WENN MASCHINEN VON STILLE TRÄUMEN

"Wenn Maschinen von Stille träumen" pushes the boundaries ofperformance and action, bringing together three distinct artistic approaches that navigate the spaces between free improvisation, conceptual frameworks, and open composition. What unites these projects is their shared investigation of a broad and charged field of tension, realized through the radical expansion of their materials: hybrid electronics, electroacoustic manipulation of self-made objects and instruments, field recordings, ambient textures interwoven with noise practices, and most significantly, the body as a medium. Through dance, movement, vocal poetry, and physical expression, the performers explore the porous boundary between sound and presence. By dissolving the limits between bodily experience and sonic experimentation, When Machines Dream of Silence poses a vital question: how can the body, its gestures, rhythms, and vulnerabilities become an instrument in itself? The project reimagines our understanding of noise, music, and the spaces they inhabit through three performances in the mythic Galiläakirche. The premiere of a new trio: SUMASM. Uwe Moellhusen A visual, sound, action and performance artist, composer and besides organizer of exhibitions, events and performance festivals. His origins include destructive art and art sabotage. He is currently working on the interrelation of cognition - action - sound, or physical action as a compositional impulse for a sound event. He performs exclusively with misappropriated objects found on the street and calls it “poor music”. Whatever falls into his hands becomes material, raw material, free from its usual purpose. Ignoring the techniques of conventional playing styles and musical disciplines, he finds and invents a music without boundaries. It is an escape from the prison of repetition into the vastness of irregularity and dirt. The impulse that emanates from the unexpected is his stimulus. _______ Alexandra Maciá Is a Spanish artist based in Berlin, known for her audiovisual work that challenges conventions. She explores the interaction between sound, image, and space, questioning media manipulation and the fragility of multimedia. Her experimental approach blends analog and digital techniques, creating psycho-audiovisual landscapes inspired by DIY principles. Using electromagnetic frequencies, field recordings, modular synths, vintage video processors, and modified hardware, she crafts immersive soundscapes through live performances, audiovisual pieces, and installations. _______ Samin Son From Seoul [Korea], lives in Berlin for many years. He is a poet, sound poet, dancer, singer, painter, musician and DJ. In his performance he naturally combines physical movement [“Butoh on speed”], poetry, singing and extreme vocal sounds. His performance never seems artificial or contrived. It is direct action, a direct expression of psyche and existence. . . an organic flow of oscillating intensities in which Asian tradition and Western neo-avant-garde become one. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eva Kadmon Is an intense experimental performance, lying somewhere between clandestine Cold War Intelligence Operation and a ritual incantation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- Kaseki & Onyx Kaseki and Onyx started to work together as Kaseki mentored Onyx during Musikfonds Scholarship Program, in which Onyx studied Butoh in her quest to subvert the boundaries of live music performance. They have since collaborated on a theatre piece “Das Beuys” (2021) and performed at theatres and festivals such as Akademie der Künste and Berlin Atonal Festival among others. Their recent work TodAncestor (2021-2022) focused on energy and frequency in terms of spirituality. In their latest project Anarcho Noise Butoh (2023-), the duo explores the political side of Noise and Butoh, addressing current social issues from the perspective of women of colour. Yuko Kaseki is a director, choreographer, Butoh dancer, performer, and teacher. She has collaborated with diverse international dancers, artists, and musicians, performed in over 30 countries. These creations are a accumulation of poetic and vivid images incorporating the spirit of Butoh, performance and live art to reflect the existence of outsider. Tot Onyx explores her ideas of breaking the preconceptions of live music performance by incorporating use of body, self-made instruments and noise, continuing to develop the experiential vocabulary that echoes formative early work of her previous experimental duo live act, group A.