Sounding

four audio works und two workshops

private view: February 26th 2011
exhibition: February 26th 2011 till March 13th 2011

Freies Museum Berlin

Potsdamer Straße 91
10785 Berlin
opening hours: Monday – Saturday, 12.00h – 19.00h, Sunday 15.00h – 18.00h, Thursday closing at 22.00h

Fresh Music For Rotten Vegetables

Two workshops and a participatory installation with DIY audio devices.
The devices will be powered and controlled by fruits and vegetables.Fee: kids 5€, adults 10€ more

In C

After the successful concert of Händel’s Water Music the robots will play In C by Terry Riley. In C is a aleatoric musical piece composed for any number of people. It is often cited as the first minimalist composition.

Ja Ja Ja Nee Nee Nee

A Beuys Remake. more

The innocent Horn

A electronic circuit diagram in response to the Homeland Security level. more

6 Feb 2010 in Berlin

We will build electronic audio devices from the most affordable materials.

Children today are surrounded by game consoles, computers and the like. All these devices are presented as black boxes; exploratory dismantling and reassembly of these products is not really worthwhile. This is where this workshop is positioned. Truly creative sound bricolage requires much more know-how than simply obtaining sampled sounds from a digital device. Through the building of a basic electronic musical instrument, the foundational principles of sound production are explained. For this, components from everyday electronics are used. Children learn how these components can create playful tones. This is done without using any prefabricated parts – they make everything themselves. Through this process, electronic elements appear no longer as mysterious objects that require years of study to understand, but understandable building blocks, even for interested non-specialists.

In the workshop, complicated high technology is broken down to a playful level and a creative approach to technology is presented. The focus lies, in contrast to school, in a joyful and playful experience of electronics. In the process, fundamental knowledge is delivered, a creative approach to technology is facilitated and ways to realise original sound ideas are shown.

See You on the Flip Side!
A group exhibition about Narrative/Identity

February 3 – March 12, 2011 Opening Event: Thursday, February 3, 2011, 6-8pm

Curated by Nicole Bebout & Sonja Hofstetter The group show “See you on the Flip Side!”  explores the tenuous border crossings through which we define ourselves by questioning the frontiers of cultural, social and medial identities.  In putting the viewer in other’s shoes, what we frequently find across those borders is a wall of prejudice, miscommunication and disappointment. Through different media the artists reveal their stories of trying to cross these borders through experiences from past or present happenings. Some are based on personal memories; others are taken out of everyday life. Often humorous, but sometimes deeply disturbing, these artists present narratives of desires and misfires in the search for self.

AC Institute
547 W. 27th St, #610
New York, NY 10001
www.artcurrents.org

10 tiny robots playing different identities