Oscar Friisgaard
NOTHING WHERE SOMETHING SHOULD BE BY Listening Session / Dezember 12, 2023 Join us for an exclusive musical experience brought to you by Oscar Friisgaard in collaboration with ZiMMT. Immerse yourself in the captivatingsoundscape of ‚Nothing Where Something Should Be’ ‘Nothing Where Something Should Be’ is the culmination of a 3-month artistic exploration into liminal […]
Oscar Friisgaard
NOTHING WHERE SOMETHING SHOULD BE BY Listening Session / 10.12.23 Join us for an exclusive musical experience brought to you by Oscar Friisgaard in collaboration with ZiMMT. Immerse yourself in the captivatingsoundscape of ‚Nothing Where Something Should Be’ ‘Nothing Where Something Should Be’ is the culmination of a 3-month artistic exploration into liminal spaces—those intriguing […]
Ro-Dron, Motorhorn und Knackdosen – Christof Schläger
Ro-Dron, Motorhorn und Knackdosen Christof Schläger Immersive Sound Installation / Installative Concerts of the swim Series / November 9–19, 2023 A futuristic background noise of sound machines! Instrument maker and sound artist Christof Schläger brings three of his devices to life at ZiMMT: The “Ro-Dron” – a spiral tube with 52 strings that are activated […]
Riddle – DJ YumYum, Solaris Rian Treanor
Riddle DJ YumYum, Solaris Rian Treanor 3D DJ / Hybrid / Live Set / November 4, 2023 Riddle is confusion, Riddle is astonishment, Riddle is enigma, challenge and yet reason. The new series of events for electronic music and sound art aims to provide a platform for innovative and experimental electronic music and performances on […]
3D Audio Showcase — Monom / Phonon
3D Audio Showcase Monom / Phonon Listening Session / October 28, 2023
DIY Synth Meet Up — Leaf Audio
DIY Synth Meet Up Leaf Audio Meetup / October 28, 2024 Our DIY & Synth Meetup is a community event for all synth and DIY enthusiasts of any skill level. We have put together a mega interesting day (10:30-22h) with workshops about DIY, Modular Synths and 3D Audio plus enough time for networking and drinks at the bar. […]
Jacopo Cenni • dotzerosix
Jacopo Cenni • dotzerosix 3D Audio Concert from the swim series / October 21, 2023 dotzerosix boatnoa What is a “modern city”? What does it mean to inhabit it while simultaneously being part of placeless, digital spheres? Within this realm of questions positions the audiovisual composition boatnoa by the multimedia duo dotserosix. Real images, videos, […]
dotserosix
dotserosix dotserosix are Tania Cortés and Oscar Bahamonde (Paris, France / Quito, Ecuador). Cortés is an interdisciplinary musician and composer, Bahamonde is a musician, multimedia artist, and lecturer. Since 2020, they have been jointly creating audiovisual experiential spaces in a minimalist, glitchy language of form, combining music, environmental sounds, and visual arts. They are constantly […]
Jacopo Cenni
Jacopo Cenn Jacopo Cenni (*1995) is a new media artist and composer from Siena, Italy. He often combines theatrical expression with sound art, focusing on exploring diverse forms of systemic interaction and interplay between elements. His works span sound theatre, electroacoustic composition, and data sonification, and have been presented at prestigious venues such as La […]
if we vanish – Felix Deufel & Nikhil Nagaraj
if we vanish – in search of natural silence Felix Deufel & Nikhil Nagaraj Video installation: 15-minute loop / Listening room soundscape / Composition: 76-minute endless loop / Series swim / October 5–15, 2023 The installation “if we vanish” by sound artists Nikhil Nagaraj (Bangalore, India) and Felix Deufel (Leipzig, Germany) is an immersive journey […]
Ikbal Lybus & Aii Wijayanti Anik
Ikbal Lybus & Aii Wijayanti Anik live spatial Video & Sound Performance / 03.10.23 Join us at ZIMMT for a work-in-progress performance by our Indonesian artists in residence, Ikbal Lubys and Aii Wijaya. The performance will include live video, silent film, experimental guitar exploration and spatial sound, investigating musical tension related to the colonial sonic […]
An Abyss – Philipp Rumsch
An Abyss Philipp Rumsch Immersive sound and dance performance / January 1, 2023 „An abyss“ is a new collaborative work by dancers and choreographers Sophie Vergères (CH), David Lagerqvist (SWE), and myself. This full-length immersive piece blends elements of concert, dance, performance, and sound installation — premiering in a unique 3D audio setup at ZiMMT […]
Philipp Rumsch
