Slúchadlo

–18 °C a sound composition by Eva Sajanová draws inspiration from the everyday sounds of a freezer, a common appliance found in nearly every household. Through Slúchadlo, the author transforms this sound to an imaginary portal into a Petržalka apartment building. Via a single shared appliance, she connects different households and brings to our attention the everyday life that unfolds behind the walls of individual apartments. Recordings of doors opening and closing, drawers getting stuck, and the handling of frozen food, plastic, or ice compose the rhythm of the lives unfolding here. The freezer becomes a space for accumulating, setting aside, and storing. A tool that allows us to save, yet at the same time constantly put things off until later. The composition thus asks: How many lives can fit into a single freezer?

Eva Sajanová works in film, music, and sound. After studying composition at the Bratislava Conservatory, she earned a master’s degree in documentary film directing from the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts (VŠMU). For her short film How to Listen to Fountains (2025), she won the grand prize at the Nest competition in San Sebastián and the Slnko v sieti award. As a composer, she has created music for the documentary film The President, as well as for several short films and movement performances. She occasionally performs with her solo project holé baby. She is the curator of POFO.sk, a sound map of Bratislava’s fountains.