Föhnkrankheit
This audio work examines the wind as a force of constant change, vitality and instability. The title derives from a Swiss condition associated with the fierce Alpine wind.
The work weaves together personal stories that reflect the wind’s unpredictability and a 19th-century wind expedition. Through the diary entries of aeronaut Gaston Tissandier (1839–1906), an aeronaut who ascended in helium balloons to map and understand the currents of air, the work reconstructs these 19th-century wind expeditions.
Sound space Zeno van den Broek, Research Netherlands Esma Linnemann, Production Switzerland Titus Dürst.
Supported by the Dutch Cultural Media Fund 2014 / Woord.nl / Nominated for Prix Europa
With Lucas de Man as aëronaut Gaston Tissander and Hidde Simons as captain Sivel. Marco van Heerde, Toos Linneman, Rudolf Nägerli, Helen Ochsenbein, Kaspar Ott, Simon Von Weissenfluh and Walter Von Weissenfluh.
Special thanks to: the Föhn guard of the village of Guttannen, Gasthof Bären, Magda Augusteijn, Titus Dürst, Liesbeth Prins and Studio Vermeer.
