A two-channel audio version of the installation piece “Dying is Fine, But Death…” by Mississauga sound artist Daniel Ottini will be presented as part of the 2026 SONOHR festival line-up.
The SONOHR radio & podcast festival is a three-day celebration of creative documentary and fictional audio stories that are rich in sound, including experimental sound art, in Bern, Switzerland (February 27th to March 3rd).
The full line-up and ticket sales can be found on the SONOHR homepage:
“Dying is Fine, But Death…” (2025) is a 13‑minute multichannel audio/video installation for electronically generated sounds, manipulated field recordings, and spoken word; it utilizes object‑ and channel‑based spatial audio and video to provide a visual ambience that mirrors the sonic events.
The piece examines the simultaneity of death as both a natural cycle – unfolding as the inevitable result of our birth – and an “artificial” one, marked by dispassionate medical and legal definitions which are devoid of spiritual or poetic meaning.
Using alternating field recordings of cemetery and mausoleum spaces, fragments of speech from an end‑of‑life nurse, and an anchoring drone derived from those recordings, the piece interrogates listeners’ perspectives on a seldom‑externalized topic and creates a space for self‑reflection and contemplation.
Daniel Ottini is a Canadian sound artist, field recordist, sound designer, and electronic musician whose work seeks deeper truths about human emotion and experience using sound as a medium of inquiry and expression.
His sound art practice currently utilizes documentary audio, field recordings, electronic textures, and spatial sound to probe and engage the listener’s perspective in an immersive but non‑didactic manner.
More information about Daniel Ottini’s work may be found at:
Contact: danielottiniaudio@rogers.com
