spæs lab for spatial aesthetics in sound Berlin

spæs Lab Berlin in cooperation with Sound Studies Lab Copenhagen is delighted to invite you to a workshop under the working title “Towards Critical Immersion Studies”, to be held at Studio N324, TU Berlin and online on Monday, 18 May 2026. Immersion has become a pivotal concept in the creation and experience of sound and sensory artifacts in the early 21st century. It is discussed from the perspectives of media technology and history, musical aesthetics, the poetics of sound art, critical theory, the anthropology of the senses, and multi-sensory design. Rather than settling on a single definition, we treat immersion as a genuinely multifaceted concept — one that generates critical reflections on the functions, practices, technologies, and imaginaries surrounding what immersion is, was, should, or might (not) be. This broader scholarly and artistic inquiry is what we are calling Critical Immersion Studies. This workshop is conceived as an intimate gathering of researchers, artists, and practitioners who share an interest in these questions and servers as a first step towards a larger follow-up symposium, planned for Copenhagen in summer 2027. If you want to attend please send an e-mail to: [email protected] Organisers: Holger Schulze and Gerriet Krishna Sharma Speakers: Stefan Weinzierl, Angela McArthur, Will Schrimshaw, Jacqueline Waldock, Dugal McKinnon Location: Studio N324 & Online // TU Berlin // and online Date: 18 May 2026 // 10 am (CET) Programme via link in bio #immersion #cirticialthiniking #soundart #anthropology #artisticresearch

In Concert 02 of Crushed Now — After Turing // Beyond Presence the co-presence of human, technology, and traditional instrument — bodies, artifacts, and sounds — encounter, interact, and collide gesturally in dense, complex constellations. Through the intra-action of a violin, a clarinet, electroacoustic spatial sound compositions, and the moving bodies of the performers, space becomes relational, temporal, and collaboratively constructed. An AI-generated video installation, situated in the foyer, engages with the archetypes of the machine-mind and mirrors the spectral resonance of the human gesture. Both performers and spectators are invited to observe, engage, and inhabit—thereby becoming co-creators of a unique, yet collective listening experience. Violin: Emmanuelle Bernard Clarinet: Miguel Pérez Iñesta Spatial Sound Compositions: Gerriet Krishna Sharma AI-generated video installation: Boris Eldagsen Location: Kultursaal Funkhaus Berlin Date: Sun, 10.05.2026 // 6pm Doors: 5:30pm More info & tickets → link in bio Funded by @field.notes.berlin_inm Supported by @spaeslab and Funkhaus Berlin #spatialsound #electroacousticmusic #concertseries #initiativeneuemusikberlin #residentadvisor

Crushed Now — After Turing // Beyond Presence CONCERT 02 on Hybrid Spatiology Curated by @gksh_lab and @verena_lercher Funded by @field.notes.berlin_inm Special thanks to @next_concert Location: Kultursaal Funkhaus Berlin Dates: Sun, 10.05.26 // 6pm More info & tickets → link in bio #spatialsound #electroacousticmusic #concertseries #initiativeneuemusikberlin #residentadvisor

Crushed Now is a series of five concerts in which human and artificial actors become equal partners in play, creating and shaping rhythm, sonic textures, and resonance to define sound as space. Human–machine intra-action becomes a reciprocal, co-creative process creating a hybrid spatiology that reshapes not only the concept of instrumentality, but also the socio-cultural architecture of performance. In Concert 02: Temporal Compression Emmanuelle Bernard and @perezinesta interpret works of Brett Dean Iannis Xenakis Thierry de Mey Claude Vivier Samir Odeh-Tamimi interlinked with mirage 02: IKO-composition by @gksh_lab AI-generated video installation by @boriseldagsen Diamorphoses by Iannis Xenakis Location: Kultursaal Funkhaus Berlin Dates: Sun, 10.05.26 // 6pm Curated by @gksh_lab and @verena_lercher Funded by @field.notes.berlin_inm Special thanks to @next_concert More info & tickets → link in bio #spatialsound #concertseries #initiativeNeuemusikBerlin #electroacousticmusic #residentadvisor

Crushed Now // After Turing Beyond Presence is a series of five concerts featuring thirteen artists performing in shifting constellations. Together, they expand the concept of instrumentality and sound as space. Human–machine exchange becomes a reciprocal, co-creative process that reshapes the socio-cultural architecture of performance. In Concert 02: Temporal Compression time manifests as density, layering, and collision rather than flow. Performance unfolds as a compositional spatial practice where gesture is a negotiated (im)balance between human and machine, generating collective, relational modes of listening. Emmanuelle Bernard and @perezinesta interpret works of Brett Dean. Iannis Xenakis, Thierry de Mey, Claude Vivier, and Samir Odeh-Tamimi interlinked with mirage 02: an IKO-composition by @gksh_lab , AI-generated video installation by @boriseldagsen and Diamorphoses by Iannis Xenakis from the spæs lab archive. Location: Kultursaal Funkhaus Berlin Date: Sun, 10.05.26 // 6pm Curated by @gksh_lab and @verena_lercher Funded by @field.notes.berlin_inm Special thanks to Julia Kaiser and @next_concert More info & tickets → link in bio #spatialaudio #electroacousticmusic #concertseries #initiativeNeuemusikBerlin #residentadivsor

