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"International Sound Art Festival Berlin" was founded in 2003, its focus is interdisciplinary from the very beginning. Sound Art, as new evolving genre includes aspects of many different kinds of fine art like sculpture, collage, installation, ars acustica, radio art and land art. For this reason many different kinds of artists contribute to this emerging art with open and fluctuating borderlines. Berlin can be called 'Secret Capitol City of Sound Art' these days, almost each sound artist of international standard has contact to this whirling art scene - temporarily, as part time or even as long time citizen of this City.

According to the rich diversity of aspects of sound art, "International Sound Art Festival" combines three formats of approach to it through an ongoing sound art exhibition, concerts/performances and a symposium of the artist and composers with art and music historians open to the public. Each event explores different aspects of the main topic which is given to the festival each year. While 2008 the main theme of interest "farb_laut" investigated new relationships of color and sound in the "Digital Era", 2009 a new series is started dealing with questions of 'material and situation'. This year's festival title is __tiefKLANG (__deepSOUND) and the event takes place in tunnels, bunkers and old Metro stations underneath the surface of Berlin - in cooperation with "Berlin Underworld Society".

Artistic Director: Thomas Gerwin, Sound Engineer: Michael Baumeister

This event is produced by inter art project in cooperation with Berliner Unterwelten, Kulturhaus Mitte, Southwestradio (SWR), Freie Universitaet Berlin / Musicology, Electronic Music Foundation New York (EMF) and Institute for Multisensorial Arts (IfmK). Supported by Initiative Neue Musik, Bezirkskulturfonds Berlin-Mitte, German Music Council (DMR) and Berliner Unterwelten e.V. The engagement of Edward Schocker and Zachary J. Watkins is supported by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through USArtists International in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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CONCERTS/PERFORMANCES

Fri August 14th _VERNISSAGE/OPENING19-21h >Nordraeume
Sound Art Exhibition with works from Martin Daske, Thomas Gerwin, Shingo Inao, Tilman Kuentzel, Claudia Robles, Ute Safrin, Wolfgang Spahn, Veit-Lup >Performance: 'Stone Music' with Thomas Gerwin + Henry Mex (Stone Instruments)

Sat August 22nd _CONCERT 1 20-22:30h >Dresdner Straße
works from Pierre Schaeffer, Ralf Hoyer, Claude Shryer, Thomas Gerwin, Willem Schulz and Joel Chadabe
with Suzanne Hensel (electr), Ralf Hoyer (electr), Carsten Schneider (electr), Willem Schulz (cello), Iris Sputh (dance)

Sat August 29th _CONCERT 2 20-22:30h >Dresdner Straße
works from Martin Daske, Max E. Keller, Elsa Justel, Robin Hayward, Thomas Gerwin and Pablo Gav
with Martin Daske (electr), Robin Hayward (tuba), Susanne Zapf (violin)

Thu September 3rd _KLANGWELTEN SPEZIAL (Performance+Ars Acustica) 20-22:30h >Dresdner Straße
Solo-Programme from Tobias Dutschke (percussion) with works from Dutschke, Gerwin and others /// Ars Acustica-Hoerspiel 'Utopia Hip-Hop' by Pierre Henry, SWR 2009 /// Talk with Tobias Dutschke

Sat September 5th _SYMPOSIUM 11-17h >Nordräume
Prof. Dr. Christa Bruestle (FU/UdK Berlin) discusses with Dr. Sabine Schouten, Rainer Simon and the artists
with Edward Schocker+Thomas Gerwin (object improvisation), Shingo Inao (Tosso), Hartmut Soergel (voice performance)

Fri September 11th _CONCERT 3 20-22:30h >Dresdener Straße
wworks from Fine Kwiatkowski+Willehad Graefenhorst, Ulli Götte, Judy Klein, Frank Niehusmann, Edward Schocker+Zachary J. Watkins and Helmut Zapf
with Ulli Goette (drum, voice), Kurt Koenig (performance), Fine Kwiatkowsky (dance), Willehad Greafenhorst (electr), Edward Schocker+Zacharias J. Watkins (laptop)

Sat September 12th _FINISSAGE-Closing Party 19h-23h >Nordräume
Improvisation Orchestra 'KlangBildEnsemble ad hoc' with Thorsten Bloedhorn (e-git), Thomas Gerwin (perc/live-electr), Frank Halbig (live-electr), Giovanni Longo (live electr), Dietrich Petzold (violin), Claudia Risch (flute/sax), Peggy Sylopp (live video)
Caspar Abocab (voice, elctr), Spontaneous Guests to be announced

EXHIBITION at Nordraeume at S-Bahnhof (Metro Station) Gesundbrunnen August 14th - September 12th, 2009
with works from Martin Daske, Thomas Gerwin, Shingo Inao, Tilman Kuentzel, Claudia Robles, Ute Safrin, Wolfgang Spahn, Veit-Lup
Guided Sound Art Tours Wed-Sat 17-18h + special appointments: Konstanze Thuemmel PhD
Booking and special tour dates: Fon +49-30-397417-34, Fax -35 or mail@inter-art-project.de

SOUNDWALKS
Dates to be announced on web page or daily press

Entrance to all concerts and symposium is free. Sound art tours for 5 EURO / 3 EURO.

FESTIVAL VENUES:
EXHIBITION & SYMPOSIUM: "Nordraeume" U-Bahnhof (Metro Station) Gesundbrunnen, Entrance North (before Gesundbrunnen-Centre) at Crossing Badstraße/Behmstraße, 13357 Berlin
CONCERTS/PERFORMANCES: "Dresdener Strasse" / Ecke Sebastianstrasse (Alfred-Doeblin-Platz) 10999 Berlin

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