Interactive Robotic Sound Art

Concert

  • Audience watches a multimedia performance with projected visuals, electronic instruments, and robotic sound installations at the Kinemathek Karlsruhe © Holger Förterer
  • Two performers at tables with electronic equipment on stage below projections showing the moon and workshop imagery with an audience seated below © Holger Förterer
  • Concert poster split horizontally: upper half shows Kal Spelletich, lower half shows a DC motor and event details © Hoin Ji
  • Audience watches two performers with laptops and electronic equipment on tables with purple-lit projections above at Interactive Robotic Sound Art concert © Holger Förterer
  • A person operates a laptop and mixing console while participants observe robotic sound art installations on tables at Kinemathek Karlsruhe © Paul Modler
  • Interactive Robotic Sound Art performance at Kinemathek Karlsruhe showing electronic equipment, wires, and audience members watching a presentation © Paul Modler
  • A rotating rod with protruding pins strikes a row of vertical metal tines, similar to a music box mechanism © Yunfei Zhang
Date(s)
Mon, 15 May 2023
Time
20:30
Venue
Kinemathek Kaiserpassage 6, 76133 Karlsruhe

Machine-art pioneer and media artist Kal Spelletich, together with artists from the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung, presented a performance at the Kinemathek Karlsruhe.

Biosensors and microcontrollers activated motors and movements. The thumping beats, scraping, creaking, and humming machines created the soundtrack for a video composition projected with the Phonolux Maschine.

The performance playfully explored technology, sound, and interaction.

Contributing Artists

Éva Csonka, Jihye Gebhart, Hoin Ji, Max Pospiech, Yifan Su, Julian Vollmert, Rui Zhang, Yunfei Zhang

Production & Documentation

  • Concept and Development: Lorenz Schwarz, Kal Spelletich
  • Technical Coordination: Lorenz Schwarz, Paul Modler
  • Documentation (Video): Samuel Israel
  • Documentation (Photography): Jihye Jang
  • Stagehands: Manuel Urrutia

Collaborations

  • Kinemathek Karlsruhe e.V. (venue partner)

Acknowledgments

  • Samuel Israel (Kinemathek Karlsruhe) - venue coordination and video documentation
  • Holger Förterer - architectural projection

Additional Information

Video Samuel Israel Photos Jihye Jang ?