Philipp Rumsch Philipp Rumsch – composer, sound designer, and producer based in Leipzig – is exploring ways at ZiMMT to translate his studio’s Dolby Atmos productions into a 3D audio live context. He aims to develop technical concepts that will enable concerts and tours for a wide range of projects: from a twelve-piece ensemble to […]
Iulja Smeu
Iulja-Andreea Smeu (Kite) Listening session / September 28, 2023 Do you remember the sound of my voice? The classic theme of terraforming Mars is one that has recently unsettled me, underscored by the obvious conflict between the current climate catastrophe and the space journeys of the super-rich. Beyond our innate drive as explorers, colonizers, and […]
Robert Normandeau • Quast
Robert Normandeau • Quast 3D Audio Concert of the swim series / September 9, 2023 Quast Bruno Quast was born in Germany and raised in Italy. He studied classical piano, contemporary art, and animation, and today teaches sound design at universities alongside his artistic work. His animated short films depict surreal worlds and soundscapes. Quast […]
Quast
Quast Bruno Quast was born in Germany and raised in Italy. He studied classical piano, contemporary art, and animation, and today teaches sound design at universities alongside his artistic work. His animated short films depict surreal worlds and soundscapes. Quast usually blends digital and analog techniques, such as 3D animation, drawings, sand, and digital collages. […]
Robert Normandeau
Robert Normandeau With Robert Normandeau, a true pioneer of immersive music is visiting ZiMMT:Normandeau (*1955 in Quebec, Canada) is an internationally renowned acousmatic composer and has been a professor of electroacoustic composition at the University of Montreal for over twenty years. In 2009, together with his research group GRIS (Research Group in Spatial Immersion), he […]
Stephanie Felber
Stefanie Felber Phantasmagoria
Rashad Becker • Perila
Rashad Becker • Perila 3D Audio Concert of the swim series / September 9, 2023 Perila Perila is a transdisciplinary sound and media artist, performer, and DJ. At ZiMMT, she focuses on the breath of sounds, using exclusively sounds derived from living nature. In immersive improvisations, she explores how the vibrations of her interplay affect […]
Perila
Perila Perila is a transdisciplinary sound and media artist, performer, and DJ. At ZiMMT, she focuses on the breath of sounds, using exclusively sounds derived from living nature. In immersive improvisations, she explores how the vibrations of her interplay affect our bodies. One of her main research questions is how music can evoke emotions throughout […]
Rashad Becker
Rashad Becker Rashad Becker’s music has been described as “a tear in the fabric of reality.” A significant part of his work consists of electronic narratives of fictional worlds, where no dominant aesthetic ideas exist, but instead endless sonic diversity—such as the cycle Traditional Music of Notional Species. Other works, like the sound staging of […]
Mars ist eine Frau – Helga Hagen
Mars ist eine Frau Helga Hagen Immersive AV sound installation / July 13–16, 2023 “Mars is a woman” from Helga Hagen
Antje Meichsner
Antje Meichsner Antje Meichsner is a Dresden-based audiovisual artist and a guest at ZiMMT for the mentoring program. She is translating her noise-based ambient sound design and compositional work into the three-dimensional listening space. In doing so, she questions the tools of 3D audio and its immersive effect on what is being conveyed. spatialaudionetwork.de
Schlagersahne – Ensemble 23
Schlagersahne Ensemble 23 Inclusive music theater / July 6–8, 2023 The Schlager family has never been to New York and hasn’t brought a bit of peace to the world yet. Still, the Schlagers have been active in the music industry for three generations, delivering hit after hit to their audience. But after a tragic event, […]
X. Lee
X. Lee X. Lee is developing an intuitive controller tool for 3D audio as part of the mentoring program, specifically designed for electronic live performances. The goal is to make audio spatialization adaptable to a wide range of concert setups and collaborative contexts. spatialaudionetwork.de
Follow Me II – La Pesch
Follow Me II La Pesch Immersive sound installation of the swim series / June 22 – July 2, 2023 Die Installation “Follow Me II” der Leipziger Klangkünstlerin La Pesch ist Teil eines Werkzyklus, der die Frage stellt: Was sehen wir in anderen Menschen? Suchende Stimmen zirkeln um sich selbst und schweben in einem Klangmeer aus […]
