Acoustic sculptures BESSY VSR - premiere at Saturday, 30. September 2017
Gerriet K. Sharma with a special icosaedron loudspeaker at BESSY II. © M. Setzpfandt
For four days, the Akademie der Künste on Hanseatenweg will be a creative lab for musical experimentation, staging concerts, artist talks, and workshops. With its 28 debuts and premieres, and more than 100 artists from 27 countries, the 2nd edition of KONTAKTE is the hub for electroacoustic music and sound art in Berlin.
The festival presents the premiere of soundproject gleAM (2017) by sound artist Gerriet K. Sharma. You might experience acoustical sculptures, produced with a special sound technology and inspired by accelerator physics of BESSY II and BESSY VSR.
The premiere is followed by a discussion in the presence of the artist, Geriet K. Sharma, and two physicists, Paul Goslawski und Godehard Wüstefeld.
Premiere of project gleAM: 17:30 Saturday, 30. September 2017
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