𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ”𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬” presents the artistic projects developed by 10 artists during 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐕 an artistic residency program in Șona Village, Brașov County, Romania. The artistic residency encouraged experimentation with two alternative mediums of expression – sound and book. Hijacking the sensorial hierarchy, listening had preceded seeing. Both senses were engaged in exploring how we relate to peculiar places. The walking and storytelling became tools in acquiring knowledge and means of reflection upon how we inhabit a place and how we reside in a space together with human and nonhuman agents.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 consisted of three complementary parts: a series of walks, a sound art workshop and a book design workshop. The workshops’ main aim was the production of creative projects, both based on research and dialogue with the community of Șona. Together with Oana Tudoran, the artists examined the physical and affective relationship between bodies and various species of spaces encountered in Șona. The walks were extended through sharing stories, knowledge and through delving into the emotional impact of the ambiances traveled across. The Sound-Art Workshop (coordinated by Lukas Jakob Loecker) introduced key sound-art concepts and tools useful in the working process itself, based mostly on field recording. During the Self-Publishing Design Workshop, held by the Grapho-mat Team (Andreea Mihaiu, Mihai Popescu, Andra Pavel), the artists in residency assembled the visual aspect and the sound material, while also employing the latest concepts and working tools in the fields of book design and self-publishing. The residency program was conceived together with a thrilling sessions of talks and performances held by the following amazing artists: Ingrid Ene and Gheorghe Iosif (dyslex), Lia and Dan Perjovschi, conceptual artists based in Sibiu, Romania, Costin Duțu, multimedia artist and experimental musician, Josephine Jatzlau, artist working with photography and book as artistic mediums of expression, based in Leipzig, Germany.