Emotional healing: Our top picks + a guide to CTM Festival + transmediale 2017

, 27 January 2017
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This year is the 18th edition of Berlin’s CTM Festival of contemporary electronic and digital music, opening January 27 and running to February 5, opening alongside transmediale, which also starts today and runs to March 5.

The 2017 theme Fear Anger Love will look at a range of experimental music and artistic projects relating to sound, “in response to current societal issues and crises, which themselves seem to be increasingly driven by emotion.”

Elysia Crampton, ‘Dissolution of The Sovereign: A Time Slide Into The Future’ (2016). Performance still. Courtesy the artist + South London Gallery.

In an attempt to sift through the enormous events programmes, we’ve put together a guide of our top picks, including a breakdown of the international festival for art and digital culture transmediale that has been running alongside CTM since 1999 and is celebrating its 30th birthday this year.

Running throughout the festival will be the CTM 2017 MusicMakers Hacklab: a collaborative laboratory run by artist Byrke Lou and Create Digital Music editor Peter Kirn. It will run for the duration of the festival, exploring the irrational through a theme called ‘Emotional Invention,’ and will culminate with a finale of live performance by the participants on February 5.

Additionally on show throughout, will be the world premier installation of ‘SOL’ by Kurt Hentschläger that will transform the Halle am Berghain to induce feelings of  “dislocation and timelessness,” as well as the CTM 2017 exhibition Critical Constellations of the Audio-Machine in Mexico at Kunstraum, curated by Carlos Prieto Acevedo.  


CTM Event Picks

The Great Disappointmentpresented by record label NonWorldwide, a performance event taking place over two days (bringing together five of its members including Chino Amobi and Angel Ho ) will collaborate with dancers, choreographed by Ligia Lewis @ HAU2, Jan 30, 31 

Incisive: performances by Elysia Crampton + King Britt @ Festsaal Kreuzberg, Feb 4

Xeno 111: An eclectic mix of DJ’s and performers including Amnesia Scanner and Gazelle Twin Berghain, Jan 29

GenesisP-Orridge. Image courtesy the artist + Marie Losier.

Bite of the Twin: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge is presenting a concert and film screening exploring her history in identity/gender politics @ HAU1, Jan 31

 –Lexachast: sound design duo Amnesia Scanner, Pan Label founder Bill Kouligas + artist Harm van der Dorpel are collaborating with transmediale for a joint event @ HKW, Feb 3

Vertigo: a night of “steadfast psychedelia and shape-shifting house and techno” with an international line-up including Umfang (Discwoman) and James Ferraro @ Panorama Bar, Feb 3

Fervour: an evening of music with Stine Janvin Motland and Jenny Hval  ft Skrap @ HAU1, Feb 2

CTM Finale: In three parts, the big finale has an impressive line up including Nils Bech, Negroma, Toxe, Ziur and Alis among others @ SchwuZ I, Feb 5

Ziur. Image courtesy the artist + Claudia Kent

Heat: A club night of future tropical sounds featuring Virgil Abloh,  Mechatokmobilegirl and Endgame @ Panorama Bar, Feb 2

CTM Talks

Future Identities @ Kunstquartier Projektraum with  Elysia Crampton, Leil Zahra and Hengameh Yaghoobifarah, Feb 2

– Nunavut-based Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq will discuss sound and activism for women’s and indigenous rights in conversation with Lisa Blanning @ Kunstquartier Projektraum, Jan 30

transmediale

– Opening Night: The event will kick off the festival with an opening of exhibition alien matter, a video installation and performative reading by Jenna Sutela, an Opening Ceremony featuring Rasheedah Phillips & Moor Mother among others,a film by Olia Lialina & Kevin Bewersdorf as well as a live set to see the evening off with James Ferraro @ Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Feb 2

Negroma. Image courtesy the artist + Sophia Mueller.

The Sprawl (Propaganda About Propaganda): A screening of a new film by Metahaven  @ HKW Auditorium – Feb 4

transmediale Keynote Conversations

– ‘Becoming Infrastructural – Becoming Environmental‘: Erich Hörl and Lisa Parks, moderated by Jussi Parikka @ HKW Auditorium – Feb 3

– ‘Immediate & Habitual: The Elusiveness of Mediation‘: Clemens Apprich, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun and Richard Grusin @ HKW Auditorium – Feb 4

See the CTM website and transmediale website the full programs and more details.**

Unlocking the utopian club with Wiener Festwochen’s ‘Hyperreality’ programme, May 12 – Jun 18

23 May 2017

This year is the 18th edition of Berlin’s CTM Festival of contemporary electronic and digital music, opening January 27 and running to February 5, opening alongside transmediale, which also starts today and runs to March 5.

