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content/project/2024-04-25-echoing-dimensions/index.de.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 +++
-title = "Übersetzung: Echoing Dimensions"
-description = "An interactive audiovisual installation."
+title = "Echoing Dimensions"
+description = "Eine interaktive audiovisuelle Installation."
 date = 2024-04-25
 authors = ["Aron Petau", "Joel Tenenberg"]
 
@@ -33,13 +33,19 @@ show_shares = true
 
 ## Echoing Dimensions
 
-## The space
+## Der Raum
 
 [Kunstraum Potsdamer Straße](https://www.stw.berlin/kultur/kunstraum/kunsträume/)
 
-The exhibition is situated in an old parking garage, owned and operated by the studierendenwerk Berlin. The space is a large, open room with a rather low ceiling and a concrete floor. Several Nooks and separees can create intimate experiences within the space. The space is not heated and has no windows. The walls are made of concrete and the ceiling is made of concrete.
+Die Ausstellung findet in einer umgebauten Parkgarage statt, die dem Studierendenwerk Berlin
+gehört und von diesem betrieben wird. Dieser große, offene Raum zeichnet sich durch niedrige
+Decken, Betonböden und freiliegende Betonwände aus. Mehrere Nischen und Alkoven in der Galerie
+schaffen Möglichkeiten für intime Erfahrungen innerhalb der rohen industriellen Architektur. Der
+unbeheizte, fensterlose Raum behält seinen utilitaristischen Charakter bei und bietet eine
+unverwechselbare Kulisse für experimentelle Kunst.
 
-As a group, we are 12 people, each with amazing projects surrounding audiovisual installations:
+Unser Kollektiv besteht aus 12 Künstler:innen, die jeweils einzigartige Projekte zu
+audiovisuellen Installationen beitragen:
 
 - Özcan Ertek (UdK)
 - Jung Hsu (UdK)
@@ -53,94 +59,152 @@ As a group, we are 12 people, each with amazing projects surrounding audiovisual
 - Marcel Heise (UdK)
 - Lukas Esser & Juan Pablo Gaviria Bedoya (UdK)
 
-## The Idea
+## Das Konzept
 
-We will be exibiting our Radio Project,
-[aethercomms](/aethercomms/)
-which resulted from our previous inquiries into cables and radio spaces during the Studio Course.
+Wir stellten unser Radioprojekt [aethercomms](/aethercomms/) aus, das aus unseren früheren
+Untersuchungen zu Kabeln und Funkräumen während des Studiokurses hervorgegangen ist.
 
-## Build Log
+## Bautagebuch
 
 ### 2024-01-25
 
-First Time seeing the Space:
+Heute haben wir den Raum zum ersten Mal besucht. Die unterirdische Parkgarage beeindruckte uns
+sofort mit ihrem rohen, industriellen Charakter – Beton überall, niedrige Decken und eine
+unverkennbare kalte Feuchtigkeit. Trotz der herausfordernden Bedingungen konnten wir uns bereits
+vorstellen, wie die einzigartige Atmosphäre des Raums unsere audiovisuellen Installationen
+ergänzen würde.
 
 {{ youtube(id="UaVTcUXDMKA") }}
 
 ### 2024-02-01
 
-Signing Contract
+Heute haben wir den Vertrag unterschrieben und uns damit offiziell den Raum für unsere
+Kollektivausstellung gesichert. Die Aufregung wächst, während wir vom Konzept zur Realität
+übergehen.
 