Henrik Rohde
Henrik Rohde Henrik Rohde is a musician and sound artist based in Leipzig and Berlin. His work includes electroacoustic compositions, band performances, and performative live sets. He creates multilayered soundscapes using field recordings, digital synthesizers, and other electronic instruments. For his debut album nowadays, he explored the possibilities of mobile production in depth — including […]
Kooperationskonzert – HMT Leipzig
Kooperationskonzert HMT Leipzig 3D Audio Concerts / June 1–27, 2023
opera – a future game – Michael v. zur Mühlen
opera – a future game Michael v. zur Mühlen ost(operative)-apocalyptic video game essay with music by Eloain Lovis Hübner and texts by Thomas Köck / June 1–11, 2023 Based on the opera opera opera opera! revenants & revolutions Premiere November 25, 2022, Next Level Festival Essen Game design, direction, and animation: Michael v. zur MühlenSpace […]
Mariam Gviniashvili • Portrait XO
Mariam Gviniashvili • Portrait XO 3D Audio Concert of the swim series / May 20, 2023 Portrait XO “I wondered whether AI-generated music can be emotional and coherent. In the end, I found it deeply emotional, because hearing a machine sing like me was at the same time eerie, fascinating, and inspiring.” — Portrait XO […]
Portrait XO
Portrait XO “I wondered whether AI-generated music can be emotional and coherent. In the end, I found it deeply emotional, because hearing a machine sing like me was at the same time eerie, fascinating, and inspiring.” — Portrait XO Portrait XO (she/they) is a project by producer, singer, and songwriter Rania Kim, exploring collaboration between […]
Mariam Gviniashvili
Mariam Gviniashvili In the first half of the concert, Mariam Gviniashvili presents her electroacoustic compositions from the past two years in a seamless, flowing multichannel performance. The second half features the German premiere of the audiovisual work RUINS, where multichannel composition and visuals merge. Gviniashvili found inspiration for the piece in the ruins of Soviet […]
Seven Trumpets – Maria Wildeis
Seven Trumpets Maria Wildeis Immersive sound installation of the swim series / April 13–22, 2023 For thousands of years, seven trumpets have symbolized the impending collapse. In the biblical Book of Revelation, their titular sound heralds the end of the world: seven angels blow seven trumpets, and with each new sound, a new calamity of […]
Viola Yip • Michael Akstaller
Viola Yip • Michael Akstaller 3D Audio Concert of the swim Series / March 11, 2023 Viola Yip Viola Yip is a composer, performer, sound artist, and instrument builder. She invents new instruments that explore the complex and dynamic relationships between media, materiality, musical bodies, and space through electricity and electronics, thereby introducing a new […]
Nils Baumbach
Nils Baumbach Nils Baumbach/Jens Baumann works as a musician, composer, and DJ. The music he creates ranges from jazz to more dancefloor-oriented styles such as disco and techno. Through the mentoring, he is exploring ways to integrate electronic elements and 3D sound into his current live project, which focuses on live minimal music. spatialaudionetwork.de
Michael Akstaller
Michael Akstaller Michael Akstaller (b. 1992) studied Fine Arts, Media Theory, and Engineering. In 2017, together with Jan St. Werner, he initiated the Class for Dynamic Acoustic Research at the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, which has operated as an independent collective since 2021. He has collaborated with artists such as Alexandra Pirici (Terraform, 2020), […]
Viola Yip
Viola Yip Viola Yip is a composer, performer, sound artist, and instrument builder. She invents new instruments that explore the complex and dynamic relationships between media, materiality, musical bodies, and space through electricity and electronics, thereby introducing a new physicality into electronic music. Her recent performances have taken place at venues including the Hong Kong […]
Open Thursdays
OPEN THURSDAYS – OPEN SOUND LABORATORY With the Sound Lab, ZiMMT opens its doors every second Thursday from March to December 2023, from 5 to 9 pm, to share its technical resources and expertise. Not only the large event space with the 3D sound dome made up of 32 speakers can be used, but also […]
Modyssey Awakened – Ectoplastic
