Sound Bath @ BEK Forum x Active Rest

WHAT YOU GET

All of this is included in the price:

5:45 pm — Arrival with tea

6:00 pm — Talk about the artwork, the „Pavilion of Time“ by Aknur Zhussip and Zarina Belousova

6:20 pm — Sound Bath

7:00 pm — Free visit to the exhibition

Soft mats, blankets, and eye pillows are provided. You may bring pillows and any other personal items that support your relaxation.

The Location

BEK Forum is a production platform for art and scholarship, with a focus on project-based collaboration with artists and imaginative forms of exhibition and performance. The conceptual origin of BEK, short for Büro für experimentelle Kunst, is a tension between the production and administration of artistic experiments. BEK is committed to the full cycle of producing, documenting, and studying experimental forms of visual art, performance, and music.

BEK also runs From the morning desk, a publication for today’s friends and tomorrow’s enthusiasts. It intends to return the Büro’s machinery to its origin as a writing desk, where fresh thoughts gather like morning dew. The desk reads and writes from today, not as this or that. It works against the illusion of clarity, acknowledging that collective work over time sediments and unsettles the relevance of a work of art or a piece of writing. A loose companion to BEK’s program, this publication collects valuable, often fleeting traces of thought that may reveal themselves as history. Thematic threads only become more visible in the future—in this case, in the biannual volume and, one hopes, a time frame beyond BEK’s current form.

BEK was founded by Li Yizhuo in early 2025, reflecting her interests and commitments as an art historian, curator, and collector. Before moving to Vienna in 2021, Li has experience in directing nonprofit art organization and managing projects at art gallery and private collection in New York, Boston, and Beijing.

The HOST - Ricarda

Ricarda is an experienced sound practitioner who creates immersive, calming experiences through sound, using instruments such as crystal singing bowls, gongs and chimes. With a warm and intuitive presence, she guides participants into deep relaxation and mental clarity. Her sessions are designed to help slow down, release tension and reconnect with the body. At the event, Ricarda will host a sound bath that complements the artworks and offers a mindful pause from everyday noise and stimulation.

The Artists - Zarina belousova & aknur zhussip

Zarina Belousova is an architect working at the intersection of space, material, and atmoshpere. She develops a sensitive and intuitive approach where form follows feeling and beauty becomes an argument.

Aknur Zhussip is a Vienna-based architect and founder of design studio nōur. She approaches spatial practice as inherently interdisciplinary, drawing from art, film, psychology, and neuroscience to explore how environments influence perception and emotional experience.

Built by Belousova & Zhussip in collaboration with Motsa and Steven Mark Kübler, the Pavilion of Time sits at the heart of Active Rest. This cave-like, textile architectural form invites visitors to enter, lie down, and remain. Inside, light slowly cycles through shades of white, yellow, and pink - colors associated with warmth, care, and restoration. The light sequence unfolds slowly, deliberately extended to stretch the visitor’s perception of duration. Time ceases to rush. The pavilion was designed considering the exiting architectural context and extending it with textile. Different layers of fabric were cut in organic shape to reference archaic form and softening the rigidity of the surrounding structure. The results are two spaces - one within and one revealing the rhythm of time architecturally.