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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.
12 tracks
2025
Giga-Hertz Award 2025
The Giga-Hertz Award 2025 celebrates visionary approaches in electronic and electroacoustic music under the theme “Fellow Futures.” Two Production Awards invite composers, sound artists, and artist-researchers to create new works engaging with the politics of listening and amplifying diverse voices. The Pop Experimental Production Award honors cross-genre works connecting experimental sound and contemporary pop culture. Both prizes support productions at the ZKM | Hertzlab, SWR Experimentalstudio, and Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, premiering at ZKM | KUBUS in 2026. The Sounding Future Track Selection features artists shortlisted for these awards. The Giga-Hertz Lifetime Achievement Award honors Laetitia Sonami, whose sensor-based instruments and embodied performances have redefined the relationship between body, technology, and sound.
2 tracks
2025