
Supported by
Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland
The Norwegian Cultural Fund for
Thank You:
Helsinki Contemporary
Atelier Nord (Oslo)
Ultima Festival (Oslo)
The Finnish – Norwegian Cultural Institute (Oslo)
Goljat.fi
Meriç Algun
Maria Bengtsson
Sophia Brous
Julia Giertz
Samuel Michaelsson
Maria Pulli
Sami Suihkonen
Pilvi Takala