To the Composers’ Hall composers travel from all over the world. Some explore the outer reaches of instrumental music; others the winding, suggestive force of electronics. In between lies an ocean of diverse expressions and reflections of contemporary music, given space to emerge and grow in the beautiful harbor of Visby. The Austrian composer and sound artist Ursula Winterauer, who captured the spring in Visby, is one of those remarkable artists who brings together the extremes encompassed by our residency. Under her alias GISCHT, a body of work has evolved over decades in which the materiality and spatial qualities of sound give rise to a music that roars, pulses, presses forward, and at the same time shimmers in delicate overtones, brushing the listener with poetic gentleness. Much of her career has unfolded in the borderlands between doom, experimental sound art, techno, and the inviting plurality of expressions found in the art gallery. Here in Visby, we have had the privilege of hosting her at a moment when a shift has begun to take shape, an reorientation in her compositional approach. Acoustic instruments are becoming increasingly involved, and with them, notation has started to enter the works. Not in a traditional sense, but rather through instructions and indications, no less precise for that. It is a development, or perhaps an expansion of her exploration, that feels entirely organic. Ursula’s music has long been as much about creating conditions for art as about producing it herself. That it is now also being passed on to musicians, thereby opening up an additional layer of dialogue, feels like a natural progression. Ursula’s residency has been made possible through our residency collaboration with the Swedish Arts Grants Committee. #ursulawinterauer #gischt #visbyinternationalcentreforcomposers #swedishartsgrantscommittee

New painting on the wall by Eva Jacobson, transcription. Thank you ❤️ @kulturenheten_gotland . And new merch from our current in-residence-composer ❤️ @gischt____ who this wednesday also gave a lecture on her music for the students @gotlands_tonsattarskola #visbyinternationalcentreforcomposers #eares #gischt #evajacobsonartist #ursulawinterauer

TONIGHT @wienerkonzerthaus I am very excited! @studio.dan is performing my first composition I developed for a bigger ensemble tonight at Konzerthaus Wien. 18:30 Mozartsaal

PT Vistas de: “HALLUCINATIONS 2.0” na [A]VIDEO #09 Claudia Larcher e Gischt na Klein Space com uma performance audiovisual ao vivo que combinou arquivos analógicos e digitais com processos baseados em IA. Ruído VHS, glitches e distúrbios visuais recompostos em tempo real. Obrigada @claudia_larcher @gischt____ ENG Views from: “HALLUCINATIONS 2.0” at [A]VIDEO #09 Claudia Larcher and Gischt at Klein Space with a live audiovisual performance combining analogue and digital archives with AI-based processes. VHS noise, glitches and visual disturbances recomposed in real time. Thank you @claudia_larcher @gischt____

[A]VIDEO #09 – @claudia_larcher & @gischt____ “HALLUCINATIONS 2.0” PT Na nona edição do nosso programa de projeções dedicadas ao cinema experimental, recebemos Claudia Larcher e Gischt para uma performance audiovisual ao vivo que combina arquivos de imagem analógicos e digitais com processos baseados em IA. Ruído VHS, glitches televisivos e distúrbios visuais são ativados como material estético e recompostos ao vivo em diálogo com som eletrónico. Esta é uma situação performativa ao vivo entre imagem, som, memória e algoritmo. Duração: aproximadamente 40 minutos. A performance será seguida de uma conversa com os artistas. 13 de março – 21h30 Klein Space Registo obrigatório: /event/avideo_9 Pagamento à porta · Entrada: 7€ ENG [A]VIDEO #09 – @claudia_larcher & @gischt____ “HALLUCINATIONS 2.0” For the ninth edition of our screening programme dedicated to experimental cinema, we welcome Claudia Larcher and Gischt for a live audiovisual performance combining analogue and digital image archives with AI-based processes. VHS noise, TV glitches and visual disturbances are activated as aesthetic material and recomposed live in dialogue with electronic sound. This is a performative live happening between image, sound, memory and algorithm. Duration: approx 40 minutes. The performance will be followed by a conversation with the artists. March 13th – 21h30 Klein Space Registration required: /event/avideo_9 Payment at the door · Entry: 7€​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

