A Symphony of Bureaucracy

A Symphony of Bureaucracy is an eight-synthesizer spatial sound installation, charting the EU's lawmaking efforts from the 1950s to the present day. It's comprised of eight Eurorack synthesizers, each contributed by a different citizen of Malmö’s cultural sound zone, and each made up of multiple modules, created in turn by a different person in a different place.

To access the installation, visitors were required to fill in two forms to apply for “sonic citizenship”, detailing their experiences of sound and listening being used to include and exclude people in different situations.

The piece speaks to the diverse, pluralistic nature of the EU, and how it can come together into something much greater than the sum of its parts, while also recognising the technical complexity of operating such a vast political and bureaucratic machine.

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