// Spatial Practice in Music // Relational Listening // Human-Machine Negotiation The concert series “Crushed Now – After Turing // Beyond Presence” kicks off with Concert 01: Post-Test Operations featuring @mariam_rezaei @gksh_lab @verena_lercher @susanne_froehlich @boriseldagsen @father.s.back Date: April 19 | Doors 5:30pm | Start 6pm Location: Kultursaal Funkhaus Berlin More info & tickets → link in bio Funded by @field.notes.berlin_inm #spatialaudio #electroacousticmusic #turntablism #initiativeNeuemusikBerlin #residentadivsor

Gerriet K. Sharma und Verena Lercher erforschen die Schnittstelle zwischen Musiker*innen, Technik und Raum-Erleben. Darum geht es in ihrer Konzertreihe #Crushed Now - After Turing // Beyond Presence im Kultursaal Funkhaus Berlin. Mit Miguel Pérez Iñesta und Emanuelle Bernard waren Gerriet und Verena zu Gast bei @next_concert . NextConcert ist der Podcast der Musikjournalistin @juliakaiser_jungereporter.eu Die ganze Epidode finden Sie überall, wo es Podcasts gibt und auf meiner Website /podcast. In the concert series ‘Crushed Now — After Turing // Beyond Presence,’ instrumentality is reimagined as an aesthetic, perceptual, and social practice that reconfigures traditional concert situations and generates collective, relational modes of listening. Performance itself unfolds as a compositional spatial practice in which gesture is continuously negotiated as a dynamically produced (im)balance between human and machine. More info & tickets: / Location: Kultursaal Funkhaus Berlin, Nalepastr. 18 Dates: Sun, 19.04.26 / Sun, 10.05.26 / Sun, 28.06.26 / Sun, 13.08.26 / Sun, 18.10.26 Curated by @gksh_lab and @verena_lercher Funded by @field.notes.berlin_inm Supported by: @spaeslab

In the concert series ‘Crushed Now — After Turing // Beyond Presence,’ instrumentality is reimagined as an aesthetic, perceptual, and social practice that reconfigures traditional concert situations and generates collective, relational modes of listening. Performance itself unfolds as a compositional spatial practice in which gesture is continuously negotiated as a dynamically produced (im)balance between human and machine. More info & tickets → link in bio Location: Kultursaal Funkhaus Berlin Dates: Sun, 19.04.26 / Sun, 10.05.26 / Sun, 28.06.26 / Sun, 13.08.26 / Sun, 18.10.26 with: @mariam_rezaei @francesco.palmieri__ @iduthoit @boriseldagsen @gksh_lab @ emmanuellebernard @reinholdfriedl8 @verena_lercher @perezinesta @susanne_froehlich @miko_szatko @meinradkneer Curated by @gksh_lab and @verena_lercher Funded by @field.notes.berlin_inm

Currently deep in the process of composing for ensemble, voice, electronics, and spatialisation with 3 IKOS. This marks another chapter in my ongoing research into shared perceptual spaces within XR environments. Grateful for the journey. #spatialaudio #electroacousticmusic #contemporarymusic #ambisonics #soundartinstallation

Crushed Now is a series of five concerts in which human and artificial actors become equal partners in play, creating, shaping, and defining sound, rhythm, and resonance through intra-action. Human–machine exchange becomes a reciprocal, co-creative process that reshapes not only the concept of instrumentality, but also the socio-cultural architecture of performance. Instrumentality is reimagined as an aesthetic, perceptual, and social practice that reconfigures traditional concert situations and generates collective, relational modes of listening. Performance itself unfolds as a compositional spatial practice in which gesture is continuously negotiated as a dynamically produced (im)balance between human and machine. Location: Kultursaal Funkhaus Berlin Dates: Sun, 19.04.26 / Sun, 10.05.26 / Sun, 28.06.26 / Sun, 13.08.26 / Sun, 18.10.26 Curated by @gksh_lab and @verena_lercher Funded by @field.notes.berlin_inm More info & tickets → link in bio #spatialaudio #electroacousticmusic #initiativeNeuemusikBerlin #concertseries #residentadvisor

Taking place from 12 to 15 May 2026, this Summer School explores the myth of immersion associated with spatial audio, addressing both technical and practical questions in artistic sonic production and examining the relationships and conditions that shape interactions between humans and loudspeaker technologies. Drawing on examples from music and sound art, the programme investigates varied understandings—and misunderstandings—of space, encouraging individual perspectives and opening new directions for contemporary practice. Music-making and Sound Art are framed as a forms of critical engagement with both self and technology, where listening and composition become tools for exploring how personal perception can evolve into shared experience. For more information see the link in bio! Developed in collaboration with@ucl University London, @funkhaus_berlin , @tu_berlin Department of Audiokommunication,@urbiks__music and @_msm_studios . #spaeslab #spatialpractices #spatialaudio #soundasspace #criticallistening #soundart #sonicresearch

Together with @urbiks__music , spæs Lab’s @gksh_lab led a three-day masterclass on composing sonic spaces using loudspeaker arrays. Starting with a chaptered overview of the roughly 40,000-year history of spatial audio and site-specific sound projection, the course moved through comparisons of contemporary tools and instruments. Theoretical and practical questions were explored and developed through selected multichannel compositions from the past 80 years. At the center of the masterclass was the question of the conditions under which shared perceptual spaces can emerge within mediated and digitally controlled sonic environments. Thanks to @ctmfestival , @urbiks__music , @dbaudiotechnik and @funkhaus_berlin #spaeslab #CTMfestival #spatialaudio #soundasspace #sonicresearch #soundart #perceptualspaces