Aura Satz

Winner of the New Visions prize at @cphdox , the beautiful PREEMPTIVE LISTENING by @aurasatz is out today on True Story! "a bold, sophisticated essay about the state of the world. Both disquieting and mesmerizing, filled with grandiose, troubling images and a wide variety of soundscapes...the film creates a hypnotic, often nightmarish atmosphere, but one that also suggests a utopian future" @thesensesofcinema #TrueStoryDOCS #TrueStory #Documentary #preemptivelistening @light.oracles

Aura Satz, Warnings in Waiting, 2024 A hundred years ago, the siren symbolised the absolute creative will of steel and steam. In 1922, Arsenij Avraamov’s Symphony of Sirens captured the sound sources of shipping, factory work, raw material extraction and war preparations with the help of a machine orchestra in the sound space of the industrial port of Baku, celebrating the ‘new man’ and the triumph of the industrial age. Sirens experienced another heyday during the Second World War and the Cold War, when they were used to warn of air raids and the threat of nuclear attack. But what do sirens signal today? They are used to warn of extreme weather, to initiate collective moments of remembrance, or to test disaster preparedness. They have become an instrument of acoustic control and crisis management. Aura Satz explores this theme in her installation Warnings in Waiting, which is part of her ongoing documentary film project Preemptive Listening. The life cycle of sirens is explored in three parts. Sirens are shown in their original context, embedded in landscapes and architecture, then there are sirens that are still in production, in a kind of limbo in the factory, and sirens in a state of obsolescence in a ‘siren graveyard’ or scrap yard. The siren itself is undergoing a profound change. In the face of alarm fatigue, noise pollution and the increasing inefficiency of public loudspeaker announcements, which are increasingly being replaced by text-based alerts on mobile phones, we have long since internalised the siren. It exists within us even before we hear it, keeping us in a state of constant alert. This is precisely where Aura Satz comes in: she replaces the ‘normal’ industrial siren sounds with contemporary pieces of music that nevertheless retain something siren-like, namely the mythological figure of the seductive but dangerous creature. Part of the état bruit exhibition. On display from 28.03 until 20.09.2026. 📷 Photos by @webskiphot

Fino al 14 giugno sarà possibile visitare in AuditoriumArte “Lei ricalibra/She Recalibrates”, prima personale italiana della filmmaker e sound artist @aurasatz . L’esposizione si inserisce nel programma di “One Space/One Sound”, la rassegna dedicata all’arte sonora dell’Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone. In mostra alcuni video ritratti delle pioniere della musica elettronica, compositrici, spesso dimenticate, che hanno contribuito in modo decisivo allo sviluppo di tecnologie, di sistemi di notazione, di pratiche di codifica e alla stessa materialità del suono, quali Daphne Oram, Laurie Spiegel e Beatriz Ferreyra. Accanto ai tre video, la mostra presenta la proiezione di un film sulla percussionista contemporanea non udente Evelyn Glennie (1965). Tutta l’esposizione ruota attorno alla ricalibrazione del suono nella musica elettronica attraverso il dial, la manopola di controllo del suono, come nella serie dei disegni “She Recalibrates”, come dispositivo capace di affinare e dunque ricalibrare l’ascolto da una prospettiva femminista, restituendo visibilità a queste compositrici e affermandole come figure femminili di riferimento, liberatorie e rivoluzionarie, che hanno rimesso al centro dell’attenzione l’ascolto, ricalibrando il suono attraverso la sperimentazione e l’immaginazione, per ridefinire il nostro modo di entrare in relazione con il mondo. Info e orari su auditorium.com @cultureroma

On my way to Rome for a solo show @auditoriumparcodellamusica opening on the 23rd April, curated by the wonderful @annacestelliguidi . I will be showing some short film listening portraits of @laurie.spiegel , Daphne Oram and Beatriz Ferreyra. Also premiering a new short featuring @dameevelynglennie , made with my super special team @themackate and @panosophy . Grateful for support from the @academia_espana_roma where I am showing ‘Dial Tone Drone’, featuring the voices of @lauriepiegel and Pauline Oliveros.

