About the event
Field recordings listening sessions return to Different Sounds (July 2–5, 2026, Lublin)! After last year’s very warm reception of our new program proposal from the Different Sounds audience, we are coming back with another edition of the Sound Reset. This time we invite you to a meditative and collective immersion in the sounds of slowly disappearing worlds, as well as to attentive listening that allows you to catch your breath amid the festival bustle.
This is the 19th edition of Different Sounds in Lublin, organized by the Workshops of Culture, and the 13th edition within the East of Culture, a project carried out by the National Centre for Culture using funds from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and by three cities in eastern Poland – Lublin, Białystok, and Rzeszów.
What will we hear?
During three festival mornings (Friday–Sunday), we will create a sound space designed for auditory rest. In a darkened interior free from visual distractions, on comfortable cushions and loungers, you will be able to listen to sets of field recordings prepared for Inne Brzmienia by Ludwig Berger, Iza Smelczyńska, and Maciej Wirmański.
Each of the three listening sessions presents a different soundscape and a form of auditory documentation of worlds that are disappearing from our sight and hearing. “The First Last Day” by Iza Smelczyńska is a deeply personal sound postcard from the last day of the school year in Warsaw’s Mariensztat district. “Sounds of Extinction” by Maciej Wirmański documents the soundscapes of the Orawsko-Nowotarskie Peatlands, areas affected by human pressure. Meanwhile, Ludwig Berger’s recordings take us to the retreating Morteratsch Glacier in the Swiss Alps. This session will be accompanied by a screening of the documentary film “Crying Glacier”, nominated for the News & Documentary Emmy Awards.
Rest, reset your ears, and tune them for further musical experiences of Inne Brzmienia.
The Sound Resets are also accessible for blind and visually impaired audiences. If you would like to attend and require assistance, please let us know by email no later than 3 days before the festival – send a message to: wolontariat@warsztatykultury.pl.
Programme
July 3 (Friday), 11.00-12.00 | “Sounds of Extinction – The Orawa-Nowy Targ Peatlands” | Maciej Wirmański
July 4 (Saturday), 11.00-12.00 | “Crying Glacier” | Ludwig Berger (listening session + screening of the short documentary film)
July 5 (Sunday),