Urbirds singing the Sonata
2011
6.0 sound (mono), 32 min 39 sec

It is not clear which influences brought Dada artist Kurt Schwitters to create his phonetic sound poem Ursonate (1922–1932). Some historians claim he was inspired by bird sounds. Astrid Seme strongly believes this to be true and therefore brought the primordial song back to the birds. Urbirds singing the Sonata narrates and describes what Kurt Schwitters might have heard in order to arrive at his phonetic poetry and rhythmic score.