TURNS x ZeitGenuss Edition

In the organizer's words:

The ZKM's "TURNS" series is dedicated to the border areas between music, performance and media art. In this year's ZeitGenuss edition, body, sound and image are set in motion to renegotiate questions of identity, communication and perception.

better me

CONCERT at the ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Kubus, 6 pm

"better me" deals with the growing desire for self-determination and (self-)staging that characterizes our society. Everyone wants to be heard, seen and perceived; they fight to live according to their own ideas. "BETTER ME" artistically describes the search for self-determination, justice and fairness as well as the resulting consequences. The boundaries between improvisation, performance, electronics, percussion and the performers' own compositions are blurred.

PERCUSSION AND COMPOSITION Vanessa Porter and Emil Kuyumcuyan VIDEO Rafael Ossami Saidy VIDEO DIRECTION ZKM Video Studio Andy Koch SOUND DIRECTION Sebastian Schottke

eyes entangled

CONCERT at the ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Kubus, 8:30 pm

In terms of content, "eyes entangled" ties in with a thematic focus of the ZKM I Hertzlab, a research platform at the interface of media arts, science and society: Entitled CONNECT, it focuses on the possibilities of building trust and shaping interpersonal relationships at a time when contact is increasingly mediated by technology. The compositions of "eyes entangled" take up this artistically and explore alienation and new communication possibilities through projections, visuals and electroacoustics. For example, in the work "Oh I see" by Carola Bauckholt, a pair of eyes is projected onto two balloons that are part of the musical ensemble. The image and sound create a face whose facial expressions offer room for a wide range of associations. The composer writes: "I am always fascinated by our brain, especially by the logic of our dreams. I have the impression that art, especially music, comes closest to the processes that take place in our brain."

VIOLINE Judith Fliedl PERCUSSION Tamara Kurkiewicz VOICE Carlotta Lipski VIDEO DIRECTOR ZKM Video Studio Andy Koch SOUND DIRECTOR Sebastian Schottke

MUSIC by Alexander Schubert, Paolo Griffin, Imge Yagmur Tiryaki (UA), Yangkai Lin and Lukas Döhler (UA), Igor Silva, Georges Aperghis, Jennifer Walshe, Johanna Doderer and Carola Bauckholt

Price information:

free admission