Lullaby E@motion Tryptich
- Eva Petrič
- 10 hours ago
- 2 min read
Thank you to all who joined the preview of Eva Petrič feat. Hayato Nakao: Lullaby E@motion Triptych, (commissioned by
TONSPUR Kunstverein Wien in 2026, curated by Thomas Mießgang, produced by Georg Weckwerth & Peter Szely) at TONSPUR Passage, MuseumsQuartier Vienna last Sunday.
“Lullaby E@motion Triptych – Incubator” is a three-part sound and seven-part visual composition, a Contemporary Sphinx transforming the archetype of the lullaby into a meditation on humanity’s emotional evolution.
Through Earthling’s Lullaby, Cryonic Lullaby, and Vitrified Lullaby, the work traces our passage from emotional wholeness toward an uncertain hybrid future — a future in which feeling risks becoming obsolete.
Rooted in the timeless ritual of lullabies — melody, rhythm, repetition — the installation asks:
How long will we still have them?
Will there be a last lullaby?
Do emotions have a place in the future?
Will our voices differ from AI?
Will AI compose the post-human lullaby?
By intertwining scientific facts, human voice, and electronic sound, Lullaby E@motion becomes a spatial poem about the fragility of presence, the rhythm of breathing with the planet, and the hope that as long as emotions exist, lullabies will remain.
Presented in the MQ passageway in Vienna, the work transforms this transitional space into an incubator of emotions — a place where sound breathes and feeling takes form.
In the words of Thomas Mießgang:
“Eva Petrič’s multi-channel work grapples with fundamental existential questions in times of emotional numbness and the modeling of human consciousness by artificial intelligence.”
“Music catalyzes emotions, promotes concentration, and helps us understand ourselves beyond language — a reminder that this still holds true in the age of AI.”
"The suggestive voice, which at times whispers in an incantatory way, then again lapses into the tone and style of a children's song, acquires a ghostly and disembodied dimension through filters and echo effects. One feels as if witnessing a séance, the transmission of messages from a distant and alien world. In conjunction with the garishly luminous red, blue, and green tones of the visuals and the blurred contours of the incorporated portrait of the artist, the work develops into a hauntological summoning of spirits—Madame Blavatsky seems not too far away".
Special thanks to Thomas Mießgang, Georg Weckwerth, Peter Szely, Margot, and the entire Tonspur team for their support — and to Clemens Kneringer and Ivan Klaric for the photographs, And last but not least thank you also to Hayato Nakao for his wonderful collabotation on Lullaby E@motion Triptych.
To hear the stereo version and read the full curatorial text:
Copyright © Eva Petrič, 2026, Bildrecht Vienna, All rights reserved.
