The Norient exhibition «Seismographic Sounds – Visions of a New World» shows and discusses contemporary video clips, tracks and Sound Art from around the globe. The exhibition travels next to ZKM in Karlsruhe (October 2 - November 29, 2015), and is then hosted by museums and festivals in Germany, Switzerland and the UK (a.o. CTM Berlin - February 2016). «Seismographic Sounds» is a multi-authored exhibition about new diversity brought forth by digital cultures. It is closely linked to the new Norient book «Seismographic Sounds». Deutsche Version hier.
Dates | Impressions | Imprint | Press | Partners & Funders | Contributors | The «Seismographic Sounds» Book
Seismographic Sounds – Visions of a New World. A Norient Exhibition (Cover Art by Chino Amobi, USA)
Musicians and Sound Artists all over the world make themselves heard through Soundcloud, YouTube and Twitter. Their tracks, video clips and audio collages challenge known forms and ideals and propose Visions of a New World. They offer surprising, smart and provocative perspectives that are simultaneously reduced, salient and profound. Norient highlights these contemporary artistic positions and argues about their potential and limits with journalists, bloggers, artists and scholars from different places and cultures of knowledge. The exhibition further introduces people behind the scenes in experimental audio podcasts. The exhibition counters pessimistic views that globalisation and digitalisation has led to cultural uniformity and the destruction of the world’s musical heritage.
With:
Ali Gul Pir (Pakistan), Bad Copy (Serbia), Blank Banshee (Canada), Burgerkill (Indonesia), FOKN Bois (Ghana), Gato Diablo (Bolivia), Johannes Kreidler (Germany), Meira Asher (Israel), Olimpia Splendid (Finland), Salome MC (Iran), Stromae (Belgium), Soap&Skin (Austria), Temi Dollface (Nigeria), Umlilo (South Africa), Raed Yassin (Lebanon), and many others (see below).
Check also the second Norient Book «Seismographic Sounds – Visions of a New World».
Dates
October 2 to November 29 2015
Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM) Karlsruhe (Germany)
January 29 to February 28 2016
Club Transmediale Festival (CTM) Berlin (Germany)
January 2017
Kornhausforum Bern (Switzerland)
Dates of other museums coming soon.
Past Dates
August 14 to September 20 2015
Forum Schlossplatz Aarau (Switzerland)
Key Phrase on Global Music (Part of the Exhibition)
Key Phrase on Global Music 1/9. By Shonegrad O’Connor (Serbia/Canada)
ZKM, Karlsruhe (October 2 - November 29 2015)
Forum Schlossplatz, Aarau (August/September 2015)
Built-up and Party in Hamburg, June 2015
Drafts and Tests
Imprint «Seismographic Sounds»
Team (+ curators Forum Schlossplatz, Aarau)
Idea/Concept/Curation/Project Management
Thomas Burkhalter, Theresa Beyer, Hannes Liechti (Bern, Switzerland)
Scenography
Julien McHardy, Nils Volkmann, Carlotta Werner (Hamburg/Weimar, Germany)
Acoustic Scenography
Jan Paul Herzer and Max Kullmann (hands on sound, Berlin, Germany)
Constructions Exhibition
Nicolai Wienzoschek (Direction), Jens Dralle, Arne Krüger, Nico Krüger, Jens Langsteiner, Doris Pahl (Hamburg, Germany)
Cut Virtual Debate and Subtitles
Stephan Hermann (COUPDOEIL, Bern, Switzerland)
Art Design Exhibition and Book
Annegreth Schärli (gut&schön, Zürich, Switzerland)
Cover Art
Chino Amobi (Richmond, USA)
Copy Editors
