Maria W Horn

This multichannel sound and fluctuating light installation synthesizes voices and electronics into a melodic mesh. It was originally developed in 2020 in the northern Swedish city of Luleå, where the Vita Duvan panopticon prison (The White Dove) remained in operation until 1979. The building is the only one of its kind in Sweden. Its architecture enabled the permanent surveillance of the cells’ interior from a central observation tower at the centre of the circular building. In reality, the inmates, who are remembered as imagined voices in the music, remained in isolation.