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In the think archive you will find our announcements for events of the Denkraum Improvisation from February 2020 onwards. For more events further in the past, please refer to our old program booklets.

leeways #3: Improvisation und Verwaltung

oder »Nur das Unnütze ist von Dauer« (Ein elektro-akustischer Adorno-Essay)
Thursday, March 14, 2024 | 8.00 pm
exploratorium berlin, hall
leeways #3: Improvisation und Verwaltung

leeways #3: Improvisation und Verwaltung oder »Nur das Unnütze ist von Dauer« (Ein elektro-akustischer Adorno-Essay)

Electroacoustic Performance + Talk in ...

10 Jahre Fachbibliothek Improvisation

Sunday, March 3, 2024 | 17.00
exploratorium berlin, studio 2
10 Jahre Fachbibliothek Improvisation

10 Years of the Improvisation Library

Insights into the Library, Reading and Book Performance
With Reinhard Gagel, Olaf Hochherz, Christoph ...

Symposium: Musicians’ Perspectives on Improvisation

International symposium
Saturday–Sunday, February 3–4, 2024
exploratorium berlin, hall
Symposium: Musicians’ Perspectives on Improvisation

Symposium: Musicians’ Perspectives on Improvisation

“Artists are the best explainers and models of what they do. Their views, reflections ...

Sound & Lecture N° 22: John Butcher/ Mark Wastell/ Luigi Marino

Opening Event for the "Symposium: Musicians' Perspectives on Improvisation"
Friday, February 2, 2024 | 8.00 pm
exploratorium berlin, hall
Sound & Lecture N° 22: John Butcher/ Mark Wastell/ Luigi Marino

Concert + Talk in English

John Butcher: saxophones
Mark Wastell: percussion
Luigi Marino: percussion, electronics
Moderation: Mathias Maschat

To open ...

imp[or]trait #12: Charlotte Hug – „Die Viola ist meine Stimme – der Gesang mein Instrument.“ (STIMME 3)

Guest: Charlotte Hug | Moderation: Mathias Maschat
Friday, December 1, 2023 | Start 20.00
exploratorium berlin, hall
imp[or]trait #12: Charlotte Hug – „Die Viola ist meine Stimme – der Gesang mein Instrument.“ (STIMME 3)

Talk in German + Performance with voice & live scoring

Guest: Charlotte Hug
Moderation: Mathias Maschat

Swiss artist Charlotte ...

imp[or]trait #11: Transformationen der Stimme: Improvisation in imaginären Habitats (STIMME 2)

Guest: Ute Wassermann | Moderation: Mathias Maschat
Thursday, November 16, 2023 | Start 20.00
exploratorium berlin, hall
imp[or]trait #11: Transformationen der Stimme: Improvisation in imaginären Habitats (STIMME 2)

Talk in German + Performance

Guest: Ute Wassermann
Moderation: Mathias Maschat

Ute Wassermann is a vocal artist, composer-performer and improviser ...

imp[or]trait #10: Vokaler Klangtanz – Alex Nowitz und das Strophonion (STIMME 1)

Guest: Alex Nowitz | Moderation: Mathias Maschat
Thursday, October 5, 2023 | Start 20.00
exploratorium berlin, hall
imp[or]trait #10: Vokaler Klangtanz – Alex Nowitz und das Strophonion (STIMME 1)

Talk in German + Performance

Guest: Alex Nowitz
Moderation: Mathias Maschat

Alex Nowitz (* 1968) works primarily as a ...

Sound & Lecture N° 21: Jon Rose & Richard Barrett / Colophony

Thursday, March 30th 2023
exploratorium berlin, hall
Sound & Lecture N° 21: Jon Rose & Richard Barrett / Colophony

Concert + talk in English

Guests for talk:
Jon Rose (AU) & Richard Barrett (GB/RS)
Moderation: Mathias Maschat

Colophony
Jon ...

imp[or]trait #9: Alfred 23 Harth – “Life Can Be A Gestalt In Time”

Guest: Alfred 23 Harth
Thursday, March 2nd 2023, 20.00
exploratorium berlin, hall
imp[or]trait #9: Alfred 23 Harth – “Life Can Be A Gestalt In Time”

Talk in German

Guest: Alfred 23 Harth
Moderation: Mathias Maschat

The Neue Zeitung für Musik called him one of the ...