Tess McClernon and Meredith Slifkin (English), Anna Trechsel (Deutsch)
Translation Podcasts
Wiebke Herbig (Hamburg, Germany)
Speakers Podcasts
Theresa Beyer, Marcus Gammel, Michael Glatthard, Julia Monte, Jay Rutledge, Dania Sulzer, Johannes Stephan, Jan Tschannen, Sascha Wegner
Many Thanks to
Rahel Arnold, Antonia Banz, Andrea Buddensieg, Anna Bürkli, Claudia Gehrig, Irena Germano, Christof Hierholzer, Wenzel Haller, Josiane Imhasly, Hartmut Jörg, Rafael Koch, Walter Leimgruber, Regina Liechti, Michael Luisier, Marie-Kristin Meier, Edda Nehmiz, Karoline Oehme, Markus Pawlick, Linnea Semmerling, Yves Scheffelmeier, Martin Schläfke, Nadine Schneider, Thomas Schwab, Anna Trechsel, Peter Weibel, Michèle Zoller
Press: Clipping Report
> The Wire, UK, October 2015, «Deconstructing Violence in Grime» (Link)
> SonntagsZeitung, Switzerland, 18.10.2015, «Morgen ist Afrika» (Link)
> Deutschlandfunk, Germany, 05.10.2015, «Corso» (Link)
> RTÉ lyric fm, Ireland, 04.10.2015, «Nova» (Link)
> Fipradio.fr, France, 01.10.2015, Event Note Seismographic Sounds (Link)
> Opinión.com.bo, Bolivia, 30.09.2015, Book Seismographic Sounds (Link)
> El Sol de Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 30.09.2015, Book Seismographic Sounds (Link)
> ANF, Bolivia, 29.09.2015, Book Seismographic Sounds (Link)
> SRF Online, 12.09.2015, Switzerland, «Audiovisuelle Visionen einer neuen Welt» (Link)
> Radio SRF 2 Kultur, 11.09.2015, Switzerland, «Musik der Welt» (Link)
> Watson.ch, 07.09.2015, «31 Beweise, dass die globale Musikkultur kein Einheitsbrei ist» (Link)
> Schweizer Musikzeitung, Switzerland, 28.08.2015, «Exotica statt Liebe» (Link)
> Badische Zeitung, Germany, 27.08.2015, «In Clips um die Welt» (PDF)
> Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Switzerland, 21.08.2015, «Vielstimmige Reflexionen» (PDF)
> Der Bund, Switzerland, 20.08.2015, «Wir wollen nicht die Welt erklären» (PDF)
> WoZ, Switzerland, 20.08.2015, «Mit schrillem Sound gegen das alte Stinktier» (PDF)
> Aargauer Zeitung, Switzerland, 15.08.2015, «Visionen einer neuen Welt nachspüren» (PDF)
> Surprise Strassenmagazin, Switzerland, 14.08.2015, Ausgehtipp (PDF)
> Digital Brainstorming, Switzerland, 14.08.2015, Podcast «So tönt die Welt 2015» (Link)
> Kanal K, Switzerland, 13.08.2015, Veranstaltungstipp
> Radio Bern RaBe, Switzerland, 13.08.2015, RaBe Info (Link)
> KulturStattBern Blog, Switzerland, 13.08.2015, «Die ganze Welt auf kleinem Raum» (Link)
> Globalsounds.info, Switzerland, 12.08.2015, «Norient macht’s GROSS» (Link)
> Kultur-Tipp, Switzerland, 06.08.2015, «Musik kann in die Zukunft weisen» (PDF) (Link)
> The Wire, UK, 04.08.2015, «Norient to publish new Book» (Link)
> ANF, Bolivia, 20.07.2015, Exhibition Seismographic Sounds (Link)
> Página Siete, Bolivia, 18.07.2015, «GatoDiablo participa en una muestra europea» (Link)
Partners and Funders
Jubiläumsstiftung Schweizerische Mobiliar
Supported by: 
Contributors, Authors, and Artists «Seismographic Sounds»
