What remains of us when it is no longer bodies that sing, but their synthetic doubles? HABITAT, created by German-Austrian composer Brigitta Muntendorf, arrives at BASE Milano for its Italian premiere at FAROUT Festival: an immersive work that weaves together technology, collectivity, and social fragility, opening ReSilence, the large-scale exhibition dedicated to the relationship between sound, cities, and the future.
No musicians, no actors, no singers on stage: this requiem unfolds through AI voices, 3D soundscapes, and a guiding system of light, text, and sound that transforms the audience itself into a performative body. Part of the audience wears bone-conduction headphones, receiving instructions to form spatial constellations that evoke images of violence, collective relations, and new possibilities of listening to one another.
An analytical algorithm—one also used in real crisis scenarios—interprets the movements in the room, opening up an unexpected layer of reality and shared reflection. HABITAT is more than a performance: it is a cultural device that questions how technology and society are reshaping our capacity to live together.
