état bruit

What does the present sound like? Who decides what we hear? These and other questions are explored in the seven conversations collected in this volume on the état bruit, the state of sound in contemporary art. It thus provides an inventory that uses the medium of the audible to make the invisible tangible. Max Dax talks with Nik Nowak, Open Group, Nika Schmitt, Tintin Patrone, Aura Satz, Brognon Rollin and Gabriela Löffel, who explore the relationship between noise and the world with their conceptual sound sculptures and spatial installations, thus making complex global connections accessible in a sensory way. The volume, published on the occasion of the exhibition état bruit at the Konschthal Esch, illustrates that the sometimes loud, sometimes quiet works of the participating artists are like seismographs: they record the vibrations of our time.

Max Dax, b. 1969 in Kiel, is a German author, editor, journalist, photographer and gallerist. He lives in Berlin.

Published as part of the group show état bruit at Konschthal Esch, 28.03 - 20.09.2026

Edited by Charles Wennig
Texts by Max Dax
Graphic design by Laurent Daubach, Designbureau

Printed in Esch/Alzette, 2026
1000 copies
19,5 x 25,5 cm - 136 p. with 74 illustrations (55 color, partly full or double-sided)
Text in German and English 
ISBN 978-3-7533-1015-2

Published / distributed by Buchhandlung Walther and Franz König, in collaboration with the Konschthal Esch.

Available at the Konschthal. Selling price: 38€.