24. April 2021 / 8 – 9 pm Performance by Scotch Rolex with Shin Hyo Jin and Lord Spikeheart Crossing Borders is an exclusive performance by the Japanese producer Scotch Rolex (alias DJ Scotch EGG), the Korean-German percussionist Shin Hyo Jin and the Uganda-based Grind Core singer Lord Spikeheart. This one-off performance, developed especially for SOUND(ING) SYSTEMS is structured in two parts according to the two collaborations. In the first …

10. April 2021 / 8 – 10 pm DJ Uta, Sarah Farina and Perera Elsewhere are arguably some of the most constantly influential protagonists of the Berlin bass music scene. Renowned for producing and playing across many genres, they are consistently connected by the low end of the frequency spectrum.   For SOUND(ING) SYSTEMS, the three DJs developed an exclusive set comprised of  three suites – Part 1, Whisper; Part 2, Uprising; and Part 3, Riot – in …

21. March 2021 / 8 pm Performance with Nik Nowak, afrobionix, Infinite Livez, Konstantin Tschechow und Moritz Stumm The first performance of SOUND(ING) SYSTEMS is a live interpretation of the audio element of Nik Nowak’s sound installation Schizo Sonics. Due to the current pandemic, the KINDL Center for Contemporary Art has been closed since the end of October, so A War of Decibels has been adapted for the audience to …

20. March 2021 / 12 pm Symposium – ‘The Cold War Continuum: The Role of Sound Systems in the Vibrational Delusions of Sonic Warfare’   Symposium running order/schedule:   Time:                                        Speaker/Title: 12pm – 12:15                       Jessica Edwards Introduction: ‘The Cold War Sonic Continuum’   Part I. The Politics, Techniques and Frequencies of Sonic Warfare   12:15 – 13:15pm                 Dr Steve Goodman Paper presentation: ‘Sonic Warfare: Havana Syndrome, Unsound and the Ghosts …

20. March 2021 – 24. April 2021 live stream SOUND(ING) SYSTEMS An exciting interactive program to compliment and expand Nik Nowak’s installation Schizo Sonics currently exhibiting at Berlin’s KINDL Center for Contemporary Art (13.9.2020 – 15.5.2021.) The bonus concept will unfold via a one-day symposium and three live performances during 20.03.2021 – 24.04.21. ( All elements to be streamed ) SOUND(ING) SYSTEMS examines the history of the Cold War via …

12. September 2020 – 16. May 2021 Exhibition at KINDL Center for contemporary Art Berlin   Nik Nowak (*1981 in Mainz, lives in Berlin) critically examines the use of sound as a weapon and medium of propaganda in his artworks. With Schizo Sonics he has realised a large-scale audio-visual installation featuring two powerful sound sculptures at the Kesselhaus of KINDL Center for Contemporary Art Berlin. A specially produced audio work, …

Nik Nowak: The Mantis Project The short documentary directed by Hiroo Tanaka is out now on 4:3 Hit the Link to watch it! The Berlin based artist Nik Nowak deals critically with the use of sound as a cultural transmitter as is the case with music on the one hand, and with the abuse of sound as a weapon on the other. The short documentary directed by Hiroo Tanaka introduces …

25. January -08. February 2019 THE MANTIS INSTALLATION AND PERFORMANCE BY NIK NOWAK WITH KODE9, INFINITE LIVEZ, MORITZ STUMM CTM Festival at Halle am Berghain am Wriezener Bahnhof 10243 Berlin-Friedrichshain Opening: 25.1.2019 Runs: 26.1.–3.2.2019 | 12:00–18:00 Live performances: 31.1. & 1.2.2019 | 20:00 The latest work in sonic warfare researcher Nik Nowak’s arsenal is “The Mantis,” a two-tonne monumental sound sculpture that, in a biomimetically hydraulic manoeuvre, rears up, preparing …

04. April -13. August 2017 Cité de la musique – Philharmonie de Paris 221, avenue Jean-Jaurès 75019 Paris Tuesday to Friday – 12pm to 6pm Saturday and Sunday – 10am to 6pm Evenings on the day of events In the middle of the Caribbean, a tiny island barely bigger than Corsica has become an absolute exception in the history of music. Jamaica is the birthplace of one of the major …

15. Februar – 1. Juni 2014 Marta Herford (Gehry-Galerien) Zum ersten Mal widmet sich eine Ausstellung der faszinierenden Verbindung zwischen Kunst, Sound und Bewegung und lässt eine pulsierende Welt aus zarten Klängen und beeindruckenden Töne entstehen. Von Drehorgel und Ghettoblaster über große Lautsprecherfahrzeuge bei Paraden oder Demonstrationen bis hin zur akustischen Kriegsführung – ganz gleich in welchen Zusammenhängen mobile Soundsysteme zum Einsatz kommen, man ist ihrer ebenso faszinierenden wie beunruhigenden …