someday the wind will carry it all away
2026



Experimental audio

19:42 min

Stereo (2-channel)

Languages: German, English, Arabic, Farsi, Italian

Field recordings, voices, archival audio excerpts, narration

Gera/Weimar, Germany


This sound piece approaches the city of Gera as an archaeological site of the present. 

Through fragments of architectures that have disappeared — demolished buildings, emptied spaces, and
shifting infrastructures — it listens to urban change as an ongoing process rather than a finished history.

Through cracking sunflower seeds, moving air, urban field recordings, archival news report, and layered voices, the piece forms a shifting acoustic terrain. Sounds gather briefly before dissolving into wind and spatial distance. The work does not attempt to reconstruct the past, but rather traces possible scenarios of urban life through acoustic residues and fragmented memory.

The wind operates as both spatial presence and eroding force — carrying away shells, words, and structures alike. Eventually, the work lingers with what remains: unstable legacies, subtle traces, and the quiet question of what will be left for others to encounter in a constantly transforming environment.

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This project was realized as part of
Tune in to urban change,
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar,
by Dr. Grit Ruhland

Spoken voice contributions by:
Ameer Masoud
Anna Gagliotti
Konstantin Knospe
Sarah Mahjoory

cover image/video: ameer masoud

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