USAMBARAVEILCHEN Sound Installation Spielart Festival, Munich, November 2021   Idea and Artistic Director: Franziska Angerer with Claude Jansen (COME IN TENT) Sound, Composition and Voice: Christine Boersch-Supan Space:Valentina Pino Reyes Outside Eye and Consulting German Colonial History: Aino Moongo (CIT) Text: Franziska Angerer, Claude Jansen, Aino Moongo Light: Michael Bischoff Soundrecordings: Phillip Staffa Photo: Tobias Zengl

A transnational collaboration on colonial history, agency and the
interdependence of all beings

The sounds of the installation consist of different layers - similar to the
storey structure of the rain forests, home of the African violet.
Coming from above, a continuous rhythm flows through the room, which was created
from different contacts and ways of touching the plant.At the level of the plant,
speakers close to the ground play the sounds of situations and objects the African
violet encountered on its journeys. These sounds communicate with each other in a
random structure and are connected - referring to the color of the plant - by the
acoustic phenomenon of violet noise. Additionally, in headphones the objects
tell stories about their individual encounters with the plant.

Interview Deutschlandfunk Kultur:
Violettes Rauschen: Wie das Usambaraveilchen nach Deutschland kam