Roundabout in the ZKM Klangdom

Concert

  • A person with long hair operates a digital mixing console with green-lit faders and monitors displaying audio waveforms © Jihye Jang
  • Audience watches a presentation with projected text, colorful lighting, and large red sculptural objects suspended above the stage at ZKM Kubus © Jihye Jang
  • Audience watches a yellow-tinted projected video in a dark venue during the Roundabout concert at ZKM Klangdom © Jihye Jang
  • Five people work at tables with electronic music equipment and laptops during the Roundabout performance in the ZKM Klangdom © Jihye Jang
  • A performer in a white shirt adjusts electronic music equipment on a table during a concert at the ZKM Klangdom with audience visible in background © Jihye Jang
  • A hand adjusts knobs on an audio mixer with multiple rows of control knobs during the Roundabout concert at ZKM © Jihye Jang
  • View from audio mixing station showing digital audio workstation screen and control surfaces, with performers seated at tables on stage under purple and blue lighting © Jihye Jang
  • Event poster for Roundabout-23 concert on July 21, 2023 at ZKM Kubus in Karlsruhe, listing participating artists © Hoin Ji
  • Students seated at mixing consoles with laptops and audio equipment facing a stage with microphone stands and blue lighting in the ZKM Kubus © Jihye Jang
Date(s)
Thu, 20 Jul 2023
Time
19:00
Venue
ZKM Kubus

To conclude the semester, students, alumni, and friends of the HfG Karlsruhe will present their latest works in the ZKM Klangdom. Using a 44-channel speaker system and large-scale projections, audiovisual pieces will transform into an immersive experience.

Under the guidance of Dr. Gerriet K. Sharma, Dr. Paul Modler, and Lorenz Schwarz, students explored various practices in digitality, audio electronics, multichannel audio, and sound, developing concepts for performance, sound art, and algorithmic composition.

The program will feature live electronics, noise, beats, songs, and experimental music.

As part of the collaboration with the University of Music Karlsruhe, works by students from the University of Music will also be presented.

Contributing Artists

Alfea, Klarenz Barlow, Finn Baygan, Éva Csonka, Tobias Ehrhardt, Ricardo Rodrigues Erl, Damiana Facen, Senior Lecturer Theo Herbst, Daniel K. Höpfner, Jihye Gebhart, Tina Jander, Hoin Ji, Daniel Lythgoe, Dr. Paul Modler, Isabella Panigada, Pavel Polenz, Matthew Pratt, Lorenz Schwarz, Dr. Gerriet K. Sharma, Ludwig Stengel, Yudong Wang, Jiahui Yong, Yunfei Zhang

Production & Documentation

  • Artistic Direction and Concept: Paul Modler, Lorenz Schwarz, Gerriet K. Sharma
  • Concert Production: Paul Modler, Lorenz Schwarz
  • Sound Engineer: Ben Miller (ZKM)
  • Stage Manager: Hans Gass (ZKM)
  • Documentation (Video): partial - first 20 minutes only
  • Documentation (Photography): Jihye Jang
  • Stagehands: Manuel Urrutia

Collaborations

  • ZKM | Hertzlab (venue partner)
  • Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe (HfM) - SAM•ComputerStudio, IMWI Institut für Musikinformatik und Musikwissenschaft

Acknowledgments

  • Dominik Kautz (ZKM | Hertzlab)