Spotify currently pays between $0.003 and $0.004 per stream. This installation, featuring five sound compositions alongside a deconstructed living room, critiques the limitations of the streaming model. The continuous playback of the tracks throughout the exhibition time underscores the difficulty musicians face in sustaining a livelihood through streaming income alone.

To afford just one square meter of property in Germany, where the average price in 2024 is €3,386, a musician would need roughly one million streams. This stark imbalance highlights the widening gap between the value of artistic labor and its compensation in the digital economy.

Photos: Juan Bermudez / Patrick Bäuml / Kyongseo Min