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Installation/Symposium Ubiquity
The starting point for the artistic work is a study on trauma processing in children by the psychologist Eva Alisic from the University of Melbourne.
The sound installation Ubiquity was developed by the sound artist and musicologist Miriam Akkermann (alumna of Die Junge Akademie) in collaboration with the programmer and composer Andre Bartetzki and the psychologist Eva Alisic (alumna of the Global Young Academy) as well as the psychologist and neuroscientist Philipp Kanske (alumnus of Die Junge Akademie). The starting point for the artistic work is a study on trauma processing in children by the psychologist Eva Alisic from the University of Melbourne. Aspects of the study are brought to life sonically on 18 Plexiglas panels equipped with transducers.
The installation was first shown together with the scientific symposium "Ubiquity - New Perspectives on Experienced Traumas" in November 2019 in Dresden (Blaue Fabrik); in December 2019 the installation was shown in Melbourne (DAX Gallery).
01.-12.12.2021
Ubiquity In Berlin
After a two-year break, the sound installation was once again open to the public. It was on display at the KlanGalerie in Berlin from 1 to 12 December 2021. Photos: Die Junge Akademie / Stefanie Loos
Installation
How does ubiquity sound? What is the sound of ubiquity like after traumatic experiences? What is a traumatic experience? What is ubiquity?
The audio installation is based on audio snippets taken from the „The Ear for Recovery”, a project on trauma recovery of children who experienced a potentially traumatic event, such as a serious injury. The audio snippets allow us glimpses of their lives after these events, taking us into their kitchens, to their living rooms and showing us their favorite TV shows. In some rare moments, the families share their sorrows or fragments of their stories.
The sound installation presents these snippets related to the study’s findings and aims to create a space that invites listeners to reflect on what life is like. It confronts the visitor with tensions between the mundane and the deep, the emotional and the practical, and the worlds of adults and children – with all the ordinary routines and with all the beauty of daily life.
03.11.2019
Symposium
The symposium "Ubiquity - New Perspectives on Experienced Traumas", organized by Philipp Kanske, took place in the rooms of the Blue Factory in Dresden. The symposium dealt with current scientific findings on the psychology of traumata.
The symposium took place as part of the EACLIPT (European Congress on Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment) conference.
Program
10:00
New developments in differentiating trauma- and stress-related disorders and therapies
Andreas Maercker (University of Zurich)
10:40
Early life adversity as a transdiagnostic risk factor and implications for treatment
Thomas Ehring (LMU Munich)
11:20
Ear for Recovery: Parent-child conversations in the aftermath of injury
Eva Alisic (University of Melbourne)
12:00
About the installation: Ubiquity – New Perspectives on Traumatic Experiences
Miriam Akkermann (TU Dresden)
12:10 Break
12:50
Beneficial effects of compassion-informed approaches for boosting trauma-focussed therapy in PTSD after interpersonal trauma
Anke Karl (University of Exeter)
13:30
The impact of war and torture and effective and feasible treatment approaches for refugees
Maria Böttche (Freie Universität Berlin)
14:10
Discussion
15:00 End of the symposium
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Von der Geschäftsstelle nach Dresden – eine Begehung vor Ort
Vom 30. Oktober bis zum 3. November 2019 konnte in den Räumen der Blauen Fabrik in Dresden die Audio-Installation „Ubiquity – Neue Perspektiven auf erlebte Traumata“ besucht werden. Am 3. November lieferte außerdem ein gleichnamiges Symposium Einblicke in die aktuelle Traumaforschung. Fouzia, Studentische Hilfskraft in der Geschäftsstelle der Jungen Akademie, reiste nach Dresden und machte sich vor Ort ein Bild des Projekts.
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- 26.11.19
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Künstlerisch-wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit dem Thema „Trauma“
Herzliche Einladung zur Audio-Installation und zum Symposium „Ubiquity – Neue Perspektiven auf erlebte Traumata“ der Jungen Akademie vom 30.10.2019 bis zum 03.11.2019 in Dresden
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- 21.10.19
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