 ### 2024-02-08
 
-The Collective Exibition Text:
+Das kollektive Ausstellungsstatement:
 
->Sound, as a fundamental element of everyday experience, envelopes us in the cacophony of city life - car horns, the chatter of pedestrians, the chirping of birds, the rustle of leaves in the wind, notifications, alarms and the constant hum of radio waves, signals and frequencies. These sounds, together make up the noise of our life, often pass by, fleeting and unnoticed.
-The engagement with sound through active listening holds the potential to process the experience of the self and its surroundings. This is the idea of “Echoing Dimensions”: Once you engage with something, it gives back to you: Whether it is the rhythmic cadence of a heartbeat, a  flowing symphony of urban activity or the hoofbeats of a running horse, minds and bodies construct and rebuild scenes and narratives while sensing and processing the sounds that surround them, that pass next and through them.
-The exhibition "Echoing Dimensions" takes place at Kunstraum Potsdamer Straße gallery’s underground space and exhibits artworks by 12 Berlin based artists, who investigate in their artistic practice ‘intentional listening’ using sound, video and installation, and invites to navigate attentiveness by participatory exploration. Each artwork in the exhibition revolves around different themes in which historical ideas resonate, political-personal narratives are being re-conceptualized and cultural perspectives are examined. The exhibition's common thread lies in its interest into the complexities of auditory perception, inviting viewers to consider the ways in which sound shapes our memories, influences our culture, and challenges our understanding of space and power dynamics.
+> Klang, als fundamentales Element alltäglicher Erfahrung, umhüllt uns in der Kakophonie des
+> Stadtlebens – Autohupen, das Geschwätz von Fußgänger:innen, das Zwitschern der Vögel, das
+> Rascheln der Blätter im Wind, Benachrichtigungen, Alarme und das konstante Summen von
+> Radiowellen, Signalen und Frequenzen. Diese Klänge bilden zusammen den Lärm unseres Lebens,
+> oft flüchtig und unbemerkt vorbeiziehend.
+>
+> Die Beschäftigung mit Klang durch aktives Zuhören birgt das Potenzial, zu transformieren, wie
+> wir uns selbst und unsere Umgebung erfahren. Dies ist die Kernidee von „Echoing Dimensions":
+> Sobald man sich mit etwas beschäftigt, gibt es einem etwas zurück. Ob es die rhythmische
+> Kadenz eines Herzschlags ist, eine fließende Symphonie urbaner Aktivität oder das Hufklappern
+> eines laufenden Pferdes – unsere Köpfe und Körper konstruieren und rekonstruieren Szenen und
+> Narrative, während sie die Klänge wahrnehmen und verarbeiten, die uns umgeben und durch uns
+> hindurchgehen.
+>
+> Die Ausstellung „Echoing Dimensions" findet im unterirdischen Raum der Galerie Kunstraum
+> Potsdamer Straße statt und präsentiert Kunstwerke von 12 in Berlin ansässigen Künstler:innen,
+> die in ihrer künstlerischen Praxis „intentionales Zuhören" durch Klang, Video und Installation
+> untersuchen. Besucher:innen werden eingeladen, Aufmerksamkeit durch partizipatorische
+> Erkundung zu navigieren. Jedes Kunstwerk dreht sich um verschiedene Themen, in denen
+> historische Ideen widerhallen, politisch-persönliche Narrative neu konzeptualisiert und
+> kulturelle Perspektiven untersucht werden. Der gemeinsame Faden der Ausstellung liegt in ihrem
+> Interesse an den Komplexitäten auditiver Wahrnehmung und lädt Betrachtende ein, darüber
+> nachzudenken, wie Klang unsere Erinnerungen prägt, unsere Kultur beeinflusst und unser
+> Verständnis von Raum und Machtdynamiken herausfordert.
 
 ### 2024-02-15
 
-Working TD Prototype. We collect the pointcloud information through a kinect azure and sorting the output of the device turned out to be quite tricky.
+Heute haben wir unseren TouchDesigner-Prototyp zum Laufen gebracht. Das System sammelt
+erfolgreich Punktwolken-Informationen über eine Kinect Azure, obwohl sich die Sortierung der
+Ausgabe des Geräts als ziemlich knifflig erwiesen hat. Die Tiefendaten werden in einem Format
+gestreamt, das sorgfältiges Parsen erfordert, aber wir machen Fortschritte.
 
