Roundabout

Concert

  • Concert poster for Roundabout event featuring colorful blurred abstract background with yellow, red, and green text and event details © Yunfei Zhang
  • Audience seated facing a projection screen and performance setup with mixing equipment in a cafe venue during the Roundabout concert © Jihye Jang
  • A performer stands at a microphone holding flowers, with a music stand, laptop, and audio equipment visible on stage in blue light © Jihye Jang
  • Nine performers stand at a table with electronic keyboards, synthesizers, and audio equipment during the Roundabout concert at Kinemathek Karlsruhe © Paul Modler
  • A person in white shirt leans over a table with laptop, audio mixing console, and microphone during a performance setup © Jihye Jang
Date(s)
Fri, 19 Jul 2024
Time
20:00
Venue
Kinemathek Karlsruhe, Kaiserpassage

The Roundabout concert marks the end of the semester and presents a variety of artistic practices from the Media Art Sound department at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG). The concert features experimental performances, live electronics, improvisation, audiovisual works, and an interactive sound installation. This semester’s explorations have focused on innovative sound concepts and the perception of spatial audio. With a quadraphonic speaker setup, the concert offers an immersive auditory experience, showcasing the breadth of artistic practices and technological innovation within MK-Sound.

Contributing Artists

Ida Bloomdahl, The Neuron Brothers, Hongyu Guo, Keita Hori, Jihye Gebhart, Yavor Lakov, Ziyang Ma, Jason Mendiola, Julian Vollmert, Lihan Wang, Yunfei Zhang

Production & Documentation

  • Artistic Direction and Production: Paul Modler, Lorenz Schwarz
  • Documentation (Photography): Jihye Jang, Yunfei Zhang
  • Stagehand: Manuel Urrutia

Collaborations

  • Kinemathek Karlsruhe e.V. (venue partner)

Acknowledgments

  • Samuel Israel (Kinemathek Karlsruhe) - venue coordination