Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG) Karlsruhe, Media Art Sound

The Sound Studio at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG) explores sound as an expanded artistic field, ranging from composition, sound art, installation, and performance to audiovisual environments, multichannel works, game-based formats, and time-based media. Sound is understood not only as music, but as a spatial, visual, interactive, and conceptual practice. The studio places strong emphasis on the physical and material foundations of sonic practice. Analogue and digital circuits, electronic signals, multichannel diffusion, and self-built systems form an important part of its artistic research. Students develop instruments, installations, and audiovisual setups that investigate signal processes, spatialisation, and the relationship between sound, image, technology, and perception. The program connects historical and contemporary approaches while fostering interdisciplinary exchange with regional and international partners. Through collective projects and performance formats, the studio creates contexts in which materiality, experimentation, and critical reflection converge within sound-related art forms.