 ### 2024-03-01
 
-Initial live testing on the finalized hardware. We decided to use a tiny Intel NUC to run both touchdesigner, the LLM, and audio synthesis.
+Heute führten wir unsere ersten Live-Tests mit der finalisierten Hardware durch. Nach langen
+Überlegungen entschieden wir uns, alles auf einem kompakten Intel NUC zu konsolidieren –
+TouchDesigner, das LLM und die Audio-Synthese laufen alle auf einer Maschine.
 
-Not expected at all: The audio synthesis was actually the hardest, since there was no available internet in the exhibition space and all sleek modern solutions seem to rely on cloud services to generate audio from text.
-Here, the tiny NUC really bit us: it took almost 15 seconds to generate a single paragraph of spoken words, even when usin quite small synthesizer models for it.
+Die größte Überraschung kam aus einer unerwarteten Ecke: Audio-Synthese. Ohne verfügbare
+Internetverbindung im Ausstellungsraum konnten wir nicht auf die eleganten cloudbasierten TTS-
+Dienste zurückgreifen, die wir ursprünglich in Betracht gezogen hatten. Der winzige NUC, bereits
+am Limit, kämpfte mächtig. Es dauerte fast 15 Sekunden, um einen einzigen Absatz gesprochener
+Worte zu generieren, selbst bei Verwendung relativ kleiner Synthesizer-Modelle. Die Latenz war
+für unser interaktives Konzept unerträglich.
 
-Lesson learned: Next time give it more oomph.
-I seriously wonder though why there wouldn't be better TTS systems around. Isnt that quite the essential accessibility feature?  We ended up using coquiTTS, which is appearently out of business entirely.
+Die Lektion ist klar: Beim nächsten Mal müssen wir von Anfang an in mehr Rechenleistung
+investieren.
+
+Ich frage mich, warum bessere Offline-TTS-Systeme nicht leichter verfügbar sind. Ist Text-to-
+Speech nicht ein grundlegendes Accessibility-Feature? Wir entschieden uns schließlich für Coqui
+TTS, das angemessen funktionierte, aber inzwischen vollständig aus dem Geschäft ist. Die
+Fragilität dieser Tools ist besorgniserregend.
 
 ### 2024-04-05
 
-We became part of [sellerie weekend](https://www.sellerie-weekend.de)!
+Aufregende Neuigkeiten heute: Wir wurden als Teil des
+[Sellerie Weekend](https://www.sellerie-weekend.de) aufgenommen!
 
 ![Sellerie Weekend Poster](sellerie_weekend.png)
 
-This is a collection of Gallery Spaces and Collectives that provide a fresher and more counter-cultural perspective on the Gallery Weekend.
-It quite helped our online visibility and filled out the entire space on the Opening.
+Sellerie Weekend ist ein Kollektiv von Galerieräumen und künstlergeführten Initiativen, das eine
+frischere, gegenkulturèlle Alternative zum etablierten Gallery Weekend Berlin bietet. Die
+Aufnahme in dieses Programm steigerte unsere Online-Sichtbarkeit erheblich und half uns, am
+Eröffnungsabend ein volles Haus zu ziehen. Die Underground-Kunstszene kam in voller Stärke.
 
-### A look inside
+### Ein Blick hinein
 
-{{ youtube(id="qVhhv5Vbh8I") }}
+{{ youtube(id="qVhhv5Vbh8I", class="portrait") }}
 
-{{ youtube(id="oMYx8Sjk6Zs") }}
+{{ youtube(id="oMYx8Sjk6Zs", class="portrait") }}
 