The 14th edition of the 🟡 @patchlabfestival concluded with experimental performances at @cricoteka that explored the theme of so-called wasted data - unnecessary, useless data, including that which is left behind after death. In 🟡'Hallucinations', Ursula Winterauer @gischt____ and Claudia Larcher @claudia_larcher took as their starting point the phenomenon of artificial intelligence hallucinations, when algorithms, beyond control, misinterpret data or generate fiction. In their project, relics of analog media were brought to life as audio-visual archives and overwritten by AI, gaining an entirely new context. ⮕The project was presented under the patronage of the @afkwaw photo: @dawidscigalski

Rehearsing Hallucinations with Ursula Winterauer aka @gischt____ at Crikoteka in Krakau for @patchlabfestival ! Thanks, it was a blast 🤩

Today, October 26 at 19:00 ⮕ SPECIAL PROGRAM 🟡'AI: Waste & Hallucinations' at @cricoteka Only few tickets left ⮕ [link in bio] 🟡The special program features two experimental performances: @ali_phi , with an AI-controlled robotic arm, explores the hidden impact of digital data waste, including those left after death, while the duo @gischt____ & @claudia_larcher address AI hallucinations by bringing analog artifacts to life in a new immersive context. 🙌Join us!

Tender Matter and Ventil Records Present: Ursula Winterauer - »When Dust Settles« LIVE with ensemble »When dust settles« explores the sounds of a city in transformation and turns them into an acoustic reflection. At the heart of the piece are the everyday noises of construction and redevelopment, often perceived as disruptive or even unbearable. They not only stand for change and transformation, but also symbolize the speed and impermanence of contemporary life. In the sound piece these urban sounds, arising from the process of city restructuring, are treated as an archive of collective memory, reinterpreted through careful arrangement and attentive listening. Field recordings of old, still-standing buildings, new machines, and the voices of those involved in the transformation merge within the composition. The juxtaposition of old and new— stones, earth, structures, voices, and sounds—creates an acoustic collision of different temporalities. Demolition and reconstruction together tell a story of transition. Ursula Winterauer’s piece »When Dust Settles« will have its Vienna premiere at The Gate, a Frequency, an evening of new audio works presented by Tender Matter and Ventil Records. Line-up Larry Meyer - voice
Karolina Preuschl - voice
Ursula Winterauer - electronics @gischt____ @larr_y3000 Ursula Winterauer (aka Gischt) is a Vienna-based composer, electronic music producer, and curator. She co-founded and directs the label Ventil Records, co-organizes and manages the Unsafe+Sounds Festival, and curated New Salt — Festival for sonic exploration & digital art in 2024. Photo by @da.phne.von The Gate, a Frequency In cooperation with Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien 30th October 2025 20:00 - 23:00 @ail_vienna Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab (AIL) Otto-Wagner Postsparkasse / Georg-Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna 12-20€ Ticket link in bio PROGRAM
(in alphabetical order) aloisius - »a gesture of a triangle« LIVE Tony Wagner - »Chromatic Circles« LIVE with ensemble Ursula Winterauer - »When Dust Settles« LIVE with ensemble Artwork and graphic design by Tender Matter Supported by Stadt Wien Kultur, BMKOES and SKE

