In OPEN STUDIO, artists from various disciplines are collaborating with the sound artist, director and stage designer Dimitri de Perrot to explore productions that use sound as a central creative medium. They are developing ideas, perspectives, and artistic approaches: How can sound be used to think, design, narrate?

At the heart of Fazil On Yu's work is hearing: experiences of exclusion, invisibility and the search for orientation in a space that often offers him no echo. With ‘Until They Hear Black Voices’, On Yu has developed a sound narrative performance that makes the voices and stories of Black people in Switzerland and Europe audible – a narrative of complex struggles, loss and identity.

The starting point is audio recordings, interviews, poems and his own pieces of music, which he collected and produced in Zurich. In OPEN STUDIO, they are woven together into a resonance chamber: fragments that not only document, but also seek a new form of storytelling – between installation and performance, between sound and body.

Information on accessibility and language

• Stepless access

• Age: Recommended for ages 16 and over

• Audience conditions: There is no seating; however, chairs and beanbags (subject to reservation) are available for those requiring accessibility support.

• Language: Spoken in English

• Sensory stimuli: Relatively dark room

• Content notes: The work addresses the themes of racism and exclusion. It uses documentary audio recordings, some of which contain racist remarks.