This is a capture of google maps result of the travels made for SPREAD project during the years 2018 & 2019. Sound scans occurred in the cities of Buenos Aires, London, St Petersburg, Moscow, Brasov, Casablanca, Rabat, Karlsruhe, Freiburg, Baden Baden, Venecia, Turín, Barcelona, Gerona & Amsterdam.
Sound map – My city My sounds developed by ZKM
PROJECT
Spread explores the intersection of history, geography, and sound through the lens of the Jewish diaspora. This multidisciplinary project combines documentary, educational, and artistic approaches, resulting in a sound map and a narrative musical composition inspired by the aesthetics of the Hörspiel. It takes various forms, including a sound archive, installation, and musical performance.
The project delves into the rich cultural heritage and history of the Jewish people, shaped by centuries of expulsions, forced migrations, and continuous journeys. By integrating field recordings, interviews, and historical testimonies, Spread constructs a sound archive that traces the routes of the diaspora. It reimagines geography and urban spaces as narratives, representing the past and present of these landscapes through sound.
The sound archive is hosted on an interactive map, accessible via the My City, My Sounds app, developed by ZKM (Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe). Sounds are geolocated at their precise recording sites, allowing users to experience them virtually or through guided sound walks that blend sonic landscapes with historical accounts.
CONCERT & LECTURE AT ZKM ZENTRUM FÜR KUNST UND MEDIENSOUND INSTALLATION AT TRANSITIONS – MULTIMEDIA EXHIBITION CURATED BY DAGESH – BERLIN
PROCESS & RESEARCH
With the collaboration of IWO Fundación – Jew Institute of Research (Buenos Aires), an investigation traced the routes of Semitic peoples during their expulsions and persecutions, replicating these journeys as a performative act with sound recordings that follow the traces of the diaspora.
The project explores sound’s anthropological and evocative dimensions, connecting past and present while rethinking how history is transmitted and how we relate to our environment. It captures the sound identity of Jewish life—habitats, cultures, public behaviors, and spontaneous expressions—reflecting its historical and sociocultural aspects.
From Greece to Mexico, Lithuania to Argentina, India to the USA, Jewish communities have faced centuries of persecution—from the destruction of the Second Temple to the Spanish expulsion, Russian pogroms, and Nazism—becoming a nomadic people in perpetual migration.
For listen the sound map of the project click here or see the playlist below.
SPREAD – Sound archive worldwide
SPREAD
WORLD Sound Cartography of the jewish diaspora
Spread Venice Jewish Guetto Tourist Guide(credit)
Spread - Venice Guetto Kosher Dolci Shop(credit)
Spread - Venice Guetto Jewish children's playing football(credit)
Spread - Buenos Aires Yiddish lesson Fundacion Iwo(credit)
Spread -Buenos Aires Interview Abraham Lichtenbaum IWO Foundation(credit)
Spread - St Petersburg Interview Family History Bekitzer Kosher Restaurant RUS & EN(credit)
Spread - St Petersburg Gefilte Fish recipe(credit)
Spread - St Petersburg Interview Choral Synagogue Personal History Russian Jewish Context(credit)
Spread - Moscow Jewish School Synagogue Rabbis studying Torah(credit)
Spread - London Traditional Jewish Bagel 24 hs Brick lane(credit)
Spread - London Jewish Cemetery(credit)
Spread New York Jewish Museum(credit)
Spread - Berlin - Museum of murder jewish people in Europe - soundscape(credit)
Spread - Berlin - jewish museum - installation(credit)
Spread - Berlin - jewish museum - installation 2(credit)
Spread - Berlin - Babel platz - jewish books burnt(credit)
Spread - Freiburg Water Monument burnt Synagogue Long(credit)
Spread - Casablanca around Synagogue Ancient Medina(credit)
Spread - Rabat around Synagogue Ancient Medina(credit)
Spread - Brasov Interview Jewish history Old Synagogue RUM & EN (credit)
Spread Brasov - avenue Jewish houses(credit)
Spread - Barcelona Montjuic(credit)
Spread - Barcelona Chabad Shabbat(credit)
Spread Barcelona Jewish Neighbourhood Call Tourist guide SPA(credit)
Spread Barcelona Synagogue Jewish Neighbourhood Call Synagogue Tourist guide EN - SPA(credit)
Spread Gerona Jewish Neighbourhood(credit)
Spread Amsterdam - Anna Frank house - street - tourist - ambience(credit)
SPREAD – KARLSRUHE sound archive
Research site specific conducted in the city of Karlsruhe during the month of February 2019 with testimonies, interviews and field recordings in the context of the residence at the ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie – My City My Sounds in collaboration with the historical archive of the city and historian Juergen Schuhladen Kraemer.
SPREAD
KARLSRUHE Sound Cartography of the jewish diaspora
Karlsruhe - historian and soundscape first Jewish Cemetery C XVIII (credit)
Karlsruhe - historian and soundscape - first synagogue - liberal synagogue(credit)
Karlsruhe - historian and soundscape 2nd cemetery of Karlsruhe(credit)
Karlsruhe - historian and soundscape orthodox synagogue, Karl-Friedrich-Str.16, from 1881(credit)
Karlsruhe - historian and soundscape Old jewish hospital and cemetery(credit)
Karlsruhe - historian - Memorial Stone Cemetery soundscape - list of Murder people(credit)
Karlsruhe - historian and soundscape - deported people history Herrenstr. 14(credit)
Karlsruhe - History and Soundscape new synagogue(credit)
Karlsruhe - Karstad History and ambience - center - voices(credit)
Karlsruhe - Karstad History ambience - street(credit)
This project was made in collaboration and with the support of ZKM Zentrum für kunst und medien (Karlsruhe), Asylum Arts (New York) and Fundación IWO (Buenos Aires) it was presented as a sound installation and concert at ZKM (Karlsruhe) and Music Is Festival (Munich)
Images from some of the different explored locations – worldwide
