Opening event
Exhibition opening
Join the celebration of the exhibition’s opening, when the we open the exhibition with a special guided tour, performances, and afterparty with DJs.
Join the celebration of the exhibition’s opening, when the museum invites you to a grand vernissage. Sound artist Hanne Lippard will perform for the first time in her site-specific work Vox Humana, created especially for Sankt Ibs Kirkeruin in Roskilde, while artist Julien Abraham ‘Togar’ presents a performance in his work KETOK STUDIO, featuring local musicians joining in improvisation.
Program
14.00 Exhibition opens
14.00 DJ: Martha Hviid
Location: Gasværket
14.30 Special guided tour with sound artist Hajra Waheed of the work HUM (2020)
Location: Vaskeriet, Sankt Hans
15.00 Listening session #1: Bureau for Listening
Location: Gasværket, the Tower
A space for listening – archive exhibition
16.00 Museum Director Christian Skovbjerg Jensen welcomes guests
Location: Gasværket, foyer
16.30 Listening session #2: Bureau for Listening
Location: Gasværket, the Tower
A space for listening – archive exhibition
17.00 Performance: Hanne Lippard
Location: Sankt Ib’s Church Ruin
17.30 Exhibition at Sankt Ibs Kirkeruin and Vaskeriet closes
18.00 Performance: Julien Abraham ‘Togar’ ft. Skak Snitker
Location: Gasværket, the gallery hall
Afterparty at Gasværket
18.30 – 20.00 with a DJ set by Emeka Ogboh
Fresh refreshments will be provided by To Øl.
About the exhibition
The Sound of focuses on the poetic, political and social potentials of sound in contemporary art, presenting works by an array of international and Danish artists including Hajra Waheed, Hanne Lippard, Clara Mosconi, Julian Abraham ‘Togar’, Emeka Ogboh, Cally Spooner, Francesco Fonassis, Arendse Krabbe and Annika Kahrs.
Through voices, rhythms, language and vibrations, the exhibition opens experiences that move between the intimate and the collective, between body and space, between listening and action. The exhibition presents several newly produced works together with a programme of performances, talks and activities. Explore the programme here.
The exhibition has been created in collaboration with Moderna Museet Malmö.
The exhibition is supported by:
Danish Arts Foundation, The Augustinus Foundation, New Carlsberg Foundation, Knud Højgaards Fond, OCA, Italian Council, Det Obelske Familiefond, Sound Environment Center (Lund University), Art Music Denmark, Danish Composers’ Society, Den Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske Stiftelse, Ernst B Sund Fonden
A speciel thanks to: Roskilde Municipality, To Øl, AIAIAI, Mellemfolkelig Samvirke/ActionAid Denmark, Politiken Plus
Read more about the exhibition
The sound of
An exhibition placing sound at the centre of contemporary art and brings together international artists to explore how it shapes space, carries memory, disturbs silence and much more. Through voices, rhythms, languages and vibrations, the works move between the intimate and the collective, between body and space, between listening and action.
26. September 2026
08. November 2026
Saturday Tours
03. October 2026 07. November 2026
Join us for a free guided tour of the exhibition with one of our art guides. During the tour, we dive into the exhibition concept and explore the role of sound in contemporary art today, stopping along the way at selected works.
Special Guided tour: The Sound of Hajra Waheed
Join us as we slow down in a guided tour focusing on a single work: HUM (2020) by Hajra Waheed. In this format, we listen slowly, attentively and with the entire body, exploring the many layers of voices, history and storytelling contained within the work.
Special guided tour: The Sound of Hanne Lippard
Join us as we slow down for a tour focusing on a single work: Vox Humana (2026) by Hanne Lippard. In this format, we listen slowly, attentively and with the entire body, exploring the many layers of voices, history and storytelling contained within the work.