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Lullaby E@motion Triptych
čet., 26. mar.
|Tonspur-passage
What happens when a lullaby – one of the oldest human songs – enters the age of artificial intelligence?
Time & Location
26. mar. 2026, 10:00 – 25. apr. 2026, 20:00
Tonspur-passage, Museumsplatz, 1070 Wien, Austria
About the event
In the TONSPUR_passage in the MuseumsQuartier Vienna, my sound installation Lullaby E@motion Triptych (in collaboration with Hayato Nakao) invites visitors to step into an immersive environment where sound, voice and image unfold around them. Every day from 10:00 to 20:00, until April 25th.
TONSPUR_passage I Micro Museum for Sound • on view every day from 10:00 to 20:00, until April 25th.
Eight speakers create a living ocean of sound, while seven visual panels – The Modern Sphinx – pose questions about the future of human emotions:
Lullaby E@motion Triptych – Incubator is a three-part sound project accompanied by a seven-part visual composition, “Contemporary Sphinx.”
The installation transforms the lullaby archetype into a contemporary meditation on the emotional evolution of humanity.
Through three sound chapters — Earthling’s Lullaby, Cryonic Lullaby, and Vitrified Lullaby — the work traces a journey from emotional wholeness toward an uncertain hybrid future in which human emotions may become redundant.
Grounded in the timeless ritual of lullabies — melody, rhythm, and repetition — the work asks a simple yet profound question:
How long will we have lullabies?
Will there be a last lullaby?
By interweaving scientific facts, the human voice and electronic sound, the Lullaby E@motion Triptych develops into a spatial poem about the fragility of presence, about the rhythm of breathing with the planet and about the hope that as long as there are emotions, there will be lullabies.
The installation is located in the TONSPUR_passage in the MuseumsQuartier in Vienna, where it transforms the transitional space into an incubator of emotions — a place where sound breathes and feelings take shape.
Lullaby E@motion Triptych • curator Thomas Mießgang • TONSPUR_passage I Micro Museum for Sound • on view daily from 10:00 - 20:00 until April 25.
You can listen to the stereo version and read the full recording by Thomas Miessgang at the link below: https://tonspur.at/soundworks/eva-petric/
From Thomas Miessgang's recording:
“Eva Petrič's multichannel work confronts fundamental existential questions in a time of emotional numbness and the shaping of human consciousness by artificial intelligence.”
“The lullaby, as one of the most basic forms of music and an important medium of interaction between mother and child, functions in this aesthetic experiment as a metaphor for the transmission of cultural traditions and for the authenticity of emotional states of agitation.”
“Music catalyzes emotions and stimulates concentration and the creation of alpha waves. It supports the integration of otherwise alienated human processes and helps us understand ourselves on a level that transcends language. Eva Petrič wants to show that this is still true today, in the age of artificial intelligence.”
Special thanks to Thomas Mießgang, Georg Weckwerth, Peter Szely, Sabine, Margot and the entire Tonspur team for their support – and to Clemens Kneringer and Ivan Klaric for the photos and video. Last but not least, thanks to Hayat Nakaou for his wonderful collaboration on the Lullaby E@motion triptych.
Exhibition information
Lullaby E@motion Triptych
Eva Petrič feat. Hayato Nakao
Curated by Thomas Miessgang
📍 TONSPUR_passage – Micro Museum for Sound
MuseumsQuartier, Vienna
🕙 Daily 10:00-20:00
📅 On view until April 25
Listen to the stereo version and read the curated recording in full:
Copyright © Eva Petrič, 2026, Bildrecht Vienna, All rights reserved.