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These track selections have been compiled by ZKM Karlsruhe
13 tracks
2025
Main Selection
The ZKM | Hertzlab is the research laboratory of the ZKM | Centre for Art and Media Karlsruhe. It works at the interface of art, technology, and society, focusing on artistic and technological development. The transdisciplinary team creates installations, performances, instruments, software, and immersive sound spaces. ZKM | Hertzlab manages international residency programs, develops new performance formats, and enables artistic research beyond disciplinary boundaries. With the TURNS series, a space for speculative sound experiments was created in 2024 in the sound dome of the ZKM KUBUS. This playlist, curated by Dr Lea Luka Sikau and Götz Dipper, continues TURNS in virtual space and brings together formative compositions of the Klangdom with exciting young artists, with some tracks focusing on field recordings.
0 tracks
2025
Giga‑Hertz Production
Two Production Awards are offered to composers, sound artists, and artist-researchers working in electronic and electroacoustic music. The ZKM encourages proposals that resonate with the 2025 theme »Fellow Futures«, critically engaging with the politics of listening and amplifying voices that challenge linear or exclusionary narratives. The awarded projects will be realized at the ZKM | Hertzlab or the SWR Experimentalstudio and will premiere at ZKM | KUBUS in 2026. The Sounding Future Track Selection presents works by artists shortlisted for this year’s Production Award.
1 track
2025
PopExperimental Production
Launched in 2022, the Pop Experimental Production Award honors cross-genre works at the intersection of electronic music, experimental aesthetics, and contemporary pop culture. In 2025, the award is offered as a production prize for the first time, with funding provided by the Fördergesellschaft ZKM / HfG e. V. Artists are invited to submit proposals resonating with the ZKM theme »Fellow Futures«, exploring forward-looking perspectives in sound and society. The awarded project will be produced with support from the ZKM | Hertzlab and the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, and will celebrate its world premiere at ZKM | KUBUS in 2026. The Sounding Future Track Selection features works by artists shortlisted for this year’s PopExperimental Production Award.
3 tracks
2025