The 2017 theme Fear Anger Love will look at a range of experimental music and artistic projects relating to sound, “in response to current societal issues and crises, which themselves seem to be increasingly driven by emotion.”

Elysia Crampton, ‘Dissolution of The Sovereign: A Time Slide Into The Future’ (2016). Performance still. Courtesy the artist + South London Gallery.

In an attempt to sift through the enormous events programmes, we’ve put together a guide of our top picks, including a breakdown of the international festival for art and digital culture transmediale that has been running alongside CTM since 1999 and is celebrating its 30th birthday this year.

Running throughout the festival will be the CTM 2017 MusicMakers Hacklab: a collaborative laboratory run by artist Byrke Lou and Create Digital Music editor Peter Kirn. It will run for the duration of the festival, exploring the irrational through a theme called ‘Emotional Invention,’ and will culminate with a finale of live performance by the participants on February 5.

Additionally on show throughout, will be the world premier installation of ‘SOL’ by Kurt Hentschläger that will transform the Halle am Berghain to induce feelings of  “dislocation and timelessness,” as well as the CTM 2017 exhibition Critical Constellations of the Audio-Machine in Mexico at Kunstraum, curated by Carlos Prieto Acevedo.  


CTM Event Picks

The Great Disappointmentpresented by record label NonWorldwide, a performance event taking place over two days (bringing together five of its members including Chino Amobi and Angel Ho ) will collaborate with dancers, choreographed by Ligia Lewis @ HAU2, Jan 30, 31 

Incisive: performances by Elysia Crampton + King Britt @ Festsaal Kreuzberg, Feb 4

Xeno 111: An eclectic mix of DJ’s and performers including Amnesia Scanner and Gazelle Twin Berghain, Jan 29

GenesisP-Orridge. Image courtesy the artist + Marie Losier.

Bite of the Twin: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge is presenting a concert and film screening exploring her history in identity/gender politics @ HAU1, Jan 31

 –Lexachast: sound design duo Amnesia Scanner, Pan Label founder Bill Kouligas + artist Harm van der Dorpel are collaborating with transmediale for a joint event @ HKW, Feb 3

Vertigo: a night of “steadfast psychedelia and shape-shifting house and techno” with an international line-up including Umfang (Discwoman) and James Ferraro @ Panorama Bar, Feb 3

Fervour: an evening of music with Stine Janvin Motland and Jenny Hval  ft Skrap @ HAU1, Feb 2

CTM Finale: In three parts, the big finale has an impressive line up including Nils Bech, Negroma, Toxe, Ziur and Alis among others @ SchwuZ I, Feb 5

Ziur. Image courtesy the artist + Claudia Kent

Heat: A club night of future tropical sounds featuring Virgil Abloh,  Mechatokmobilegirl and Endgame @ Panorama Bar, Feb 2

CTM Talks

Future Identities @ Kunstquartier Projektraum with  Elysia Crampton, Leil Zahra and Hengameh Yaghoobifarah, Feb 2

– Nunavut-based Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq will discuss sound and activism for women’s and indigenous rights in conversation with Lisa Blanning @ Kunstquartier Projektraum, Jan 30

transmediale

– Opening Night: The event will kick off the festival with an opening of exhibition alien matter, a video installation and performative reading by Jenna Sutela, an Opening Ceremony featuring Rasheedah Phillips & Moor Mother among others,a film by Olia Lialina & Kevin Bewersdorf as well as a live set to see the evening off with James Ferraro @ Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Feb 2

Negroma. Image courtesy the artist + Sophia Mueller.

The Sprawl (Propaganda About Propaganda): A screening of a new film by Metahaven  @ HKW Auditorium – Feb 4

transmediale Keynote Conversations

– ‘Becoming Infrastructural – Becoming Environmental‘: Erich Hörl and Lisa Parks, moderated by Jussi Parikka @ HKW Auditorium – Feb 3

– ‘Immediate & Habitual: The Elusiveness of Mediation‘: Clemens Apprich, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun and Richard Grusin @ HKW Auditorium – Feb 4

See the CTM website and transmediale website the full programs and more details.**

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V-A-C launches its new Moscow headquarters with the Geometry of Now sound art project, Feb 20 – 27

20 February 2017

This year is the 18th edition of Berlin’s CTM Festival of contemporary electronic and digital music, opening January 27 and running to February 5, opening alongside transmediale, which also starts today and runs to March 5.

