Jessica Ekomane • Jana Irmert
3D Audio concert of the series swim / September 14, 2024
Jessica Ekomane
Jessica Ekomane is an electronic musician and sound artist born in France and based in Berlin. She creates situations where sound acts as a transformative element for the space and the audience. Her quadraphonic performances, characterized by their physical impact, seek a cathartic effect through the interplay of psychoacoustics, the perception of rhythmic structures, and the combination of noises and melodies. Her constantly evolving and immersive soundscapes are rooted in questions such as the relationship between individual perception and collective dynamics, as well as the exploration of listener expectations and their social roots. Her debut LP Multivocal was released in 2019 on Important Records and originated from a project for a sleeping event at Ars Electronica. Since then, her work has been presented at numerous festivals, venues, and museums worldwide, including Hamburger Bahnhof, Reina Sofia, Art Basel, and the CTM Festival.
Jana Irmert
Jana Irmert is a Berlin-based sound artist and composer working across spatial composition, film soundtracks, and live performance, often exploring the boundary between musical sound and noise through extensive experiments with field recordings. In times of ecological crisis, she investigates temporality and impermanence, creating atmospheric audiovisual and sonic spaces that work with (dis)harmony to reflect the imperfect contemporary world. Her music has been released on Fabrique Records, Important Records, and Longform Editions. She has performed live at festivals and venues such as Berlin Atonal, GRM in Paris, Extreme Chill Festival in Reykjavik, and the blurred edges festival Hamburg.
swim 2024
With the series swim (spatial works and immersive music), ZiMMT invites you in 2024 to throw musical habits overboard. Nine concerts and three sound installations, bridging multiple genres, pose new questions. A broad spectrum of musical expressions from various genres is integrated into immersive, spatial experiences.
Fifteen very different local and international artists are part of swim. Their works range from intricately composed electroacoustic pieces to experimental approaches rooted in the aesthetics of club music. swim merges diverse sound worlds and lets radical approaches to music production and performance challenge conventional ideas. What is a live performance? Which technical means are used, and how do they expand musical expression? What happens to the role of the audience when it immerses itself in virtual sound worlds during an immersive performance?
Even ideas of what an instrument is are deconstructed, and familiar instruments are used in unusual ways.
During three-day microresidencies, musicians can develop their works on site using 3D audio technology and try out new approaches. All concerts will be live-streamed in high-quality binaural audio — for a spatial experience both on site and everywhere else.
