Sebastian Dürer

An Instrument Made of Light 2026 In this new project, Interspecifics shift their focus from the microscopic to the human scale, exploring how collective bodies organize and move in response to global urgencies. Using audio recordings of marches and demonstrations from around the world, the collective voice becomes the raw material for a kinetic light and sound instrument. An automated system transforms these protest recordings through spectral analysis into a living score of moving light, reflections, and quadraphonic sound. The result is a contemporary mantra where political memory, vibration, and light merge into a performative structure, reactivating protest as an energetic field that is constantly recomposed and reimagined. Material and technique: Audio recordings from global protests (sourced from open archives); spectral analysis; custom Max/MSP software; automated audio-selection system in python, moving spotlights; motors; crystal prisms and refractors; DMX lighting control with OLA; quadraphonic sound system; real-time resynthesis; and a spatialized audio-visual installation. Conceptualization, programing, system design and composition by: @interspecifics _ Paloma Lopez and Leslie García. Curatorial team: Sebastian Dürer and Dahlia Borsche Commissioned by the @daad_artists , @ctmfestival , @instrumentinventors for Echoes of the Tumult exhibition. All our gratitude and affection to everyone involved in the process. Pictures by Eunice Maurice

The morning of Day 3 of ENERGIES focused on Energies of Alarm / Atmospheric Occupation. It included a tour of an exhibition and presentations that explored how sound, frequency, atmosphere, and voice are entangled with power, trauma, and territorial control; and how energetic forms—whether legal, sonic, or spatial—construct and contest political realities. We began with a tour of Here on the Edge of the Sea We Sit by Ting-Jung Chen, followed by a conversation between the artist and Sebastian Dürer, who co-curated the exhibition with Natalie Keppler. Chen’s work posed such questions as: Does power whisper? How are territories communicated? Is there a sensory vision of collective identity? Her exhibition explored these themes, drawing on the echoes of public political speeches and monuments to examine how narratives, power, and identity are constructed, expressed, and contested across public and private spheres. The panel that followed featured Marina Peterson, Mhamad Safa, and Gascia Ouzounian, who explored the concepts of “frequency” (Peterson), “collateral listening” (Safa), and “atmospheric occupation” (Ouzounian). • Marina Peterson Frequency – instabilities of energetic forms • Mhamad Safa Collateral Listening and the Limits of International Law: Case of Gaza 2021 • Gascia Ouzounian City of Waves: Atmospheric Occupation in Beirut We are deeply grateful to Ting, Sebastian, Marina, and Mhamad for sharing this vital work, and to ENERGIES co-organizers and hosts Sebastian Dürer, Dahlia Borsche, and Brett Mommersteeg for all their support. Photo 1: Ting-Jung Chen: Here on the Edge of the Sea We Sit Additional Photos: by Eunice Maurice @hontoo9 @daad_artists @soncities @oxmusicfaculty @tingerlitzchen @startedfromthebottomnowwequeer @gasciaouzounian @murmur0 @mhamad__safa @varo._.jan @_wolfjona_

Please join us in extending our warmest and most sincere congratulations to @susie.ibarra , our 2024/25 Music & Sound Fellow, on being awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music for her work “Sky Islands.” ✨ „ Sky Islands“ is a celebration of biodiversity and sonic innovation. Susie’s work challenges traditional compositional boundaries, using improvisation and environmental themes to craft a vibrant, immersive musical experience. ✨ Her most recent world premiere at @berlinerfestspiele Maerzmusik, CHAN: SONNETS AND DEVOTIONS IN THE WILDERNESS, will air on @deutschlandfunk next week, Friday, May 16 shortly after midnight - please find the link in our bio. Commissioned by MaerzMusik / Berliner Festspiele, produced by MaerzMusik / Berliner Festspiele and DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program. The project has been developed during her residency in Berlin with curatorial support by @dahliaborsche and Sebastian Dürer @startedfromthebottomnowwequeer 📸: Slide 1, Portrait Susie Ibarra photo: @dianapfammatter , Slide 2: Susie Ibarra performing CHAN: SONNETS AND DEVOTIONS IN THE WILDERNESS at Gedächtniskirche, photo: @camille_blake , Slide 3: Susie Ibarra and Jake Landau during ENERGIES hosted by @daad_artists , @gasciaouzounian , @lignesderre , @dahliaborsche and @startedfromthebottomnowwequeer , photo: @hontoo9