Symposium / Open Space: Improvisation und Ethik

8th Symposium at the exploratorium berlin
Saturday 28th - Sunday 29th January 2023
exploratorium berlin, hall
Symposium / Open Space: Improvisation und Ethik

Symposium / Open Space: Improvisation und Ethik
8th Symposium at the exploratorium berlin

With Joshua Bergamin, Helmut Bieler-Wendt, Tina Burova, ...

Sound & Lecture N° 20: “(Musical) Ethics Lab Satellite 1”

Friday, January 27th 2023, 20.00
exploratorium berlin, hall
Sound & Lecture N° 20: "(Musical) Ethics Lab Satellite 1"

Concert + talk in German

Christopher A. Williams (US/AT) – concept, direction, double bass
Carl Ludwig Hübsch (DE) – tuba
...

imp[or]trait #8: echtzeitmusik – Material und Motivation

Guests: Neo Hülcker, Christian Kesten, Johannes Kreidler, Andrea Neumann | Moderation: Mathias Maschat
Thursday, December 8 2022, 20.00
exploratorium berlin, hall
imp[or]trait #8: echtzeitmusik – Material und Motivation

Talk in German

Guests: Neo Hülcker, Christian Kesten, Johannes Kreidler, Andrea Neumann
Moderation: Mathias Maschat

echtzeitmusik – Material und Motivation ...

Sound & Lecture N° 19: The Galilean Moons

Thursday, November 17th 2022, 20.00
exploratorium berlin, hall
SaL17 Robert Dick & Ursel Schlicht

Robert Dick (US) – flutes (from piccolo to double bass)
Ursel Schlicht – Piano Inside-Out

Moderation: Mathias Maschat

Ursel Schlicht ...

imp[or]trait #7: The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Improvisation in the Arts

Guest: Alessandro Bertinetto | Moderation: Mathias Maschat
Thursday, October 20, 2022, 20.00
exploratorium berlin, hall
imp[or]trait #7: The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Improvisation in the Arts

Talk in German 

Guest: Alessandro Bertinetto
Moderation: Mathias Maschat 

The Italian philosopher and improvisation theorist Alessandro Bertinetto is our guest in ...

key_concepts #8: Correspondences: The Body and Material in Sound Installation and Performance

Guest: Andrea Parkins | Moderation: Mathias Maschat
Thursday, September 22 2022, 20.00
exploratorium berlin, hall
key_concepts #8: Correspondences: The Body and Material in Sound Installation and Performance

Talk in English

Guest: Andrea Parkins
Moderation: Mathias Maschat

Guest in the 8th edition of Mathias Maschat’s key_concepts ...

Memories of an Amnesiac

Reading Circle Improvisation Special with Macarena Montesinos
Tuesday, June 28th 2022, 18.00
Memories of an Amnesiac

Lecture Performance and talk in English
Macarena Montesinos: Memories of an Amnesiac

In Memories of an Amnesiac, the cellist, improviser, ...

imp[or]trait #6: echtzeitmusik and its international connectivity

Guests: Burkhard Beins, Angharad Davies, Yan Jun, Mariá Portugal | Moderation: Mathias Maschat
Thursday, June 16th 2022, 20.00
exploratorium berlin, hall
imp[or]trait #6: echtzeitmusik and its international connectivity

Talk in English

Guests: Burkhard Beins, Angharad Davies, Yan Jun, Mariá Portugal
Moderation: Mathias Maschat

echtzeitmusik and its international ...

key_concepts #7: Improvisation – “The Living Music”

Guest: Alexander von Schlippenbach | Moderation: Mathias Maschat
Thursday, May 12th 2022, 20.00
exploratorium berlin, hall
Alexander von Schlippenbach

Talk in German

Guest: Alexander von Schlippenbach
Moderation: Mathias Maschat

“It was of the utmost importance to us, for ...

Sound & Lecture N° 18: Displacing Sounds – Music through Space and Tradition

Thursday, 7th April 2022, 20.00
exploratorium berlin, hall
Displacing sounds

Concert + talk in English

Antoine Läng (CH) – voice, jaw harp

Anouck Genthon (FR/CH) – violin
David Meier (CH) ...

imp[or]trait #5: Alfred 23 Harth – “Life Can Be A Gestalt In Time”

CANCELED AND POSTPONED DUE TO CORONA
Thursday, March 3rd 2022, 20.00
exploratorium berlin, hall
Alfred Harth im Gespraech

Talk in German

Guest: Alfred 23 Harth
Moderation: Mathias Maschat

Unfortunately, due to Corona, the conversation has to be canceled ...

