Concept

Oorwonde is an interactive operating table whereby the visitor turns himself over to aural surgery and hears and feels the soundtrack of a fictitious operation. Based on Bernhard Leitner's philosophy that listening is understood to extend to all parts of the body and sound to touch a deep nerve, Oorwonde explores the concept of bodily hearing and the borders of the audible.

Oorwonde wants to take the visitor by surprise via the sensation of sounds and movements and the insight that these sound and movements can be influenced by the amount of pressure executed on specific points.