Maame Adjei, Sérgio Afonso, Agung, Antti Ahonen, Simon Akindes, Ari Akkermans, Yemi Alade, Ariel Altamirano, Chino Amobi, Mensa Ansah, Nadav Appel, Ben Aqua, Octavio Arriscado, Mona Aurich, Effy B, Bad Copy, Angie Balata, Bonnie Banane, Blank Banshee, Jaimie Baron, Andy Bennett, Joe Bennett, Kalle Berggren, Sandeep Bhagwati, Bishi Bhattacharya, Heta Bilaletdin, Bonde do Rolê, Julian Bonequi, Giacomo Bottà, Laetitia Boulud, Tosyn Bucknor, Burgerkill, Dewis Caldas, B Camminga, Tendai Chari, Fabian Chiquet, Bernard Clarke, Francisco Contreras, A.G. Cook, Jaime Pirata Correa, James Costello, Dylan Culhane, Clemence Cuvelier, Pedro D’Eyrot, Mutombo Da Poet, Emma Dabiri, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Martin Daughtry, Minuit De Lacroix, Heinrich Deisl, Aisha Deme, René Desalmand, Dragana Despotović, Nebojša Despotović, Rudolf Dethu, Kay Dickinson, Big Dipper, Raffael Doerig, Dara Dolunay, Leila Dee Dougan, Jan Dvorak, Rudolf Eb.er, Ebenz, Sonja Eismann, Maha El Nabawi, Espíritu, Christoph Fellmann, C-drík Fermont, Factory Fifteen, Woukianos Fikrou, Grey Filastine, Jonathan Fischer, Norman Fisher-Jones, Jörg Follert, Joy Frempong, Michael Gallusser, Christian Gallusser-Kesseli, Gato Diablo, Rona Geffen, Karima Gehneyei, Daniel Gilman, James Ginzburg, Michael Glatthard, Isabel Gonzalez Toro, Fabián Brocha Gorda, Rodrigo Gorky, Louise Gray, Antye Greie-Ripatti, Luca Gricinella, Vladimir Gruev, Marcel Gschwend (Bit-Tuner), Jérôme Guiot, Henriette Gunkel, Mika Gustafson, Daniel Haaksmann, Ali Haider Habib, Hail Mary Mallon, Zeid Hamdan, Arshia Haq, Matt Hardern, Daniel L. Harle, Adam Harper, Werner Hasler, Helmi, Wiebke Herbig, Johanna Hilari, Miguel Hilari, Charles Hirschkind, Geert-Jan Hobijn, Urs Hofer, Kim Holton, Ismail Hosny, Jasyn Howes, John Hutnyk, Silvana Imam, Werner Jauk, Kamilya Jubran, Jude MC, JungW, Tomasz Jurecki, Keith Kahn-Harris, Jonna Karanka, Antti-Ville Kärjä, Kimi Kärki, Olaf Karnik, Olivia Kastebring, Dominik Kesseli, Pattrick Kessler, Atiyyah Khan, Manal Khan, KIAT, Michael Kinzer, Adam Klein, Kerstin Klenke, Peter Kraut, Johannes Kreidler, Isuru Kumarasinghe, Christian Kuntner, Daniel Künzler, Conrad Ewart Lambert (Merz), Henning M. Lederer, Vladimir Lenhart, Jeffrey Lewis, Ed Linton, Los Tigres Del Norte, Javier Lourenço, Michael Luisier, Holger Lund, Rédha M, M3nsa, Percy Mabandu, Antonio Madureira, Marcus Maeder, Tara Mahadevan, Robin Malau, Aero Manyelo, Svetlana Maraš, Wayne Marshall, Renato Martins, Jenny Fatou Mbaye, Walter Mecca, Yara Mekawei, Julio Mendívil, Gregor Möllers, Christian Müller, Endeguena Mulu, Sarah Murcia, Claudio Musotto, Animal Mystik, Eduardo Navas, Ziad Nawfal, Kamen Nedev, Siya Ngcobo, Nguzunguzu, Christoph Ogiermann, Okmalumkoolkat, Olimpia Splendid, David Oppenheim, Gizem Oruc, Rabah Ourrah, Emmanuel Owusu-Bonsu, Maxime Pasques, Carlos Perez, Samantha Phil-Ebosie, Dave Phillips, Peet Pienaar, Louis J. Pinto, Ali Gul Pir, Anja Plaschg, Javier Polo, Artem Proot, Jovica Radisavljevic, Refantho Ramadhan, Kim Emil Ramstedt, Michael Rebhahn, Hillegonda Rietveld, Petra Rivera-Rideau, Javier Rodriguez, Bernardo Rojas, Flurina Rothenberger, Andreas Ryser, MC Sacerdote, Saku, Taimoor Salahuddin, Maral Salmassi, Salome MC, Cande Sánchez Olmos, Trullesand, Michal Sapir, Benedikt Sartorius, Chris Saunders, Katerina Scioccolina, Sharif Sehnaoui, Oliver Seibt, Jonathan Shannon, Jesse Shipley, Hamed Sinno, James Slater, Jake Slee, Slugabed, Bruno Spoerri, Manuel Stahlberger, Johannes Stephan, Martin Stokes, Stromae, Daniel Swan, Laura Taylor, The Narcicyst, Ana Tijoux, Lucia Udvardyova, Gerald Van Waes, Katyussa Veiga, David Verbuč, Jorge Verdin, Elijah Wald, Jeremy Wallach, Derek Walmsley, Jonathan Ward, Jesse Wheeler, Mirjam Wirz, Lok Yee Wong, Xuman, Raed Yassin, Samson Young, Kateryna Zavoloka, Nabeel Zuberi