-### The Final Audiovisual Setup
+### Das finale audiovisuelle Setup
 
 {% gallery() %}
 [
   {
     "file": "Echoing Dimensions-4.jpg",
-    "alt": "The FM Transmitter",
-    "title": "The FM Transmitter"
+    "alt": "Der FM-Transmitter",
+    "title": "Der FM-Transmitter"
   },
   {
     "file": "Echoing Dimensions-1.jpg",
-    "alt": "Video Output with Touchdesigner",
-    "title": "Video Output with Touchdesigner"
+    "alt": "Video-Ausgabe mit TouchDesigner",
+    "title": "Video-Ausgabe mit TouchDesigner"
   },
   {
     "file": "Echoing Dimensions-2.jpg",
-    "alt": "One of the Radio Stations",
-    "title": "One of the Radio Stations"
+    "alt": "Eine der Radiostationen",
+    "title": "Eine der Radiostationen"
   },
   {
     "file": "Echoing Dimensions-7.jpg",
-    "alt": "The Diagram",
-    "title": "The Diagram"
+    "alt": "Das Diagramm",
+    "title": "Das Diagramm"
+  },
+  {
+    "file": "Echoing Dimensions-11.jpg",
+    "alt": "Ausstellungsansicht",
+    "title": "Ausstellungsansicht"
   },
   {
     "file": "Echoing Dimensions-13.jpg",
-    "alt": "The Network Spy",
-    "title": "The Network Spy"
+    "alt": "Der Netzwerk-Spion",
+    "title": "Der Netzwerk-Spion"
+  },
+  {
+    "file": "Echoing Dimensions-18.jpg",
+    "alt": "Installationsdetail",
+    "title": "Installationsdetail"
+  },
+  {
+    "file": "Echoing Dimensions-42.jpg",
+    "alt": "Besucher:innen-Interaktion",
+    "title": "Besucher:innen-Interaktion"
   },
   {
     "file": "IMG_1709.jpeg",
-    "alt": "The Exhibition Setup",
-    "title": "The Exhibition Setup"
+    "alt": "Der Ausstellungsaufbau",
+    "title": "Der Ausstellungsaufbau"
   }
 ]
 {% end %}

content/project/2024-04-25-echoing-dimensions/index.md

@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ show_shares = true
 
 ## Echoing Dimensions
 
-## The space
+## The Space
 
 [Kunstraum Potsdamer Straße](https://www.stw.berlin/kultur/kunstraum/kunsträume/)
 
-The exhibition is situated in an old parking garage, owned and operated by the studierendenwerk Berlin. The space is a large, open room with a rather low ceiling and a concrete floor. Several Nooks and separees can create intimate experiences within the space. The space is not heated and has no windows. The walls are made of concrete and the ceiling is made of concrete.
+The exhibition takes place in a converted parking garage owned and operated by Studierendenwerk Berlin. This large, open space features a low ceiling, concrete floors, and exposed concrete walls. Several nooks and alcoves throughout the gallery create opportunities for intimate experiences within the raw industrial architecture. The unheated, windowless space retains its utilitarian character, providing a distinctive backdrop for experimental art.
 
-As a group, we are 12 people, each with amazing projects surrounding audiovisual installations:
+Our collective consists of 12 artists, each contributing unique projects exploring audiovisual installations:
 
 - Özcan Ertek (UdK)
 - Jung Hsu (UdK)
@@ -53,60 +53,96 @@ As a group, we are 12 people, each with amazing projects surrounding audiovisual
 - Marcel Heise (UdK)
 - Lukas Esser & Juan Pablo Gaviria Bedoya (UdK)
 
-## The Idea
+## The Concept
 
-We will be exibiting our Radio Project,
-[aethercomms](/aethercomms/)
-which resulted from our previous inquiries into cables and radio spaces during the Studio Course.
+We exhibited our radio project [aethercomms](/aethercomms/), which emerged from our earlier investigations into cables and radio spaces during our Studio Course.
 
 ## Build Log
 
 ### 2024-01-25
 
-First Time seeing the Space:
+Today we visited the space for the first time. The underground parking garage immediately struck
+us with its raw, industrial character—concrete everywhere, low ceilings, and an unmistakable
+cold dampness. Despite the challenging conditions, we could already envision how the space's
+unique atmosphere would complement our audiovisual installations.
 