Here On The Edge of the Sea We Sit @daadgalerie In her installation, Ting-Jung Chen (@tingerlitzchen ) imagines alternative forms of bodily empowerment: sound and material undergo multiple translations, are transformed into extended, plural narratives, and open up multiple temporalities that can be explored at the same time. Photo: Jens Franke @jens.philipp.franke 📅 Runtime: March 21 – May 4, 2025 📍 daadgalerie | Oranienstr 161 Berlin, Kreuzberg | Tue-Sun 12-7pm | Free admission 🎤 Artist Talk
March 23, 3 pm | Ting-Jung Chen & Salomé Voegelin @soundwords.sv 🦿Performance during Gallery Weekend
May 3, 6 pm & May 4, 2 pm | Rabih Beaini @rabih__beaini & Yi-Wei Tien @yi_wei_tien 👀 curated by Sebastian Dürer @startedfromthebottomnowwequeer and Natalie Keppler @natalie.keppler A sound art exhibition within the framework of @berlinerfestspiele MaerzMusik 2025. Ting-Jung Chen is a 2024/25 Music & Sound Fellow of the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program @daad_artists The exhibition was created during her residency in Berlin. The DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program is funded by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and the Berlin Senate. With the kind support of the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan, the Taipei Representation in the Federal Republic of Germany and the National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan

We’ll have special opening hours this weekend, when @rabih__beaini and @yi_wei_tien will activate @tingerlitzchen ’s installation Here on the Edge of the Sea We Sit for the first and last time 🌊 Please join us for a poetic farewell! Friday, May 2: 12 - 7 pm Saturday, May 3: 12 - 9 pm, the gallery will be closed for performance setup from 4-6 pm. Sunday, May 4: 2 - 7 pm, the gallery will be closed for performance setup from 12-2pm 🌊 Performances: May 3 | 6 PM May 4 | 2 PM Visitors of the performance are encouraged to stay to experience the exhibition afterwards. 📍 daadgalerie | Oranienstr. 161, Kreuzberg 🎟 Free admission 🎧 In her installation, Ting-Jung Chen (@tingerlitzchen ) imagines alternative forms of bodily empowerment: sound and material undergo multiple translations, are transformed into extended, plural narratives, and open up multiple temporalities that can be explored at the same time. 👀 curated by Sebastian Dürer @startedfromthebottomnowwequeer and Natalie Keppler @natalie.keppler Ting-Jung Chen is a 2024/25 Music & Sound Fellow of the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program. The exhibition was created during her residency in Berlin. The DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program is funded by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and the Berlin Senate. With the kind support of the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan, the Taipei Representation in the Federal Republic of Germany and the National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan Image credit: Ting-Jung Chen, Here on the Edge of the Sea We Sit. Photos courtesy the artist Design by @studiopandan

Feel so blessed to have the chance to talk with the warm, amazing, brilliant Sound researcher/artist Salomé Voegelin @soundwords_sv in the artist talk! Photo: Eunice Maurice @hontoo9 The Artist Talk was on 23. March in DAADgalerie, along with my solo exhibition "Here on the Edge of the Sea We Sit". And also, Salomé contributed her beautiful text talking about my new works in the conceptual booklet of the exhibition. If you don't have it, you should absolutely grab it! Thank you so much for the incredible Sebastian Dürer @startedfromthebottomnowwequeer , Natalie Keppler @natalie.keppler , and Dahlia Borsche @dahliaborsche , the DAAD team @daad_artists for making all this happen!!!!! Also, the kind support of the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan, the Taipei Representation in the Federal Republic of Germany and the National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan The solo exhibition of Ting-Jung Chen "Here on the Edge of the Sea We Sit", is still on view till this weekend. DAADgalerie Oranienstraße 161, Berlin (Tue)-(Sun)12:00-19:00 ((And on 3.May 18:00 & 4.May 14:00 will be performance with Yi-Wei Tien & Rabih Beaini !!)) (((come over and enjoy it)))

