During my residency in Bourges, France, I have completed a sound installation, “In Tune, Out of Tune”, commissioned by Tonspur and DAAD. For the last month, I have been busy meeting people and collecting their ‘hums’ in Berlin. Despite the huge material that was available to me, completing the piece took only a week.

In fact, it was my intention to finish it as swiftly as possible. From the beginning, I did not want to change these hums much because I wanted listeners to recognize the songs. It was a fun and engaging project, involving a different compositional process.

Now I am very looking forward to hearing the piece actually in the Schlossplatz in Mitte, Berlin. The opening is on Oct. 11, 11:30 AM. The piece will be played every hour from 8 AM to 10 PM from Oct. 11, 2009 to Jan. 31, 2010.

The following is a short program note that I submitted for Tonspur’s website (which will soon be updated):