MK-Ultra Sound at the University of Music Karlsruhe

Concert

  • Four people work at tables with audio equipment and laptops in a black box theater with lighting rig and projection screen © Yunfei Zhang
  • Audience seated in a dark performance space watching a presentation with projection screen and equipment on stage © Yunfei Zhang
  • Six people seated at a long table with laptops, controllers, and audio equipment beneath a microphone on a stand © Yunfei Zhang
  • Poster for MK-Ultra Sound concert featuring hand-drawn text in dark and colorful letters with event details and participant names below © Hoin Ji
  • A table with various electronic music equipment including synthesizers, a mixer, oscilloscope, and DIY circuit boards connected by patch cables © Yunfei Zhang
Date(s)
Thu, 16 Feb 2023
Time
19:00
Venue
MUTprobe - Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Schloss Gottesaue

MK-Sound presented the MK-Ultra Sound concert on Friday, February 17, 2023, at 19:00 at MUTprobe – Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Schloss Gottesaue. The program featured experimental performances, the exploration of spatial sound, electronic music, DIY audio, and audiovisual works. The event was the highlight of the semester and showcased the innovative approaches and artistic range of Media Art Sound under the direction of Dr. Gerriet K. Sharma, Dr. Paul Modler, and Lorenz Schwarz.

Contributing Artists

Siting Chen, Zulfikar Filandra, Senior Lecturer Theo Herbst, Hoin Ji, Jihye Gebhart, Tina Jander, László Kőrösi, Yun-Wen Liu, Daniel Lythgoe, Dr. Paul Modler, Ilja Vincent Morgenstern, Pavel Polenz, Fedor Pliskin, Matthew Pratt, Lorenz Schwarz, Dr. Gerriet K. Sharma, Anna Szilágyi, Julian Vollmert, Aaron Wagner, Yudong Wang, Nik Wallbaum, Eunchae Won, Sayuki Yoneda, Yunfei Zhang

Production & Documentation

  • Concept Development: Paul Modler, Lorenz Schwarz, Gerriet K. Sharma
  • Concert Production / Technical Coordination: Paul Modler, Lorenz Schwarz,
  • Documentation (Video): László Kőrösi (partial)
  • Addition Technical Support: Alexander Vozian

Collaborations

  • Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe (HfM) - SAM•ComputerStudio, IMWI Institut für Musikinformatik und Musikwissenschaft

Acknowledgments

  • Rainer Lorenz (HfM Karlsruhe)
  • Prof. Dr. Christoph Seibert (HfM Karlsruhe)