Publishing Publishing Nordic & PUBLIC RETREAT

Is anything in this world truly objective?

An agitated tuba?

A totebag with a frog motif?

A self-obsessed vegan mayonnaise tube cap or the worst sandal ever?

What? What was that? Are you talking to me?

A mysterious yellow concrete building by Central Park, an elongated shape traveling through through space, a series of inexplicable disappearances, dreams of birds and a gruesome murder.

We follow Special Agent Cat, Dr. Kale, the poet Bell, Lynx the medical student, Associate Executive Assistant Director Crane and Detective Light – ever deeper into the mysteries of a global conspiracy, possibly even the end of days.

A free newspaper exploring how sound shapes our experience of public space, blending essays, interviews, and speculative pieces to uncover hidden histories and reimagine urban environments through sonic landscapes. With Sound! Scan the QR-codes! As cities grow denser, the spaces that once offered solace are vanishing. PUBLIC RETREAT EXPLORER invites you to rethink how we inhabit our cities, asking if we can transform urban spaces into places of rest through the act of listening. Supported by OCA Office for Contemporary Art Norway; Helgo Zettervalls Fond; The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Danish Arts Foundation, Nordic Culture Point, Nordic Culture Fund, OPI Lab, Sound Art Lab, Danish Composers Society.

Made by the collaborative project PUBLIC RETREAT (Johanna Fager, Nicole Cecilie Bitsch Pedersen, Jo Mikkel Sjaastad Huse)