Klara Adolfsson

Imagine how much we are missing. So many people’s artistry, stories, knowledge, soundscapes that are not given space in our world.
In Sweden, two out of ten songwriters (Sveriges Radio 2022) and three out of ten employees in the tech industry (Statistiska Centralbyrån 2020) are women. What do the sounds we haven’t yet heard sound like? Unheard Sound wants to let the unheard sounds be heard.

In this project, I have explored how women, non-binary and trans people can be invited to participate in the electronic music scene to make the music and tech industry more equal. The project has resulted in a hardware synth that aims to challenge current norms about how a synth should be designed. A focus on technology places the power of the sound in the hands of the user.

The design process has been driven by interviews with women working in the music industry and workshops with a primary school and an LGBTQ+ youth center.