🅳🅰🆃🅴🆂 🅾🅲🆃/🅽🅾🆅/🅳🅴🅲 01.10. - »Looking for Goodies«, sound for performance by @annjakrautgasser , Korridor, Vienna 05.10. - »The Answer is No« duo with @majaosojnik live at Cave12, Geneva 17.10. - Solo Live-Set for »Wavering Worlds» @bb15_artspace , New Cathedral Mariendom, Linz 26.10. - »Hallucinations« Live-AV together with @claudia_larcher , @patchlabfestival , Kraków 30.10. - »When Dust Settles« piece for electronics & ensemble, an evening organized by @tendermatter & @ventilrecords at @ail_vienna 01.11. - Solo Live-Set for @wienmodern at @ottakringerbrauerei alongside @drank.music , Broken Heart Bollector, Angelica Castello and many more 21.11. - »Eaeres« live at @heavylezzers Festival at @fluccvienna 17.12. - Duo with @monamriahi at @derbloededrittemittwoch Hope to see you! ••• Artwork by Claudia Larcher, excerpt from »Hallucinations«

The Gate, A Frequency Tender Matter and Ventil Records Present an Evening of New Audio Works Anniversary Compositions for Acoustic and Electronic Ensemble @ventilrecords @tendermatter The Vienna based music labels and event promoters Tender Matter and Ventil Records joined forces for a collaborative event to mark their respective fifth and tenth anniversaries. The program will feature two premieres of new works by Tony Wagner and aloisius, specifically commissioned for this occasion, and one Viennese premiere of a work by Ursula Winterauer aka Gischt. The program explores the fluid boundary between composed music and sound performance. The pieces navigate a terrain of ambient textures, deep drones, and the complex forms of contemporary classical music. The architecture and acoustics of AIL are central for the performances created for The Gate. Set during a time of seasonal transition, the evening frames shared listening as a collective experience. It examines how sound can reshape the perception of a space and strengthen communal bonds. This event celebrates the collaboration of two forces in Vienna’s music scene: Tender Matter, turning five, and Ventil Records, marking a full decade. Both labels have consistently provided a platform for innovative local and international artists in the field of experimental music. PROGRAM
(in alphabetical order) aloisius - »a gesture of a triangle« LIVE Tony Wagner - »Chromatic Circles« LIVE with ensemble Ursula Winterauer - »When Dust Settles« LIVE with ensemble The Gate, a Frequency In cooperation with Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien 30th October 2025 20:00 - 23:00 @ail_vienna Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab (AIL) Otto-Wagner Postsparkasse / Georg-Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna 12-20€ Ticket link in bio Artwork and graphic design by Tender Matter Supported by Stadt Wien Kultur and BMKOES

𓈌 GISCHT 𓈌 @gischt____ @ventilrecords Ursula Winterauer, also known as Gischt, is an experimental composer, electronic music producer, and curator based in Vienna. Her eclectic sonic landscapes offer nuanced interpretations of industrial, techno, and ambient genres, shaped through the use of bass guitar, synthesizers, and swirling clouds of electro-smog. In her work she deals with raw and brutal sounds in digital overdetermination and contrasts these with the clear and human nature of her own voice used as an instrument. She is the bassist of the doom metal band Eaeres and forms one half of the noise-duo The Answer is No alongside Maja Osojnik. Winterauer works as a sound designer and composer for film and develops compositions for contemporary dance, is co-founder and label boss of Ventil Records, co-organizer and commercial director of the Unsafe+Sounds Festival and curator of New Salt – Festival for sonic exploration & digital art. Sat, 31. May ᴇᴍ ɢᴜɪᴅᴇ ꜰᴇꜱᴛ 2025 - ꜱᴏʟɪᴅᴀʀɪᴢᴇ! @fluccvienna Vienna/AT 𝘩𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘴://𝘦𝘮𝘨𝘶𝘪.𝘥𝘦/ pres. by  @mmn_mag (HU), @34.sk_magazine (SK), @easterndaze (CZ), @kaput_mag (DE), @noies.nrw (DE) and @strumandiodine (AT) 1 📸 @da.phne.von 2 📸 Margaux Martin 𓈌 𝘌𝘔 𝘎𝘜𝘐𝘋𝘌 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴: 𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘐𝘠 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴, 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘴, 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𓈌 Presale-tickets via website or www.kupf.at