caroline proposal

TT - toast in transit

Toast in Transit in a sound installation that will take place in the
lounge of the 11th floor of the EV building. The installation consists
of a toaster diffusing sounds from the subway environment.

We want to express the concept of transition, using 2 symbolic
elements: the toaster being the physical transition, and the subway,
the spatial transition. The room is also acting as a transition space,
since it can be viewed as a waiting room.

The sound environment in the subway station is quite omnipresent.
Machinery and ventilation sounds are infinitely echoing, submerging
the users. We can see a parallel with the heat of the toaster, echoing
inside the object and submerging the bread.


We wanted to denature some components of our everyday routine with a
touch of absurdity. The strangeness of the mix is motivated by the
semi-awake state that happens often in the morning, when we rush to
get our toast and then rush to the subway.