KHM @ ZKM next_generation X
Als europaweit größtes Treffen der Hochschulstudios für elektronische Musik bietet »next_generation« Nachwuchskomponist:innen eine Plattform, ihre musikalischen Neuentwicklungen zu präsentieren. In diesem Jahr feiert das von Ludger Brümmer initiierte und konzipierte Festival seine 10. Ausgabe.
05.06. – 08.06. ZKM Karlsruhe
with Prof. hans w. koch, Prof. Tina Tonagel
Concerts
Joreng Boi (Hyemin Jung) Iminstrument, (2024), for Live Electronics & Live Acoustics, 7’ Iminstrument is a series of works by Joreng Boi (Hyemin Jung), whose title means both migration in Korean (I-min) and 1-minute instrument. Joreng Boi (Hyemin Jung) improvises with a mix of familiar and unfamiliar melodies using field recordings and striked string instruments sounds, that originate from similar sources but are transformed into Cimbalom (Slovak/Hungarian), Yanggeum (China, Korea), Piano (Italy), depending on the country and cultural context. Through the use of instrumental textures and melodies that are disguised as ‘ethnic sounds’, ‘unfamiliar’, or ‘foreign’ with slight differences, Joreng aims to investigate the use of the term ‘world music’ and the relationship between music and identity.
Helin Korkmaz Strategies Through Architecture, (2024), 6’40’’ The piece can be understood as a visual-auditory portrait of Chorweiler in Cologne. I documented traces of the people, temporary undertakings etc. on different weekdays and seasons. The name of the work being inspired from Einstürzende Neubauten, I began this journey seeking Strategies Against Architecture, only to find that us humans always work with the architecture. A huge part of my work consisted of recording, listening and sampling field recordings. These samples build the basis of the musical composition that is spatialized in the performance space. Through granular synthesis, I intended to play with the recognizability. The work is an excerpt of the daily life that conveys a certain vitality coming from a banality.
Jo / Johanna Schütt Tidals, (2024), for Computer, 7’ The piece is an investigation of how cyclical processes, such as ebb and flow, becoming/disintegration, or lunatic vs. crystal clear phases in personal or collective timelines, could be translated in an auditory spatial metaphor.
Christopher Theophanous They Looked at Each Other in Silence (2024), for Self-Made Instruments, 7’ There is a vast amount of folklore and myths associated with fairy rings – circles formed by concentric mushroom growth. The myths spun around these circles tell of fairies gathering and dancing around them. Sometimes, they are also believed to be portals to the fairy realm. (AT) references those myths and investigates the relationship of a performer and their environment. It consists of several ultrasonic transmitter and receiver modules. By placing the modules in a contained space and/or (re)positioning oneself in relation to the modules, the sound spreads respectively. The modules are related to each other and held together by an invisible, enchanted unity – like the mycelium, sending out subterranean fibers and stimulating mushroom growth at its periphery.
Talks
Pedro A. Ramirez: As loud as possible
hans w. koch: air from another planet – extraterrestrial acoustics
About next_generation X
An vier Tagen bietet »next_generation« ein spannendes und dichtes Programm mit neuesten Positionen aus den Bereichen »Fixed Media«, »Raummusik« und »Live-Elektronik«. Damit garantiert das Festival eine repräsentative Übersicht über das aktuelle kreative Schaffen der kommenden Komponierendengeneration im Kontext von Technologie und Kunst.
In diesem Jahr nehmen Studierende von 27 elektronischen Hochschulstudios aus Deutschland, Österreich, Frankreich, den Niederlanden, Italien und der Schweiz teil. Alle Teilnehmenden haben die Möglichkeit, ihre Arbeiten in Konzerten und Installationen an verschiedenen Orten im ZKM zu präsentieren oder sich im Rahmen von Vorträgen und Diskussionen über die eigenen Interessensgebiete auszutauschen. Darüber hinaus werden Professor:innen und Dozent:innen über aktuelle Entwicklungen in den einzelnen Studios und Fachbereichen berichten.