An exhibition for the ears

At various stations, acoustic phenomena to do with hearing are made interactive. Visitors can find out what structure-borne sound means and how noise and anti-noise can cancel each other out. Other stations actively get to grips with the key question: what does Stuttgart sound like? What sound does the Kräherwald forest actually make? And how different does Stuttgart sound by day and by night?

While the design of spaces is usually dominated by visual attractions, it’s the opposite here: to create a sensory space which is as neutral as possible, visual elements have mostly been eliminated. The darkened spaces are dominated by soft materials with an acoustic impact, and text explanations have been kept to a minimum. Visitors can fully engage with the audio and sound experience.

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Finally, visitors step back into the light and help contribute to the Stuttgart soundscape. Using hands-on resources like paper, marbles or sheet metal, they can produce sounds themselves and bring a Stuttgart city scene to life. They become Foley – or sound-effects – artists, filling their city with sound.