Some recent and upcoming 2026 screenings plus several exhibitions opening this weekend and next: 14 - 18 Jan, Norient festival, Bern @norientsounds 11 Feb, Fridman Gallery, NY @fridmangallery 17 Feb, Critical Media Lab McGill University, Montreal @criticalmedia.lab 20 Feb, STUK, Leuven @stukleuven 27 Mar-20 Sep, ‘Etat Bruit’ group exhibition at Konschthal Esch @konschthal_esch 26-30 Mar, ‘Learn to love the bomb’ Tec Art 2026 at Museumpark, Rotterdam @tecart.rotterdam 4 Apr-11 Oct ‘Direct Bodily Empathy - Sound, Signal, Feedback’ group exhibition at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery & Len Lye Centre, New Plymouth @govettbrewster

𝘍𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘦 by Aura Satz ( @aurasatz ) is a pair of lenticular prints depicting expanding bullets and crater-like bullet holes. The large circular prints are hung on parallel walls, facing each other, inviting the viewer to stand between them, as if in the path of the bullet that tore through. The work is currently featured in 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚, a group exhibition of 16 artists examining root causes and psychological effects of displacement. On view through March 7, 2026.  ————————— Aura Satz (b. 1974, Barcelona) is a London-based artist based who works with film, sound, performance and sculpture. Her works explore a distributed, expanded and shared notion of voice, and are made in conversation, using dialogue as both method and subject matter.  She has performed, exhibited, and screened her work internationally at MoMA, Tate Modern, Tate Britain, the Sydney Biennale, Sharjah Art Foundation, the Hayward Gallery, the Rotterdam International Film Festival, and the New York Film Festival. She has presented solo exhibitions at the Wellcome Collection and the Hayward Gallery project space. ————————— Aura Satz, Flickering Between the Bullet and the Hole, 2016, Framed Lenticular Prints, 39.37 x 39.37 in.  Photography by Jordan Benton.

Happy to be part of this short @arte.tv film on sonic warfare (from Minneapolis to Lebanon) and strategies of de-weaponising sound. Alongside the ever brilliant @kode9 (Steve Goodman, @preemptivelistening film contributor) and @mohamedchoucair , directed by Sara Kheladi @saucekabyle . Available on arte tv channel and YouTube /watch?v=zz7j-9kHR5U (link in bio) • @artetracks La violence revêt plusieurs formes, dont l’une est largement sous-estimée : le bruit. “La guerre invisible : quand le son devient une arme” 👉 L’épisode est dispo en intégralité sur YouTube et arte.tv Avec @kode9 @mohamedchoucair @aurasatz #artetracks

In an age of intersecting political, man-made, and ecological disasters, 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 (89 min.) by 𝐀𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐳 is an ode to the sirens that are and those that could be… 🔊 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲 on 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 11 𝐚𝐭 6:30 𝐏𝐌 as part of 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚’s public programming, 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 is a work of non-fiction cinema that reimagines sirens to forge a new understanding of present and long-term emergency. This event is free & open to the public. RSVP in bio. ————————— 𝐀𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐳 (b. 1974, Barcelona) is a London-based artist working with film, sound, performance, and sculpture. Satz’s work has been presented internationally at institutions including Tate Modern, MoMA, BFI Southbank, the Sydney Biennale, Rotterdam Film Festival, Sharjah Art Foundation, among others. ————————— Poster and trailer of “Preemptive Listening” courtesy of the artist.

Opening today in NY, dark times to be revisiting my piece ‘Flickering Between the Bullet and the Hole’ (2016). Also screening @preemptivelistening on the 11 Feb. Can’t stop thinking about the ICE whistles, powerful sounds of resistance, both of warning and solidarity. • @fridmangallery Fridman Gallery is honored to announce 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙮, a group exhibition examining root causes and psychological effects of displacement. The exhibition title refers to “sanctuary cities”, including New York, which are supposed to afford legal protection for immigrants, and, in a more general sense, to sanctuaries as physical and emotional safe spaces. Immigrants and artists, channeling individual and collective experiences of trauma and healing, are messengers of powerful stories we can assimilate as our own. Sanctuary aims to create a space where a shared sense of displacement leads to shared empathy. ————————— 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙮 January 28 – March 7, 2026 Opening reception: Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 6-8pm. 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬: Cynthia Alberto @cynthiaalbertostudio Alibaba Awrang @awrangalibaba Heather Dewey-Hagborg @hdeweyh Alexa Hatanaka @alexahatanaka Lewinale Havette @lewinale Fidelis Joseph Lesia Khomenko @lesia__khomenko Helena Kozuchowicz Jerome Lagarrigue @jlagarrigue Spandita Malik @spanditamalik Will Maxen @williemaxen Dindga McCannon @dindga Jared Owens @jaredowensart The Photobridge Project @photobridgeproject Aura Satz @aurasatz Samita Sinha ————————— Aura Satz, Flickering Between the Bullet and the Hole, 2016, Framed Lenticular Prints, 39.37 x 39.37 in.