 {{ youtube(id="UaVTcUXDMKA") }}
 
 ### 2024-02-01
 
-Signing Contract
+We signed the contract today, officially securing the space for our collective exhibition. The
+excitement is building as we move from concept to reality.
 
 ### 2024-02-08
 
-The Collective Exibition Text:
+The collective exhibition statement:
 
->Sound, as a fundamental element of everyday experience, envelopes us in the cacophony of city life - car horns, the chatter of pedestrians, the chirping of birds, the rustle of leaves in the wind, notifications, alarms and the constant hum of radio waves, signals and frequencies. These sounds, together make up the noise of our life, often pass by, fleeting and unnoticed.
-The engagement with sound through active listening holds the potential to process the experience of the self and its surroundings. This is the idea of “Echoing Dimensions”: Once you engage with something, it gives back to you: Whether it is the rhythmic cadence of a heartbeat, a  flowing symphony of urban activity or the hoofbeats of a running horse, minds and bodies construct and rebuild scenes and narratives while sensing and processing the sounds that surround them, that pass next and through them.
-The exhibition "Echoing Dimensions" takes place at Kunstraum Potsdamer Straße gallery’s underground space and exhibits artworks by 12 Berlin based artists, who investigate in their artistic practice ‘intentional listening’ using sound, video and installation, and invites to navigate attentiveness by participatory exploration. Each artwork in the exhibition revolves around different themes in which historical ideas resonate, political-personal narratives are being re-conceptualized and cultural perspectives are examined. The exhibition's common thread lies in its interest into the complexities of auditory perception, inviting viewers to consider the ways in which sound shapes our memories, influences our culture, and challenges our understanding of space and power dynamics.
+> Sound, as a fundamental element of everyday experience, envelopes us in the cacophony of city
+> life—car horns, the chatter of pedestrians, the chirping of birds, the rustle of leaves in the
+> wind, notifications, alarms, and the constant hum of radio waves, signals, and frequencies.
+> These sounds together make up the noise of our lives, often passing by fleeting and unnoticed.
+>
+> The engagement with sound through active listening holds the potential to transform how we
+> experience ourselves and our surroundings. This is the core idea of "Echoing Dimensions": once
+> you engage with something, it gives back to you. Whether it's the rhythmic cadence of a
+> heartbeat, a flowing symphony of urban activity, or the hoofbeats of a running horse, our minds
+> and bodies construct and rebuild scenes and narratives while sensing and processing the sounds
+> that surround us and pass through us.
+>
+> The exhibition "Echoing Dimensions" takes place in Kunstraum Potsdamer Straße gallery's
+> underground space and presents artworks by 12 Berlin-based artists who investigate 'intentional
+> listening' through sound, video, and installation. Visitors are invited to navigate
+> attentiveness through participatory exploration. Each artwork revolves around different themes
+> where historical ideas resonate, political-personal narratives are reconceptualized, and
+> cultural perspectives are examined. The exhibition's common thread lies in its interest in the
+> complexities of auditory perception, inviting viewers to consider the ways in which sound
+> shapes our memories, influences our culture, and challenges our understanding of space and
+> power dynamics.
 
 ### 2024-02-15
 
-Working TD Prototype. We collect the pointcloud information through a kinect azure and sorting the output of the device turned out to be quite tricky.
+### 2024-02-15
+
+We got our TouchDesigner prototype working today. The system successfully collects pointcloud
+information through a Kinect Azure, though sorting the device's output has proven quite tricky.
+The depth data streams in a format that requires careful parsing, but we're making progress.
 
 ### 2024-03-01
 
-Initial live testing on the finalized hardware. We decided to use a tiny Intel NUC to run both touchdesigner, the LLM, and audio synthesis.
+Today we conducted our first live tests on the finalized hardware. After much deliberation, we
+decided to consolidate everything onto a compact Intel NUC—running TouchDesigner, the LLM, and
+audio synthesis all on one machine.
 
