A series of five hung captioned vinyl covers with dark text on a white background.

Image description: A series of five hung captioned vinyl covers with dark text on a white background. Photo: Dani Hasrouni. Event: In Conversation exhibition, 2025.

Music i̶m̶Possible

captioned vinyl covers without the actual vinyl discs

with contributions from Alexis Bacon, Gaia Martino, hany tea, Kandis Friesen, M.D., MINQ, RC Taube, Rory Mason, Saverio Cantoni, Terry Perdanawati.

Music 𝗂̶𝗆̶Possible exhibits music that is (almost) impossible to create or happen in the external world, but possible within the realm of imagination through captioning.

This work was created by 10 people from diverse bodymind characteristics and professional backgrounds, who participated in one of the assignments in the “Text as Medium for Aural Communication” workshop hosted by Berlin-based Refuge Worldwide.

This project aims to demonstrate that imagined music is as real as the acoustical world, (re)centering music within the bodymind. The captioning activity also highlights the accessibility of artistry, challenging the idea of needing perfect instrumental and artistic skills in music-making. The captioned vinyl cover without the actual vinyl disc illustrates this point: music can exist without the physical sound.

Work details

Year created: 2025

Format: vinyl covers without the actual vinyl discs

Medium: digital prints on art carton paper

Cast

Sound Captions: Alexis Bacon, Gaia Martino, hany tea, Kandis Friesen, M.D., MINQ, RC Taube, Rory Mason, Saverio Cantoni, Terry Perdanawati

Workshop Concept and Installation Design: Jay Afrisando

This project was created during Jay Afrisando’s DAAD Artists-in-Berlin residency 2024-25, and exhibited at the In Conversation exhibition, curated by Dr. Kate Brehme.

In Conversation is supported by the DAAD Artists-in-Residence Program in Berlin, the University of California, Santa Cruz, the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, and the Exhibition Fund for Communal Galleries. The Galerie im Turm is run by the municipal government of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg.

Exhibition

In Conversation, Galerie im Turm, Berlin, DE, 4 September - 23 November 2025.

A series of five hung captioned vinyl covers with dark text on a white background. Photo: Dani Hasrouni. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.

A series of five hung captioned vinyl covers with dark text on a white background. Photo: Dani Hasrouni. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.

Vinyl 1: [rising sound of global revolution] by Saverio Cantoni. Photo: Dani Hasrouni. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.

Vinyl 1: [rising sound of global revolution] by Saverio Cantoni. Photo: Dani Hasrouni. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.

Vinyl 2: [underwater electronic orchestra plays a beat slow song while dancing bubbles pop the percussion line] by MINQ. Photo: Dani Hasrouni. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.

Vinyl 2: [underwater electronic orchestra plays a beat slow song while dancing bubbles pop the percussion line] by MINQ. Photo: Dani Hasrouni. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.

Vinyl 3: [a starfish slaps a seaweed-strung double bass, pulsating salty frequencies against oceanic currents and fishy masses] by Rory Mason. Photo: Dani Hasrouni. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.

Vinyl 3: [a starfish slaps a seaweed-strung double bass, pulsating salty frequencies against oceanic currents and fishy masses] by Rory Mason. Photo: Dani Hasrouni. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.

Vinyl 4: [the inhabitants of a city form a spontaneous choir, and they sing a circular song, continuously; low voices sing with their mouths pressed against the earth, mid voices sing with their mouths against concrete, and high voices sing with thei

Vinyl 4: [the inhabitants of a city form a spontaneous choir, and they sing a circular song, continuously; low voices sing with their mouths pressed against the earth, mid voices sing with their mouths against concrete, and high voices sing with their mouths pushed up against glass] by Kandis Friesen. Photo: Dani Hasrouni. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.

Vinyl 5: [i wake up to the heater in my room making a repetitive hard sound that hurts my brain. it gets more intense with every new cycle and i wish i’d fall asleep but wait, now the sound morphs into soft sparkly motions that expand my skin and pou

Vinyl 5: [i wake up to the heater in my room making a repetitive hard sound that hurts my brain. it gets more intense with every new cycle and i wish i’d fall asleep but wait, now the sound morphs into soft sparkly motions that expand my skin and pour like water out the window, onto the streets] by RC Taube. Photo: Dani Hasrouni. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.

Vinyl 6: [thin shaft of sound, keyhole-shaped] by Alexis Bacon. Photo: Dani Hasrouni. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.

Vinyl 6: [thin shaft of sound, keyhole-shaped] by Alexis Bacon. Photo: Dani Hasrouni. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.

Vinyl 7: [a ghostly piano mourning lost love, its melancholia transcending time and borders] by hany tea. Photo: Dani Hasrouni. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.

Vinyl 7: [a ghostly piano mourning lost love, its melancholia transcending time and borders] by hany tea. Photo: Dani Hasrouni. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.

Vinyl 8: [you put a seashell on your ear and the dissolving a sea foam transforms into your favorite song] by M.D. Photo: Dani Hasrouni. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.

Vinyl 8: [you put a seashell on your ear and the dissolving a sea foam transforms into your favorite song] by M.D. Photo: Dani Hasrouni. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.

Vinyl 9: [a choir of growling stomach playing Vivaldi’s Storm] by Terry Perdanawati. Photo: Dani Hasrouni. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.

Vinyl 9: [a choir of growling stomach playing Vivaldi’s Storm] by Terry Perdanawati. Photo: Dani Hasrouni. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.

Vinyl 10: [the weight of the whole body on a single underwater step reverberates through millions of bones, a collective structure doesn’t need to be structured] by Gaia Martino. Photo: Dani Hasrouni. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.

Vinyl 10: [the weight of the whole body on a single underwater step reverberates through millions of bones, a collective structure doesn’t need to be structured] by Gaia Martino. Photo: Dani Hasrouni. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.

Another series of five hung vinyl covers, with a reading corner and one hung light as a background. Photo: Dani Hasrouni. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.

Another series of five hung vinyl covers, with a reading corner and one hung light as a background. Photo: Dani Hasrouni. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.

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