It is our pleasure to announce two very special performances during @galleryweekendberlin : On its two final days, @rabih__beaini and @yi_wei_tien will activate @tingerlitzchen ’s installation Here on the Edge of the Sea We Sit, weaving movements and sound into a poetic farewell. Please join us as we say goodbye to this wonderful exhibition! 🌊 Performances: May 3 | 6 PM May 4 | 2 PM 📍 daadgalerie | Oranienstr. 161, Kreuzberg 🎟 Free admission ‼️Special opening hours this week: Due to rehearsals the gallery will remain closed on Tuesday, April 29. Prior to each performance the installation will be paused for setup & soundcheck. Thank you for understanding. Open Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun 12-7pm 🎧 In her installation, Ting-Jung Chen (@tingerlitzchen ) imagines alternative forms of bodily empowerment: sound and material undergo multiple translations, are transformed into extended, plural narratives, and open up multiple temporalities that can be explored at the same time. 👀 curated by Sebastian Dürer @startedfromthebottomnowwequeer and Natalie Keppler @natalie.keppler Ting-Jung Chen is a 2024/25 Music & Sound Fellow of the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program. The exhibition was created during her residency in Berlin. The DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program is funded by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and the Berlin Senate. With the kind support of the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan, the Taipei Representation in the Federal Republic of Germany and the National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan Image credit: portraits Rabih Beaini / Yi-Wei Tien, courtesy the artists, design by @studiopandan

Zoom into the multiple layers of Here on the Edge of The Sea We Sit together with artist @tingerlitzchen and the curatorial team @startedfromthebottomnowwequeer and @natalie.keppler in our last tour this afternoon! 📅 Thursday, April 16 at 6pm Free Admission 🕒 Opening Hours This Weekend: Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | 12–7 PM (Closed Monday) The show remains on view until May 4, 2025. 📍 daadgalerie | Oranienstr 161 Berlin, Kreuzberg | Tue-Sun 12-7pm | Free admission 🦿Performance during Gallery Weekend
May 3, 6 pm & May 4, 2 pm | Rabih Beaini @rabih__beaini & Yi-Wei Tien @yi_wei_tien 👀 curated by Sebastian Dürer @startedfromthebottomnowwequeer and Natalie Keppler @natalie.keppler Ting-Jung Chen is a 2024/25 Music & Sound Fellow of the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program. The exhibition was created during her residency in Berlin. The DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program is funded by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and the Berlin Senate. With the kind support of the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan, the Taipei Representation in the Federal Republic of Germany and the National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan Image credit: Ting-Jung Chen, Here on the Edge of the Sea We Sit, installation shots photos: Eunice Maurice for @daad_artists , design @studiopandan

〰️Let’s tune into the threshold of light and darkness together! 〰️ By popular demand, @tingerlitzchen and the curatorial team @startedfromthebottomnowwequeer and @natalie.keppler will be offering two additional tours of Here on the Edge of the Sea We Sit: 📅 Saturday, April 12 at 5pm 📅 Thursday, April 17 at 6pm Free Admission Ting-Jung Chen’s installation unfolds where sound, shadow, and time intersect. Open every Tuesday - Sunday, 12 - 7pm at daadgalerie, running until May 4, 2025. 🦿Performance during Gallery Weekend
May 3, 6 pm & May 4, 2 pm | Rabih Beaini @rabih__beaini & Yi-Wei Tien @yi_wei_tien 👀 curated by Sebastian Dürer @startedfromthebottomnowwequeer and Natalie Keppler @natalie.keppler Ting-Jung Chen is a 2024/25 Music & Sound Fellow of the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program. The exhibition was created during her residency in Berlin. The DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program is funded by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and the Berlin Senate. With the kind support of the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan, the Taipei Representation in the Federal Republic of Germany and the National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan Image credit: Ting-Jung Chen, Here on the Edge of the Sea We Sit, opening night photos: Eunice Maurice for @daad_artists

🌊 We are just two weeks in and Ting-Jung Chen: Here On The Edge of the Sea We Sit will be on show at daadgalerie till May 4! 📅 Runtime: March 21 – May 4, 2025 📍 daadgalerie | Oranienstr 161 Berlin, Kreuzberg | Tue-Sun 12-7pm | Free admission 🎧 In her installation, Ting-Jung Chen (@tingerlitzchen ) imagines alternative forms of bodily empowerment: sound and material undergo multiple translations, are transformed into extended, plural narratives, and open up multiple temporalities that can be explored at the same time. 🌀Meet the Artist Ting-Jung Chen will give you a tour through her exhibition on Sunday, April 6, 3 pm & Saturday, April 12, 5 pm 🦿Performance during Gallery Weekend
May 3, 6 pm & May 4, 2 pm | Rabih Beaini @rabih__beaini & Yi-Wei Tien @yi_wei_tien 🙏🏼curated together with Sebastian Dürer @startedfromthebottomnowwequeer A sound art exhibition within the framework of @berlinerfestspiele MaerzMusik 2025. Ting-Jung Chen is a 2024/25 Music & Sound Fellow of the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program. The exhibition was created during her residency in Berlin. The DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program @daad_artists is funded by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and the Berlin Senate. With the kind support of the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan, the Taipei Representation in the Federal Republic of Germany and the National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan Image credit: Ting-Jung Chen, Here on the Edge of the Sea We Sit. Photo by Eunice Maurice @hontoo9 Design by @studiopandan

