Artist’s DNA
Music box
Audio
20 × 4 cm
This work is part of the series Solutio
Born from research developed during the GlogauAir Berlin 2024 Residency, this series explores the complexity of female identity in tension with social norms and technological advancement. Using her own worn clothing as primary material — garments charged with lived experience — Englebert builds a visual language that probes the layers of social conditioning and subjectivity that shape the contemporary female psyche.
Our body is written with an alphabet of four letters (A, T, C, and G), arranged like a precise recipe —a molecular choreography that gives life. Like a symphony, DNA is made of rhythms and repetitions. Music is composed of notes that, when joined together, create melodies and symphonies. Just like DNA, a single note means nothing on its own, but in combination with others, it forms soundscapes that move us and define our culture.
In this work, the artist designed a translation system that converts her genetic sequencing into music, turning the invisible code of her body into a tangible melody. Just as musicians read a score to bring a composition to life, she transforms her own being into a sonic score.
The music box becomes an intimate instrument: with each turn, her biology sings. Transforming DNA into music becomes a way to make the invisible audible —to reveal the hidden harmony that lives within us.
DNA-to-chords translation with octaves
"Prelude No. 1 - Fundamental Theme" at Feria Ch.ACO, Chile, March 2026
"Prelude No.1 - Fundamental Theme" at Capital Feria, Córdoba, Argentina, March 2026