ISM Hexadome

29 March to 22 April 2018

Immersive Sound and 360° Visual Exhibition

The ISM Hexadome is a new format and at the same time a completely new tool. Nine performances and installations have been especially conceived for the project by international sound and visual artists. Within the ISM Hexadome, each work opens a door into a world crafted in sonic and visual detail, demonstrating the power of spatialisation for sound.

29 March to 22 April 2018

Gropius Bau

Developed by the Institute for Sound & Music in collaboration with Pfadfinderei and ZKM | Center for Art and Media, the ISM Hexadome is an immersive exhibition fusing art with technology, unlike any previous experience within a museum context. Throughout 2018–2019, the ISM Hexadome exhibition is scheduled to travel from Berlin to museums and festivals worldwide.

Dates of installations

Thu 29.03.2018, Fri 30.03.2018
18:00-22:00 Brian Eno

Sat 31.03.2018, Sun 01.04.2018
10:00-22:00 Brian Eno

Mon 02.04.2018 bis Thu 05.04.2018
18:00-22:00 Brian Eno

Sat 07.04.2018, Sun 08.04.2018
10:00-22:00 Tarik Barri & Thom Yorke, René Löwe & Pfadfinderei

Sat 14.04.2018, Sun 15.04.2018
10:00-22:00 Frank Bretschneider & Pierce Warnecke, Lara Sarkissian & Jemma Woolmore

Sat 21.04.2018
10:00-22:00 Ben Frost & MFO, CAO & Michael Tan, Peter van Hoesen & Heleen Blanken, Holly Herndon & Mathew Dryhurst

Sun 22.04.2018
10:00-19:00 Ben Frost & MFO, CAO & Michael Tan, Peter van Hoesen & Heleen Blanken, Holly Herndon & Mathew Dryhurst

Dates of live performances

Fri 06.04.2018
20:00-21:30 Holly Herndon & Mathew Dryhurst, Tarik Barri
22:00-23:30 Holly Herndon & Mathew Dryhurst, Tarik Barri

Fri 13.04.2018
20:00-21:30 Frank Bretschneider & Pierce Warnecke, Lara Sarkissian & Jemma Woolmore
22:00-23:30 Frank Bretschneider & Pierce Warnecke, Lara Sarkissian & Jemma Woolmore

Wed 18.04.2018
20:00-20:45 Ben Frost & MFO
21:00-21:45 Ben Frost & MFO

Fri 20.04.2018
20:00-21:30 Peter van Hoesen & Heleen Blanken, CAO & Michael Tan
22:00-23:30 Peter van Hoesen & Heleen Blanken, CAO & Michael Tan

Sun 22.04.2018
20:00-20:45 René Löwe & Pfadfinderei
21:00-21:45 René Löwe & Pfadfinderei

Date of artist talk

Sat 31.03.2018
19:00-21:00 Brian Eno & Thomas Oberender

With installations by

Brian Eno, Tarik Barri and Thom Yorke

as well as live performances and installations by Tarik Barri, Holly Herndon and Mathew Dryhurst, Frank Bretschneider and Pierce Warnecke, Lara Sarkissian and Jemma Woolmore, Ben Frost and MFO, Peter Van Hoesen and Heleen Blanken, CAO and Michael Tan, Pfadfinderei and René Löwe.

An exhibition organised by the Institute for Sound & Music in collaboration with ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Pfadfinderei, IRCAM and Norient.

Institute for Sound & Music
Artistic Director: Nicholas Meehan
Concept and Curation: Ben Fawkes, Nick Meehan, Marie-Kristin Meier, Brendan Power, Annika Weyhrich
Project Coordination and Editorial: Ben Fawkes, Nicholas Meehan, Marie-Kristin Meier, Martyn Roberts, Joanna Petkiewicz, Brendan Power
Public Relations: Mea Liedl, Martyn Roberts
Project Assistant: Sara Miller
Legal and Tax Counseling: Clemens Miegel
Concept and Technical Implementation of Sound System: Holger Stenschke
Sound Engineers: Holger Stenschke, Benjamin Miller, Eckehard Güther, Mirna Stanić

With special thanks to Thomas Oberender, Artistic Director of the Berliner Festspiele and to all board members of the Institute for Sound & Music.

Curation of Brian Eno’s "Empty Formalism" for the Institute for Sound & Music facilitated by: Thomas Oberender

Pfadfinderei
Project Director and Design Hexadome: Jan Honza Taffelt
Concept and Technical Implementation: Tobias Götz
Video System: Tobias Götz
Project Assistance: Frederick Roeser, Marco Ciceri, Anne Sebald

ZKM | Center for Art and Media
Head of ZKM | Institute for Music and Acoustics and Klangdom Concept: Ludger Brümmer
Music Technologist, Artist Support: Götz Dipper

Norient – Network for Local and Global Sounds and Media Culture
Research and Curation: Theresa Beyer, Thomas Burkhalter, Hannes Liechti, Sandra Passaro

System 180
Architectural Implementation and Construction: Christoph Blanc, Alexander Prickel

Organiser
Institute for Sound & Music
Urbanstraße 69, 10967 Berlin
www.berlin-ism.com,

In cooperation with ZKM | Center for Art and Media and Pfadfinderei

Funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation and the Senate Department of Culture and Europe

Hosted by Gropius Bau, with sincere thanks to Stephanie Rosenthal, Director of the Gropius Bau

In collaboration with Norient – Network for Local and Global Sounds and Media Culture, Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM), Deutschlandfunk Kultur

With kind support from Meyer Sound, System 180, Squareball

Official Partner: Audi City Berlin