Ludwig Berger
Audio Walk: Forest
Forest, field recorder with various microphones, 30 wireless headphones

Equipped with wireless headphones and sensitive microphones, I guide participants into the hidden acoustic world of a forest — its soil, its plants, its animal life.

Klang Moor Schopfe, 2023

Interchanging between different instruments and modes of perception, participants listen into the concealed sounds of the forest floor, plant and animal life, connecting them with the ever-present anthropogenic influences on the forest. They are not passive observers but active contributors, engaging in collective improvisations that resonate with the forest’s elements. Guided by listening exercises and questions, they attune to the subtle nuances of their own bodies in relation to the forest, connect to the deep time of evolution and geological history, and contemplate the political decisions that sculpt the forest’s sonic landscape.




Realized in the forest of Hirschberg, Klang Moor Schopfe, Gais Switzerland 2023
Photos by Nicholas Schärer