Symposium: Erfahrungsraum Improvisation (“Improvisation as a Space for Experience”)

7th Symposium at the exploratorium berlin
Saturday 29th - Sunday 30th Januar 2022
exploratorium berlin, hall
Symposium: Erfahrungsraum Improvisation (“Improvisation as a Space for Experience”)

Erfahrungsraum Improvisation (“Improvisation as a Space for Experience”)
7th Symposium at the exploratorium berlin

With Simon Rose (keynote), Guro Gravem ...

Sound & Lecture N° 17: Svetlana Maraš & Biliana Voutchkova

Opening event for the Symposium "Erfahrungsraum Improvisation"
Friday, 28th Januar 2022, 20.00
exploratorium berlin, studio 1
Improvisationskonzert mit Svetlans Maras und Biliana Voutchkova

Concert + Talk in English

Svetlana Maraš (RS / CH) – electronics
Biliana Voutchkova (BG / DE) – violin, voice

...

key_concepts #6: Körperlichkeit – Bewegung / Freiheit

Guest: Corinna Eikmeier | Moderation: Mathias Maschat
Thursday, 16th December 2021, 20.00
exploratorium berlin, studio 1
key_concepts #6: Körperlichkeit – Bewegung / Freiheit

Talk in German

Guest: Corinna Eikmeier
Moderation: Mathias Maschat

The key_concepts series by Mathias Maschat addresses key concepts, terms, theories ...

imp[or]trait #4: echtzeitmusik – “Generations”

Guests: Alexander Markvart, Rieko Okuda, Ignaz Schick und Alexander von Schlippenbach | Moderation: Mathias Maschat
Thursday, 11th November 2021, 20.00
exploratorium berlin, studio 1
imp[or]trait #4: echtzeitmusik – “Generations”

Talk in English

Guests: Alexander Markvart, Rieko Okuda, Ignaz Schick und Alexander von Schlippenbach
Moderation: Mathias Maschat

echtzeitmusik – ...

leeways #2: Mattin – “Social Dissonance”

Guest: Mattin | Moderation: Mathias Maschat
Thursday, 23rd September 2021, 20.00
exploratorium berlin, studio 1
leeways #2: Mattin – “Social Dissonance”

Talk in German

Guest: Mattin
Moderation: Mathias Maschat

The computer musician, performance artist and noise theorist Mattin is the ...

What IIIF? Berlin 2021 – “Improvisation and Memory”

Friday, 17th - Sunday, 19th September 2021
exploratorium berlin, hall
Denkraum Festival What IIIF

The 5th WHAT IIIF? Festival, an international research festival of interdisciplinary improvisation, takes place in the exploratorium berlin. (The festival ...

Symposium: Sinn und Präsenz in Improvisation

Saturday 14th - Sunday 15th August 2021
exploratorium berlin, hall
Denkraum, 6. Symposium, Christian Grüny, Nicola Hein, Mathias Maschat

6th symposium at the exploratorium berlin
An event by the DENKRAUM IMPROVISATION

PARTICIPATION ONLY VIA LIVESTREAM: https://www.youtube.com/exploratoriumberlin
Unfortunately, due to ...

Sound & Lecture N° 16: Aspect Seeing – An Artistic Re-Reading

Friday 13th August 2021, 20.00
exploratorium berlin, hall
Denkraum, SAL16, Nicola L. Hein, Christian Grüny, Simon Rose, Claudia Schmitz, Maria Colusi

Nicola L. Hein (DE) – guitar, electronics
Christian Grüny (DE) – text, philosophy
Simon Rose (UK/DE) – baritone saxophone
Claudia ...

imp[or]trait #3: Fred Frith – “Improvisation has been central to almost everything I’ve done.”

Guest: Fred Frith | Moderation: Mathias Maschat
Saturday, 26th June 2021, 20.00
exploratorium berlin, hall
imp[or]trait #3: Fred Frith – “Improvisation has been central to almost everything I’ve done.”

Talk in English

Guest: Fred Frith
Moderation: Mathias Maschat

“Improvisation has been central to almost everything I’ve done.”