The 2017 theme Fear Anger Love will look at a range of experimental music and artistic projects relating to sound, “in response to current societal issues and crises, which themselves seem to be increasingly driven by emotion.”

Elysia Crampton, ‘Dissolution of The Sovereign: A Time Slide Into The Future’ (2016). Performance still. Courtesy the artist + South London Gallery.

In an attempt to sift through the enormous events programmes, we’ve put together a guide of our top picks, including a breakdown of the international festival for art and digital culture transmediale that has been running alongside CTM since 1999 and is celebrating its 30th birthday this year.

Running throughout the festival will be the CTM 2017 MusicMakers Hacklab: a collaborative laboratory run by artist Byrke Lou and Create Digital Music editor Peter Kirn. It will run for the duration of the festival, exploring the irrational through a theme called ‘Emotional Invention,’ and will culminate with a finale of live performance by the participants on February 5.

Additionally on show throughout, will be the world premier installation of ‘SOL’ by Kurt Hentschläger that will transform the Halle am Berghain to induce feelings of  “dislocation and timelessness,” as well as the CTM 2017 exhibition Critical Constellations of the Audio-Machine in Mexico at Kunstraum, curated by Carlos Prieto Acevedo.  


CTM Event Picks

The Great Disappointmentpresented by record label NonWorldwide, a performance event taking place over two days (bringing together five of its members including Chino Amobi and Angel Ho ) will collaborate with dancers, choreographed by Ligia Lewis @ HAU2, Jan 30, 31 

Incisive: performances by Elysia Crampton + King Britt @ Festsaal Kreuzberg, Feb 4

Xeno 111: An eclectic mix of DJ’s and performers including Amnesia Scanner and Gazelle Twin Berghain, Jan 29

GenesisP-Orridge. Image courtesy the artist + Marie Losier.

Bite of the Twin: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge is presenting a concert and film screening exploring her history in identity/gender politics @ HAU1, Jan 31

 –Lexachast: sound design duo Amnesia Scanner, Pan Label founder Bill Kouligas + artist Harm van der Dorpel are collaborating with transmediale for a joint event @ HKW, Feb 3

Vertigo: a night of “steadfast psychedelia and shape-shifting house and techno” with an international line-up including Umfang (Discwoman) and James Ferraro @ Panorama Bar, Feb 3

Fervour: an evening of music with Stine Janvin Motland and Jenny Hval  ft Skrap @ HAU1, Feb 2

CTM Finale: In three parts, the big finale has an impressive line up including Nils Bech, Negroma, Toxe, Ziur and Alis among others @ SchwuZ I, Feb 5

Ziur. Image courtesy the artist + Claudia Kent

Heat: A club night of future tropical sounds featuring Virgil Abloh,  Mechatokmobilegirl and Endgame @ Panorama Bar, Feb 2

CTM Talks

Future Identities @ Kunstquartier Projektraum with  Elysia Crampton, Leil Zahra and Hengameh Yaghoobifarah, Feb 2

– Nunavut-based Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq will discuss sound and activism for women’s and indigenous rights in conversation with Lisa Blanning @ Kunstquartier Projektraum, Jan 30

transmediale

– Opening Night: The event will kick off the festival with an opening of exhibition alien matter, a video installation and performative reading by Jenna Sutela, an Opening Ceremony featuring Rasheedah Phillips & Moor Mother among others,a film by Olia Lialina & Kevin Bewersdorf as well as a live set to see the evening off with James Ferraro @ Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Feb 2

Negroma. Image courtesy the artist + Sophia Mueller.

The Sprawl (Propaganda About Propaganda): A screening of a new film by Metahaven  @ HKW Auditorium – Feb 4

transmediale Keynote Conversations

– ‘Becoming Infrastructural – Becoming Environmental‘: Erich Hörl and Lisa Parks, moderated by Jussi Parikka @ HKW Auditorium – Feb 3

– ‘Immediate & Habitual: The Elusiveness of Mediation‘: Clemens Apprich, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun and Richard Grusin @ HKW Auditorium – Feb 4

See the CTM website and transmediale website the full programs and more details.**

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Find Me In The Dark x Discwoman @ Corsica Studios, Sep 9

8 September 2016

This year is the 18th edition of Berlin’s CTM Festival of contemporary electronic and digital music, opening January 27 and running to February 5, opening alongside transmediale, which also starts today and runs to March 5.

