Sep 28, 2025
Lutz Stautner, {2023} Crying Glacier
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Lutz Stautner, {2023} Crying Glacier
Ludwig Berger & Vadret da Morteratsch ~ Crying Glacier
It may quack like a duck, but it is not a duck; it is a glacier. The astounding “a kind of a person” is just one example of how strange and alluring the sounds of glaciers can be. Once the hydrophones are dipped into water, one may hear babbling babies, abstract synthesizers and all manner of sonic wonders. Crying Glacier is Ludwig Berger‘s tribute to the vanishing geophony of the Vadret da…
Video: Crying Glacier (2024)
A sound artist tries to conserve the sounds of a melting glacier in the Swiss Alps before it might disappear forever. The louder the glacier, the stronger the melt. The creaking, cracking and rippling is the voice of impermanence. Sound artist Ludwig Berger shows how important it is to listen to the world that surrounds us. The film follows him on one of his numerous visits to Morteratsch…