In the ...

imp[or]trait #2: 1990/2020 – echtzeitmusik

Guests: Burkhard Beins, Andrea Neumann & Ignaz Schick | Moderation: Mathias Maschat
Thursday, 20. May 2021, 20.00
Livestram on Youtube
imp[or]trait #2: 1990/2020 – echtzeitmusik

Talk in German

Guests: Burkhard Beins, Andrea Neumann & Ignaz Schick
Moderation: Mathias Maschat

“The term ‘Echtzeitmusik’ (trans. real ...

key_concepts #5: Materiality / Resonance – The FAAB (Feedback-Actuated Augmented Bass)

Guest: Adam Pultz Melbye | Moderation: Mathias Maschat
Thursday, 22. April 2021, 20.00
Livestram on Youtube
key_concepts #5: Materiality / Resonance – The FAAB (Feedback-Actuated Augmented Bass)

Talk in English

Guest: Adam Pultz Melbye
Moderation: Mathias Maschat

In the fifth edition of the Denkraum series key_concepts, ...

leeways #1: Bob Ostertag – “Facebooking the Anthropocene in Raja Ampat”

Guest: Bob Ostertag | Moderation: Mathias Maschat
Thursday, 25. March 2021, 8.00 pm CET
Livestram on Youtube
Bob Ostertag

Talk in English
20.00 MEZ (UTC +01)

leeways #1: Bob Ostertag – “Facebooking the Anthropocene in Raja Ampat”

Guest: ...

key_concepts #4: Materialität / Klangfarbe – Präparationen und Objekte

Guest: Magda Mayas, Moderation: Mathias Maschat
Thursday, 11. March 2021, 20.00
Livestram on Youtube
key_concepts #4: Materialität / Klangfarbe – Präparationen und Objekte

Talk in German

Guest: Magda Mayas
Moderation: Mathias Maschat

In the fourth edition of the Denkraum series key_concepts, Mathias Maschat ...

key_concepts #3: Improvisieren als Handeln

Guest: Silvana K. Figueroa-Dreher, Moderation: Mathias Maschat
Thursday, 1. October 2020, 20 h
exploratorium berlin, hall
key_concepts #3: Improvisieren als Handeln

Talk in German

Guest: Silvana K. Figueroa-Dreher
Moderation: Mathias Maschat

In the third edition of the new key_concepts series, ...

key_concepts #2: John Stevens – From the Spontaneous Music Ensemble to Search & Reflect

Guest: Richard Scott, Moderation: Mathias Maschat
Thursday, 3. September 2020, 20 h
exploratorium berlin, hall
key_concepts #2: John Stevens – From the Spontaneous Music Ensemble to Search & Reflect

Talk in English

Guest: Richard Scott
Moderation: Mathias Maschat

In the second edition of the new Denkraum series key_concepts, ...

imp[or]trait #1: Mazen Kerbaj and the Irtijal International Festival of Experimental Music in Lebanon

Guest: Mazen Kerbaj, Moderation: Mathias Maschat
Thursday, 25. June 2020, 20 h
exploratorium berlin, studio 1
imp[or]trait #1: Mazen Kerbaj and the Irtijal International Festival of Experimental Music in Lebanon

Talk in English language + solo trumpet performance

Guest: Mazen Kerbaj
Moderation: Mathias Maschat

imp[or]trait is a new series ...

key_concepts #1: Kulturelle Rahmungen improvisierter Musik

Guest: Ursel Schlicht, Moderation: Mathias Maschat
Thursday, 4. June 2020, 20 h
exploratorium berlin, studio 1
key_concepts #1: Kulturelle Rahmungen improvisierter Musik

Talk in German language

key_concepts is a new series of discussions in the Denkraum Improvisation, which takes up certain aspects ...

Lab – Lectures about Improvisation

#24: Thinking Improvisation
Thursday, 27. February 2020, 20 h
exploratorium berlin, hall
Lab - Lectures about Improvisation

Talk and performance with REINHARD GAGEL and MATHIAS MASCHAT. The previous and the new head of the Theory and Research ...

International Symposium: Current Research on Improvisation

Friday, 31. January – Sunday, 2. February 2020
exploratorium berlin, hall
International Symposium: Current Research on Improvisation

Presentation and discussion of current research on the phenomenon of improvisation

After several symposia on special research topics of improvisation ...

Sound and lecture N° 14: International Symbiosis – Artistic Research

Concert, lectures and talk
Friday 31. January 2020, 20 h
exploratorium berlin, hall
Sound and lecture N° 14: International Symbiosis – Artistic Research

Christoph Baumann (CH) – piano | Carl Bergstrøm-Nielsen (DK) – various instruments | Alessandro Bertinetto (IT) – philosophy | Helmut ...