Warm Words is an immersive ASMR sound performance that supports emotional processing in response to the climate crisis. Visitors are invited to lie down and listen to a spatial soundscape composed of audio whispering voices, soft textures, and transformed natural sounds that reflect environmental change: drought, flood, shifting seasons, and disappearing ecosystems.

 

The performance uses ASMR techniques (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response), which are known to soothe the nervous system and reduce stress levels. This creates a meditative, grounding experience that helps participants understand emotions such as eco-anxiety, fear, grief, and helplessness, while also encouraging personal reflection and a sense of agency.

 

Work draws particular relevance to the devastating floods that affected central Europe in 2024, amplifying the experience of water’s overwhelming power and the deep sense of loss it carries.

 

The performance includes sensory triggers that may evoke intense emotional or physical reactions. If you are sensitive to trauma-related stimuli, please participate mindfully.

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Alongside the sound performance, Warm Words includes a series of glass sculptures that function both as visual objects and experimental musical instruments. The sculptures are made of hand-formed glass elements whose shapes and internal tensions respond sensitively to touch, vibration, and water.

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Equipped with hydrophones, contact microphones, and environmental sensors, the sculptures capture subtle movements and acoustic changes within and around the glass structures. The signals are amplified and transformed in real time, allowing the performer to play the sculptures as hybrid instruments—through touch, resonance, water movement, and environmental interaction.

 

The fragile materiality of glass reflects the vulnerability of ecosystems addressed in the sound performance. Small gestures can produce delicate harmonics or sudden, unpredictable sounds, echoing the instability and sensitivity of natural systems under climate pressure.
 

 

During the performance, or as a performative object, the sculptures become a tactile interface between the human body, water, and sound. They translate physical interaction into sonic textures, expanding the listening experience beyond headphones into a live, resonant environment.