Research project Maison du son

Collaboration pour la création du Musee et de l’exposition permanente de la «Maison du son» (Maison du son)

As a place for knowledge transfer and active exploration, the Maison du Son will aim to raise visitors’ awareness of the multiple dimensions of the radio medium and to present the technical, political, economic and cultural aspects of radio in a lively and audible way.

The project at a glance

  • Start date:
    01 Oct 2024
  • Duration in months:
    36
  • Funding:
    Administration Communale de Pétange
  • Principal Investigator(s):
    Andreas FICKERS

About

The ‘Maison du son’ houses the material history of modern auditory media. As a place of knowledge transfer and active exploration, it is a unique contact point for those who are fascinated by the manifold dimensions of the medium radio, of sound recording and of sound processing in the 20th century. It is a place where amateurs, enthusiasts, experts and students meet and explore the technical, sociocultural and economic aspects of radio and audio with real objects in a transmedia experience.

Organisation and Partners

  • Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH)
  • Public History & Outreach
  • Interesseveräin Maison du son, ASBL
  • L’administration communale de Pétange
  • Tokonoma
  • Teisen-Giesler Architectes
  • 2F Architettura

Project team

  • Andreas FICKERS, PI
  • Sebastian DÖRING, Project member
  • Andy O'DWYER, Project member
  • Albert Wolter, Project member, Interesseveräin Maison du son, ASBL (external)
  • Roger Roth, Project member, Interesseveräin Maison du son, ASBL (external)
  • Jérôme Bauler, Project member, Administration communale de Pétange (external)
  • Chiara Ligi, Project member, Tokonoma (external)
  • Micol Riva, Project member, Tokonoma (external)
  • Lisi Teisen, Project member, Teisen-Giesler Architectes (external)
  • Nicolas Privé, Project member, Teisen-Giesler Architectes (external)
  • Alessandro Floris, Project member, 2F Architettura (external)