The 2017 theme Fear Anger Love will look at a range of experimental music and artistic projects relating to sound, “in response to current societal issues and crises, which themselves seem to be increasingly driven by emotion.”

Elysia Crampton, ‘Dissolution of The Sovereign: A Time Slide Into The Future’ (2016). Performance still. Courtesy the artist + South London Gallery.

In an attempt to sift through the enormous events programmes, we’ve put together a guide of our top picks, including a breakdown of the international festival for art and digital culture transmediale that has been running alongside CTM since 1999 and is celebrating its 30th birthday this year.

Running throughout the festival will be the CTM 2017 MusicMakers Hacklab: a collaborative laboratory run by artist Byrke Lou and Create Digital Music editor Peter Kirn. It will run for the duration of the festival, exploring the irrational through a theme called ‘Emotional Invention,’ and will culminate with a finale of live performance by the participants on February 5.

Additionally on show throughout, will be the world premier installation of ‘SOL’ by Kurt Hentschläger that will transform the Halle am Berghain to induce feelings of  “dislocation and timelessness,” as well as the CTM 2017 exhibition Critical Constellations of the Audio-Machine in Mexico at Kunstraum, curated by Carlos Prieto Acevedo.  


CTM Event Picks

The Great Disappointmentpresented by record label NonWorldwide, a performance event taking place over two days (bringing together five of its members including Chino Amobi and Angel Ho ) will collaborate with dancers, choreographed by Ligia Lewis @ HAU2, Jan 30, 31 

Incisive: performances by Elysia Crampton + King Britt @ Festsaal Kreuzberg, Feb 4

Xeno 111: An eclectic mix of DJ’s and performers including Amnesia Scanner and Gazelle Twin Berghain, Jan 29

GenesisP-Orridge. Image courtesy the artist + Marie Losier.

Bite of the Twin: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge is presenting a concert and film screening exploring her history in identity/gender politics @ HAU1, Jan 31

 –Lexachast: sound design duo Amnesia Scanner, Pan Label founder Bill Kouligas + artist Harm van der Dorpel are collaborating with transmediale for a joint event @ HKW, Feb 3

Vertigo: a night of “steadfast psychedelia and shape-shifting house and techno” with an international line-up including Umfang (Discwoman) and James Ferraro @ Panorama Bar, Feb 3

Fervour: an evening of music with Stine Janvin Motland and Jenny Hval  ft Skrap @ HAU1, Feb 2

CTM Finale: In three parts, the big finale has an impressive line up including Nils Bech, Negroma, Toxe, Ziur and Alis among others @ SchwuZ I, Feb 5

Ziur. Image courtesy the artist + Claudia Kent

Heat: A club night of future tropical sounds featuring Virgil Abloh,  Mechatokmobilegirl and Endgame @ Panorama Bar, Feb 2

CTM Talks

Future Identities @ Kunstquartier Projektraum with  Elysia Crampton, Leil Zahra and Hengameh Yaghoobifarah, Feb 2

– Nunavut-based Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq will discuss sound and activism for women’s and indigenous rights in conversation with Lisa Blanning @ Kunstquartier Projektraum, Jan 30

transmediale

– Opening Night: The event will kick off the festival with an opening of exhibition alien matter, a video installation and performative reading by Jenna Sutela, an Opening Ceremony featuring Rasheedah Phillips & Moor Mother among others,a film by Olia Lialina & Kevin Bewersdorf as well as a live set to see the evening off with James Ferraro @ Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Feb 2

Negroma. Image courtesy the artist + Sophia Mueller.

The Sprawl (Propaganda About Propaganda): A screening of a new film by Metahaven  @ HKW Auditorium – Feb 4

transmediale Keynote Conversations

– ‘Becoming Infrastructural – Becoming Environmental‘: Erich Hörl and Lisa Parks, moderated by Jussi Parikka @ HKW Auditorium – Feb 3

– ‘Immediate & Habitual: The Elusiveness of Mediation‘: Clemens Apprich, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun and Richard Grusin @ HKW Auditorium – Feb 4

See the CTM website and transmediale website the full programs and more details.**

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