- Event
- Concert
TURNS x ZeitGenuss Edition
Sat, October 25, 2025 6:00 pm CEST
In the TURNS series, the ZKM explores the boundaries between music, performance and media art. This year's ZeitGenuss Edition features bodies, sound and images in motion, raising questions about identity, communication and perception.
better me
Concert at ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Kubus, 6 pm
'better me' explores the increasing desire for self-determination and self-presentation that defines our society. Everyone wants to be heard, seen and noticed, and they fight to live according to their own ideas. 'Better Me' artistically depicts the quest for autonomy, rights and justice, and the consequences thereof. The boundaries between improvisation, performance, electronics, percussion and the performers' own compositions become fluid.
PERCUSSION AND COMPOSITION Vanessa Porter and Emil Kuyumcuyan VIDEO Rafael Ossami Saidy VIDEO DIRECTOR ZKM Video Studio Andy Koch SOUND DIRECTOR Sebastian Schottke TECHNICAL SUPPORT LIVE ELECTRONICS Negin Mozafari
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works
better me
Emil Kuyumcuyan – IT IS NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
for ElectronicsEmil Kuyumcuyan – CALLS
for Bells, Drums and Small PercussionEmil Kuyumcuyan – TRIALS
for Marimba/Vibraphone and ElectronicsVanessa Porter / Emil Kuyumcuyan – FRICTIONS
for Sound ObjectsEmil Kuyumcuyan – LAST DUTY II
for DrumsetsVanessa Porter / Emil Kuyumcuyan – 8 M 8 R 8 D
for Body PercussionEmil Kuyumcuyan – YOUR STORIES
for Marimba/Vibraphone and ElectronicsEmil Kuyumcuyan / Vanessa Porter – YES IT IS
for Drumsets
eyes entangled
CONCERT at ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Kubus, 8:30 pm
In terms of content, “eyes entangled” ties in with a key theme of the ZKM Hertzlab, a research platform at the intersection of media arts, science and society. Under the title CONNECT, the focus is on building trust and shaping interpersonal relationships in an age where contact is increasingly mediated by technology. The compositions of 'eyes entangled' explore this theme artistically, examining alienation and new forms of communication through projections, visuals, and electroacoustics. In Carola Bauckholt's piece 'Oh I See', for instance, a pair of eyes is projected onto two balloons that form part of the musical ensemble. The interplay of image and sound creates a face whose expressions offer room for a wide variety of associations. The composer writes, 'I am always fascinated by the human brain, especially the logic of our dreams. I have the impression that art, especially music, comes closest to the processes that take place in our brain”.
VIOLIN Judith Fliedl PERCUSSION Tamara Kurkiewicz VOICE Carlotta Lipski VIDEO DIRECTOR ZKM Video Studio Andy Koch SOUND DIRECTOR Sebastian Schottke TECHNICAL SUPPORT LIVE ELECTRONICS Negin Mozafari
MUSIC by Alexander Schubert, Paolo Griffin, Imge Yagmur Tiryaki (UA), Yangkai Lin und Lukas Döhler (UA), Igor Silva, Georges Aperghis, Jennifer Walshe, Johanna Doderer and Carola Bauckholt
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works
eyes entangled
Igor Silva – Your Trash (2016)
for percussion, electronics, and videoCarola Bauckholt – die Alte (2001)
for voiceImge Yagmur Tiryaki – UA (2025)
for percussion and electronicsImge Yagmur Tiryaki – etwas inneres (WP, 2025)
timpani and vibraphonePaolo Griffin – Alone Together (excerpts) (2019)
for percussion and violinJennifer Walshe – Folk Song Collection (excerpts from Vol.1&2) (2011/2016)
for voiceAlexander Schubert – Weapon of Choice (2009)
for violin, video, and sensorYangkai Lin und Lukas Döhler – Les Nœuds du Macramé (WP, 2025)
for violin and electronicsGeorges Aperghis – Récitation Nr. 9 (1977/78)
for voiceJohanna Doderer – Kadenz Nr. 3 (2014)
for violin