Annika Kahrs

Les Fanfares, 2025

4K, color, sound, 22 min. and diary
Courtesy of the artist & Produzentengalerie Hamburg

With : Anne Barman, Estelle Cajeux, Adrien Carrupt, Aurélien Carrupt, Loris Chambovay, Loïc Ciriolo, Benoît Dorsaz, Jonathan Dorsaz, David Granges, Julien, Samuel Hubert, Mathias Jordan, Etienne Mettaz, Léa Morard, Robin Python, Julie Rausis, Romain Rausis, Madeline Salgat, Valentin Salgat, Stévane Sarlandie, Tania Sarrasin, Adline Vouillamoz, Antonin Zufferey

Original music developed for the project by Louis d'Heudières
All performances took place at the Salle du Grand Conseil, Sion, Switzerland.

Filmed in the Salle du Grand Conseil in Sion, this video brings together members of various Valais brass bands. It explores the close and complex historical relationship between these musical ensembles and local political parties. Looking beyond the Valais example, the work draws parallels with wider political dynamics and how these influence our lives today. The video installation is accompanied by an exhibition of research documents.

A free newspaper available to visitors brings together archival documents, political speeches, and press articles that illustrate how the once-close interconnection between music and politics in Valais in the early 20th century has largely faded today.

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Camera: Karsten Krause, Levente Pavelka
Sound recording: Patrick Dadaczyński
Composition: Louis d'Heudières
Production manager: Christophe Constantin
Production assistant: Roberta Folliero
Communications manager: Karine Papilloud
Sound design & sound mixing: Ariel Schlichter
Color grading: Levente Pavelka
Title design: Laurens Maria Bauer

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Many thanks to the City of Sion for granting us permission to film in the Grand Council Hall.

This project was produced by the Biennale Son on the occasion of the 2ᵉ edition of the Biennale Son 2025 and realized with the support of the IFA.

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Annika Kahrs

Born in 1984 (DE)
Based in Berlin

Annika Kahrs often explores themes related to music, sound, and the intersections between humans and their environment. Collaborating with people from other fields or with different knowledge is an essential part of her work process. She is interested in the cultural and social functions of music, its communicative aspects, and its formal nature. Her performances, films, and sound installations highlight the importance of music and sound—as acoustic information—in different social, cultural, and political structures of coexistence.