thank you and heartfelt congratulations to all for an amazing festival ! 🥰to #maerzmusik 2025 @berlinerfestspiele and @daad_artists and to all the artists here Grateful for these beautiful photos by @camille_blake of the world premiere of CHAN : Sonnets and Devotions in the Wilderness last week ! @loganfebruary #donmeechoi @laneshiotayonii @martinnagys13 @jakelandau @perfect_deleted_futures @snirupustimo @bubratsche @sebastianorganist @gunnhildur_hardardottir @elena_kakaliagou #hilaryjeffrey @mitzi_ssd Stay tuned for the recording broadcast at @deutschlandfunkkultur next month in May! ❤️🙏🏽🎉💫✨ Repost @daad_artists ・・・ Some impressions from the world premiere of “CHAN: Sonnets and Devotions in the Wilderness, 6 Kundimans” at Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche, Berlin, composed by percussionist and sound artist Susie Ibarra, featuring poets Don Mee Choi and Logan February. „CHAN“ comprised six kundimans by Filipinx-American composer, percussionist and sound artist Susie Ibarra. For CHAN – which is the artist’s middle name, meaning “meditation” – Ibarra worked with poets Don Mee Choi and Logan February, with whom she shared a residency as part of the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program. Their words complement the six sonnets and devotions composed for ensemble, voice, speaker trees and baroque pipe organ. Commissioned by #MaerzMusik/@berlinerfestspiele , produced by MaerzMusik / Berliner Festspiele and @daad_artists . @susie.ibarra @loganfebruary #donmeechoi @dahliaborsche @startedfromthebottomnowwequeer Photos: Camille Blake

Safe travels to those who are travelling in and to all these wonderful artists thank you for joining me. We are a small sinfonietta and a flowing ecosystem, this CHAN ensemble - see you in a minute! Please go to @berlinerfestspiele to our concert to read the bios of each of these amazing artists 💜🙏🏽 Can’t wait, here we go! 🌳🌳💚💚💙💙🏔️🗻 Repost @daad_artists ・・・ ✨ CHAN: SONNETS AND DEVOTIONS IN THE WILDERNESS ✨ weaves together the words of poets and @daad_artists alumni Don Mee Choi and @loganfebruary with @susie.ibarra ’s intricate compositions - from the glacial lakes of the Himalayas to the revived Pasig River in the Philippines, each kundiman is a meditation on nature’s resilience and beauty. 🌊🌳 Join us for the world premiere on 📅 March 26 | 7pm
📍 Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche | Breitscheidplatz, Berlin 🎟️ Tickets are now on sale—visit the MaerzMusik festival website to secure a seat. Featuring a handpicked ensemble, voice, speaker trees, and pipe organ: Don Mee Choi – poet
Logan February – poet 
Otay:onii (Lane Shi) – soprano (@laneshiotayonii )
Martin Nagy – tenor (@martinnagys13 ) Daniel Doña – viola (@bubratsche )
Caleb Salgado – double bass (@perfect_deleted_futures )
Michiko Ogawa – soprano clarinet (@snirupustimo )
Jake Landau – acoustic guitar, electric guitar (@jakelandau )
Gunhildurr Einarsdottir – harp (@gglimmer )
Elena Kakaliagou – horn in F (@elena_kakaliagou )
Hilary Jeffery – trombone 
Sebastian Heindl   –  pipe organ (@sebastianorganist ) John Broback – speaker design and realisation of the speaker tree sculpture (@mitzi_ssd )

Susie Ibarra – composition, drumset,  gongs and percussion, design of the speaker tree sculpture (@susie.ibarra ) Commissioned by MaerzMusik / Berliner Festspiele, produced by MaerzMusik / Berliner Festspiele and DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program. Susie Ibarra is a 2024/25 Music & Sound fellow of the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin-Program. This project has been developed during her residency in Berlin with curatorial support by Dahlia Borsche and Sebastian Dürer (@startedfromthebottomnowwequeer ) Images: DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program / @studiopandan Photo credit: Rajesh Kumar Singh, Sikkim Himalayas @rajesh4film