OtoGraphies
Project information
submitted by
Marcin Pietruszewski
Co-Authors
Klassen von Instrumentalities for Acoustic Ecologies
Mentors
Marcin Pietruszewski
Faculty:
Art and Design
Degree programme:
Fine Art (Diploma),
Media Art and Design (Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.)),
Media Art and Design - Study programme Integrated International Media Art and Design Studies (IIMDS) (Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) and Master of Arts (M.A.)),
Media Art and Design -Study programme Media Art und Design (MAD) (english) (Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)),
Media Art and Design - Study programme Media Art and Design (MAD) (english) (Master of Science (M.Sc.))
Type of project presentation
Exhibition
Semester
Summer semester 2026
- Bauhausstraße 9a - Digital Bauhaus Lab
- Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 8 - Westgiebelplatz
- Marienstraße 5
- Marienstraße 15 - Mensa am Park
- Marienstraße 18 - M18
Available during summaery's regular opening hours
Project description
OTOGRAPHIES is a glossary of the ear. Over the semester, students have written a set of short entries that move between physiology, perception, sound, listening and culture: the cochlea and the otoacoustic emission alongside the soundscape, the hearing threshold and the act of listening itself.
The glossary treats the ear not as a passive receiver but as an instrument in its own right, a site where the physical, the perceptual and the cultural meet. Each entry is written in a dry, precise register and paired with a plain schematic diagram, closer to a textbook figure than an illustration.
During summaery the glossary leaves the page. Its entries are distributed as text posters across the campus, turning the buildings into a walk-through reference work on hearing. Visitors assemble their own reading by moving between the posters rather than following a fixed order.