-Not expected at all: The audio synthesis was actually the hardest, since there was no available internet in the exhibition space and all sleek modern solutions seem to rely on cloud services to generate audio from text.
-Here, the tiny NUC really bit us: it took almost 15 seconds to generate a single paragraph of spoken words, even when usin quite small synthesizer models for it.
+The biggest surprise came from an unexpected quarter: audio synthesis. With no internet
+connection available in the exhibition space, we couldn't fall back on the sleek cloud-based TTS
+services we'd initially considered. The tiny NUC, already stretched thin, struggled mightily. It
+took almost 15 seconds to generate a single paragraph of spoken words, even when using
+relatively small synthesizer models. The latency was unbearable for our interactive concept.
 
-Lesson learned: Next time give it more oomph.
-I seriously wonder though why there wouldn't be better TTS systems around. Isnt that quite the essential accessibility feature?  We ended up using coquiTTS, which is appearently out of business entirely.
+The lesson is clear: next time, we need to invest in more processing power from the start.
+
+I find myself wondering why better offline TTS systems aren't more readily available. Isn't text-
+to-speech a fundamental accessibility feature? We eventually settled on Coqui TTS, which worked
+adequately but has since gone out of business entirely. The fragility of these tools is
+concerning.
 
 ### 2024-04-05
 
-We became part of [sellerie weekend](https://www.sellerie-weekend.de)!
+Exciting news today: we've been accepted as part of
+[Sellerie Weekend](https://www.sellerie-weekend.de)!
 
 ![Sellerie Weekend Poster](sellerie_weekend.png)
 
-This is a collection of Gallery Spaces and Collectives that provide a fresher and more counter-cultural perspective on the Gallery Weekend.
-It quite helped our online visibility and filled out the entire space on the Opening.
+Sellerie Weekend is a collective of gallery spaces and artist-run initiatives that offers a
+fresher, more counter-cultural alternative to the established Gallery Weekend Berlin. Being
+included in this program significantly boosted our online visibility and helped us draw a full
+house for the opening night. The underground art scene came out in force.
 
-### A look inside
+### A Look Inside
 
-{{ youtube(id="qVhhv5Vbh8I") }}
+{{ youtube(id="qVhhv5Vbh8I", class="portrait") }}
 
-{{ youtube(id="oMYx8Sjk6Zs") }}
+{{ youtube(id="oMYx8Sjk6Zs", class="portrait") }}
 
 ### The Final Audiovisual Setup
 
@@ -119,8 +155,8 @@ It quite helped our online visibility and filled out the entire space on the Ope
   },
   {
     "file": "Echoing Dimensions-1.jpg",
-    "alt": "Video Output with Touchdesigner",
-    "title": "Video Output with Touchdesigner"
+    "alt": "Video Output with TouchDesigner",
+    "title": "Video Output with TouchDesigner"
   },
   {
     "file": "Echoing Dimensions-2.jpg",
@@ -132,11 +168,26 @@ It quite helped our online visibility and filled out the entire space on the Ope
     "alt": "The Diagram",
     "title": "The Diagram"
   },
+  {
+    "file": "Echoing Dimensions-11.jpg",
+    "alt": "Exhibition view",
+    "title": "Exhibition view"
+  },
   {
     "file": "Echoing Dimensions-13.jpg",
     "alt": "The Network Spy",
     "title": "The Network Spy"
   },
+  {
+    "file": "Echoing Dimensions-18.jpg",
+    "alt": "Installation detail",
+    "title": "Installation detail"
+  },
+  {
+    "file": "Echoing Dimensions-42.jpg",
+    "alt": "Visitor interaction",
+    "title": "Visitor interaction"
+  },
   {
     "file": "IMG_1709.jpeg",
     "alt": "The Exhibition Setup",