Modyssey Awakened Ectoplastic Multisensory / motion tracking–based dance theater piece / Feburary 4–5, 2023 The audiovisual performance is based on the VR experience Modyssey. At its center is the artist Mia Gara, who interacts both musically and visually within the space. She tells the story of gaining consciousness, the play between different states. In her […]
Tasneem-Lohani
Rest Now, Sleep Later Open Studio & Listening Session / November 30, 2022 Tasneem (Bangalore, India) explores sound, connection, and healing as a way to cope with the dusty work culture of the post-pandemic techno-capitalist era. Inspired by ancient Indian wisdom through mantras and chants, she aims to create a spatial sound work as a […]
Sub_Bar – Eufonia
Sub_Bar Eufonia Sound & Science / November 26–27. 2022 Sub_Bar comes back to Leipzig, this time taking over @ubleipzig on 24th and 25th of November with workshops, and @z.i.m.m.t on 26th and 27th of November for live performances and listening sessions. Peter Kirn, Stefanie Egedy, Atelier Francesco, Ana Bogner and Tinkah will lead the concerts, and we added more […]
Ca$$andra
Ca$$andra 3D Audio Concert of the All:y:ears Series / November 11, 2022 Ca$$andra The trio Ca$$andra (vibraphone/percussion, bass, voice) performs a freely improvised set that occasionally settles into more structured forms. The improvisation engages in a dialogue with the live electronics of Paul Hauptmeier, who processes the instrumental sounds and spatializes them on the ZiMMT’s […]
Ca$$andra
Ca$$andra The trio Ca$$andra (vibraphone/percussion, bass, voice) performs a freely improvised set that occasionally settles into more structured forms. The improvisation engages in a dialogue with the live electronics of Paul Hauptmeier, who processes the instrumental sounds and spatializes them on the ZiMMT’s 3D sound system. zimmt.net/allyears/
Interferenzen • Decay – Katharina Bévand • Hauptmeier|Recker
Interferenzen A composition made up of electromagnetic waves / November 4–13, 202 Electromagnetic drones and noisy crackling intertwine and buzz through the space. They need no medium to propagate, no physical body: they travel through the vacuum at the speed of light, regardless of their frequency. Weightlessness. They journey through the universe. Electromagnetic waves are […]
Interspecies Fusion Frequency – Ludwig Berger
Interspecies Fusion Frequency Ludwig Berger Immersive Sound Installation / December 2–12, 2022 We animals live not only in different spatial scales but also in different temporal scales. The sound installation attempts to bring these closer to each other through flowing movements. With subtle changes in speed, recordings of birds and insects are transposed into human […]
SystemFailed – Artes Mobiles
SystemFailed_ Artes Mobiles Performative AI Experiment / Oct 28th, 29th & 30th, 2022 SystemFailed_ A Performative AI Experiment“Does digitalization lead to more freedom, or does it endanger our humanity?” This question is at the heart of a social experiment. The audience forms a temporary micro-society, observed and studied by three researchers. An artificial intelligence (AI) […]
Leon Goltermann – Sound in a System
Sound in a System Leon Goltermann Sound Installation / 20–22 October 2022 With the installation “sound in a system”, the layers of meaning in sounds and words and their connections can be playfully explored. It is an interactive game with context and association. Based on interviews, associations to onomatopoeic terms and sounds have been collected.These […]
Synchronisation – Sphere Radio
Synchronisation Think Tank / October 7, 2022 Imagine you receive a message: In some offspace, on a Monday in October 2019, musicians, artists, and performance creators are gathering to let their creativity run wild. You follow the call and arrive at an abandoned hall, empty for years. At first, it feels overwhelming — there’s something […]
Dark Matter- the only good system – Andreas Ullrich, Nani Cooper, Patrick Loos
Dark Matter – the only good system Andreas Ullrich, Nani Cooper, Patrick Loos Immersive sound installation / Sept 3–10, 2022 The installation was first presented in 2020 at Ars Electronica in Linz at the Stadtwerkstatt as part of the More vs Less program. In 2022, this installation is set to be further developed in the […]
Marja Ahti • Anna Schimkat
Marja Ahti • Anna Schimkat 3D audio concert of the series All:y:ears / August 19, 2022 Anna Schimkat After completing an apprenticeship as a wood sculptor at the Technical School for Wood and Ivory Craftsmanship in Michelstadt i. Odw., she studied Fine Arts at the Bauhaus University in Weimar until 2004. In 2011, she completed […]