Sound of Places: Cremisan Valley

Wonder Cabinet, a Palestinian space for artistic and cultural development, brings to Milan for the first time a group of artists with original works created within Sounds of Places, a research and residency project dedicated to the sonic identity of places, launched in Spring 2024 amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the increasingly restrictive annexation practices in the West Bank. The transformations of Palestine’s natural landscapes—systematically threatened by expropriations, sieges, and deprivation of resources—reflect the violence of settlers and the Israeli army. Sounds of Places: Cremisan Valley immerses the audience in the Cremisan Valley, one of the last accessible green spaces around Bethlehem, to narrate and preserve its biodiversity and its historical and cultural significance. Combining live interventions by resident artists with recordings of sound sculptures, nature, and live performances produced during the 2024 edition of Sounds of Places, the work recreates the valley’s sonic landscape through a new sound installation that transforms the spaces of Voce Triennale into a site of collective listening.