🎬 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝟎𝟏: 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞-𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠    «Preemptive Listening» von Aura Satz rüttelt uns auf und lässt uns nachdenken über Sound in Momenten von Krisen und Protesten. Über Sirenen als Signale der Angst, aber auch als Appell, Verantwortung zu übernehmen und sich den Menschen zuzuwenden.  Der Sound-Chronist Mohamed Yaghi hört in «Gaza Sound Man» unermüdlich zu. Mitten in einer Welt der Zerstörung zeichnet er akustische Zeugnisse auf. Diese Filme hinterlassen dringliche Fragen: Wie kann Zuhören zu einer Form von Aktivismus werden?� *** Aura Satz’s «Preemptive Listening» shook us. It made us think about sound in moments of crisis and protest – about sirens as signals of fear, but also as a call to take responsibility and turn to people.  Sound chronicler Mohamed Yaghi listens tirelessly in «Gaza Sound Man». In the midst of a world of destruction, he records acoustic testimonies. These films left us with questions that feel urgent: How can listening become a form of action? ✨CH Premieres 🎬 Preemptive Listening · @aurasatz ·  GBR 2025, 89’ feat. moormother , Christina Kubisch, @laurie.spiegel and many more 🎬 Gaza Sound Man · Hosam Abu Dan @hosamabudan mit/with @mohamedyaghi · QAT/PAL 2025 · 43'  🎤 Q&A mit/w. Aura Satz, Hosam Abu Dan, Mohamed Yaghi Moderated by artistic co-director @suvanisuri and Osama Abdullah (wav.kollektiv) ⏰ 15. Jan 2026 · ⏰ 19.30 · 7.30pm  📍 @kinoinderreitschule   🎬Trailer by @hermannfilms #NorientFestival #2026 #Bern #films #war #violence #soundscape #voice

Some upcoming and recent screenings@and talks: 27 Sep 2025 Screening and talk with @suvanisuri at the @listeningbiennial , @fica_india - Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art, New Delhi 7 Oct 2025, @uwmunioncinema , Milwaukee 11 Oct 2025, screening and talk at @cubemicroplex @enmassefest , Bristol 11 Oct 2025 @noboundsfestivaluk curated by @lono.world , Sheffield 19 Oct 2025, Sound Privilege, @arteristanbul Museum, curated by @cirilism , Istanbul 5-7 Nov 2025, screening and Keynote, at Explorations on Sound and New Media Art: @escoladasartescatolica UCP, Porto 13 Nov @fuga.cine @casa.montjuic , Barcelona 4 Dec artist talk @crisapsoundarts @lcclondon

On Sunday, September 7, at 3 PM, mobile phones across the UK will vibrate and emit a test emergency siren sound for up to 10 seconds followed by a text message. As the text alert sounds this week we are thinking about other creative calls for synchronised remote listening, specifically composer Mieko Shiomi’s Spatial Poem N.7 from March 5, 1974 (excerpted in the first slide). With this instance of purposeful collective attention we mark the date and inaugurate our Scoring Warnings project. Together with scientists, artists, and curators from various institutions we will explore the relationships between artistic scores and the language, haptics, and communication styles of warnings to understand how these serve as tools for persuasion, mobilisation, and collaboration Project team: @francesca_l_cavallo @irene_revell @aurasatz , @uclwrc , @cjfearnley , @ilankelman , funded by AHRC #scoringwarnings #emergencyalert #testsiren #spatialpoem #testalert