CONTRIBUTIONS Pairs Objects With Commissioned Soundscapes in Paris
Design Milk | 15.01.2026 21:00
Design exhibitions typically treat objects as autonomous entities, isolated under gallery lighting where silence amplifies visual contemplation. CONTRIBUTIONS Festival’s second edition, the nonprofit organization founded by design consultants Anna Caradeuc and Élise Daunay, fundamentally challenges this premise by treating sound not as background atmosphere but as structural element – a layer of meaning that transforms how we perceive material culture. The decision to commission musicians to respond directly to exhibited works creates a dynamic where acoustic and physical forms become mutually constitutive rather than hierarchically arranged.
