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Linde is the result of a collaborative artistic exploration with the researcher Alfonso Renart and the ‘Circuit Dynamics & Computation’ laboratory.

Linde is a multichannel minimalist sonic performance that investigates the thresholds of spatial and auditory perception. Rooted in a revisiting of Diana Deutsch’s research on auditory illusions—especially her experiments on lateralization and pitch—the piece examines how small shifts in pitch and timbre can alter the listener’s sense of where sound is located.

Electronically synthesized fragments emerge, drift, and dissolve across the space in real time, producing subtle acoustic illusions and spatial displacements. These restrained sonic events open a field of perceptual ambiguity, where location feels unstable and listening becomes an active negotiation. Across a finite duration, Linde traces a delicate crossing between presence and absence, revealing how easily auditory perception can be deceived—and how it transforms over time.


Full video performance.

The work was also presented at Lisboa Soa 2025 on 19.10.2025.

© Vera Marmelo

The piece was finished during a short one-week residency at Sound Art Lab, between May 12 and May 19 of 2025.