more heat than light | 2025

more heat than light was presented as part of the 2nd edition of KorSonoR, an exhibition-festival dedicated to sound and visual arts organized by Arta Sperto, this site specific performance took place at Pavillon Sicli, Geneva (August 16th & 17th, 2025)

more heat than light by LABOUR (Farahnaz Hatam & Colin Hacklander) continues their exploration of sound and ritual. Following their recent works Tower of Silence (2024) and Death Levels Us All (2024), this piece considers death not as an end, but as a passage, an experience of traversing between different states of being. The artists draw inspiration from ancient Zoroastrian death rituals (Zarathustra), where music and chants help guide the soul's journey after death.

With this project, the artists are developing a format they have experimented with in several other contexts: sound activation. This spatialized composition explores architecture through sound, guiding the audience through a series of interconnected sonic events composed of amplified and unamplified sources. For the performances at the Pavillon Sicli Foundation, they have created a composition that intertwines voice, percussion, electronics, and two double basses.