space, environment and context: on listening
multichannel works for the TU-Studio in Berlin
programme notes
participants: Aliaksandra Yakubouskaya, Anja Tominec, Anna Ivchenko, Arbor, Beril Ece Güler (Bece), Jakob Lavric, Johann der Edelmann, Kaiwen Kang, Leo Lou, Luis Brunner, Mike Sekine, Nishmi Bassi, Ran Ren, Selenay Kiray, Shu Chon. taught by anne wellmer
versions for radio & the radio show
anne wellmer
composer performer, media artist
www.nonlinear.demon.nl
www.nonlinear.demon.nl
if you build fences this is what we will do (2025)
10'
Fixed media.
Fixed media.
performed & recorded with plonk contact microphones, LOM Geophones, rode wireless mics, a OKM soundman binaural mic, and varios recorders by all course members.
On a bright Saturday afternoon in November we took recording gear to Kleistpark which in 2024 had turned into a construction site. Large parts of the park were inaccessible to the public and barred off behind metal fences. And if you close your eyes you may not even notice what is going on just behind you.
radio version (binaural)
10' - 14,4 MB - 48kHz - 192bit - mp3
Shu Chon
dancer, media artist
online sandaclous (2025)
4'37"
Fixed media, field recordings
Last fall I went to Sahara. Sandaclous’s approach is to turn the landscape into a soundscape impression. We walked with the nomads and dromedary, from place to place, through the dunes, tenting, tea drinking, dancing, singing, making fire and bread.
The recording was mainly made during the walk, with the environment including the humans and animal along us. The wind is touching violently my body and soul. For those nature elements, which are barely captured by devices, i was thinking how could I transfer what we perceive with our existence
Last fall I went to Sahara. Sandaclous’s approach is to turn the landscape into a soundscape impression. We walked with the nomads and dromedary, from place to place, through the dunes, tenting, tea drinking, dancing, singing, making fire and bread.
The recording was mainly made during the walk, with the environment including the humans and animal along us. The wind is touching violently my body and soul. For those nature elements, which are barely captured by devices, i was thinking how could I transfer what we perceive with our existence
radio version (binaural)
4'37" - 6,7 MB - 44,1kHz - 192bit - mp3
Leo Lou
sound and media artist
online Altered Habitat (2025)
11'04"
Fixed media
A collection of field recordings from my surroundings, captured with contact and directional microphones, then manipulated and reconstructed in post.
Fixed media
A collection of field recordings from my surroundings, captured with contact and directional microphones, then manipulated and reconstructed in post.
radio version (binaural)
11'04 - 15,9 MB - 48kHz - 192bit - mp3
Kaiwen Kang
artist
online three facts (2025)
4'21"
Fixed media. field recording & electromagnetic recording made with long loop antenna.
At the intersection of Gelferterstrasse, three realities are laid side by side: one is what you normally hear, one comes from "contemporary witchcraft," and the least obvious and the most obvious one arises from the sound of our clumsy hands tapping a magic wand.
At the intersection of Gelferterstrasse, three realities are laid side by side: one is what you normally hear, one comes from "contemporary witchcraft," and the least obvious and the most obvious one arises from the sound of our clumsy hands tapping a magic wand.
radio version (binaural)
4'21" - 6,3 MB - 44.1kHz - 192bit - mp3
Mike Sekine
media artist
online aiueo - formant choir for multichannel* output (2025)
6' live performance in PD
Everything is connected via the five Japanese vowels.
Everything is connected via the five Japanese vowels.
radio version
6'04 - 8,7 MB - 48kHz - 192bit - mp3
Jakob Lavrič
media artist
online pulsing ambiance (2025)
5'16"
Fixed media.
fences, graveyard, water can, skater captured and processed in various ways
Fixed media.
fences, graveyard, water can, skater captured and processed in various ways
radio version
5'16" - 12,7 MB - 48kHz - 320bit - mp3
Anna Ivchenko
media artist
online Before the Curfew. Notes from Apollo Village (2025)
6'10"
fixed media, field recordings, electronics
Gazing at the empty city, bulging eyes into the silent field. Marking the moment with steps. Not knowing whether the wheat will stay this bleak, or if the flags will change next week. Metal scratches the surface of the earth until it reaches its core. What used to be a missile is now a forever witness of the landscape.
Gazing at the empty city, bulging eyes into the silent field. Marking the moment with steps. Not knowing whether the wheat will stay this bleak, or if the flags will change next week. Metal scratches the surface of the earth until it reaches its core. What used to be a missile is now a forever witness of the landscape.
radio version
6'10" - 8,9 MB - 48kHz - 192 - mp3
Selenay Kiray
media artist
online everything you do is a balloon (2025)
8'36"
Fixed media. 8+4 channels, originally made for dolby atmos plans.
radio version
8'36" - 12,4 MB - 48kHz - 192bit - mp3
Luis Brunner
sound & media artist, composer
online stoop synthesis (2025)
9'17"
live performance in supercollider
a 45 min field recording captured during our seminar is altered and mixed with digital synthesis algorithms. everything is played through a combfilter matrix and di_used to the 21 channel speaker dome. field rec credits: shu & anja & me =) synthesis algorithm credits: bruno gola =)
a 45 min field recording captured during our seminar is altered and mixed with digital synthesis algorithms. everything is played through a combfilter matrix and di_used to the 21 channel speaker dome. field rec credits: shu & anja & me =) synthesis algorithm credits: bruno gola =)
radio version (stereo mixdown)
9'17" - 13,4 MB - 48kHz - 192bit - mp3
radio version
7'22" - 10,6 MB - 48kHz - 192bit - mp3
Arbor
media artist
online Divine Irreference (2025)
9'20"
performed live with TouchDesigner
The sound is a direct, unprocessed recording of water flowing through a pipe. The flow of water is varied during recording and mixed live with gong-like sounds of a reverberating metal sheet, processed using granular synthesis. Recorded with a LOM Geophone.
The sound is a direct, unprocessed recording of water flowing through a pipe. The flow of water is varied during recording and mixed live with gong-like sounds of a reverberating metal sheet, processed using granular synthesis. Recorded with a LOM Geophone.
radio version
_TUstudio.jpg "Kleistpark with metal fences")
9'20 - 22,4 MB - 48kHz - 320bit - mp3