Radio Show with weird 60s-90s German Underground Tracks
Su. 12.10. 5 PM
RadioHub Mimikri
Yus (28): always making music—and always on the hunt for songs that almost no one knows.
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Holger Jenss
The project Face the Music or The King of Kassel and Local Nightlife’s Seminal Shift deals with subcultural movements in the Kassel area during the late 1970s and 1980s, specifically the phenomenon of GI discos. Against the backdrop of the Cold War, US troops were stationed here until 1993 (and longer in other regions), with black GIs in particular shaping and influencing the music scene. The richness and diversity of the club scene and music styles at that time surprised and fascinated me in view of the current situation of the scene in Kassel and its surrounding areas. For Black Americans in particular, Kassel became a central hub for music and exchange in the 1970s and 1980s. Many clubs and concert events focused primarily on Black genres such as soul and funk, and later also electro and early rap. This resulted in a number of band projects between US-Americans and local German musicians, some of which were very short-lived and oftentimes released their music independently. Musically, this period produced many exciting upheavals which resulted in genres that were not yet fully formed or were being merged with other styles. In addition to the social context and political background, I am particularly interested in the emergence and transformation of the scene and its potential to create a sense of identity for people from different backgrounds. Equally important are the ways in which racism was dealt with in post-war Germany and the US (which sometimes carried over into life in the barracks) and the various forms of cultural appropriation happening within music and nightlife. With regard to the region, I am also interested in the transience of many subcultural trends and their influence on later developments. Formally, I use three vinyl releases by Kassel bands from the 1980s for the lecture performance, drawing on them to address various aspects and developmental stages of the scene. Further I use my own as well as found photographs, video excerpts from live performances, recordings of parties, and excerpts from interviews I conducted with contemporary witnesses and experts.
Su. 12.10. 4 PM
RadioHub Mimikri
Holger Jenss works with photography, moving images, and sound. His research and artistic practice focus on the analysis of normative visual worlds, the construction of subcultural and mainstream contexts through visual codes and their translations, and postcolonial perspectives on photography and popular culture. From 2018 until 2024 he taught at Kunsthochschule Kassel as artistic associate in the field of intermedial photography. He lives and works in Kassel.
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NB Spiders
Not that it’s particularly rousing or really invites you to dance. But still… it’s precisely these quiet, unobtrusive sounds that sometimes make me want to just move.
Su. 12.10. 6 PM
Radio Tape ReleaseMimikri
NB Spiders (they/them)
is a sound & electronics artist whos practice transgresses binary gender constructs and is informed by crip aesthetics. They work in the fields of performance art and composition as well as building electronic instruments and microelectronics programming.They have realised, performed and presented productions at the Theater Dortmund, IndieCade Festival in Paris, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, and are a residency-alumni with the Alliance of International Production Houses (Bündnis internationaler Produktionshäuser) via HAU Hebbel am Ufer.
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Muyang Lyu
Beamcircus
The idea of robot has long been intertwined with human’s imagination of mimicking life, automating labor, and the spirit of machines. Its roots can be traced back to pre-digital era, and even further to the myths and mechanical dreams of ancient times.
Beam Bot is a series of small robots developed by Mark Tilden in the 1990s, inspired by Rodney Brooks’s behavior-based robotics. The name BEAM stands for Biology, Electronics, Aesthetics, and Mechanics. These small, bug-like creatures are driven by simple analog primitive “neurons”, that consume so little energy that they can often run on solar power. Even though they contain no micro-controllers and cannot be programmed, they are still move and respond to their surroundings in surprisingly complex and stable ways. While Tesla and Boston’s Robots capture the attention of the entire internet, these tiny electronic bugs shine quietly within old diagrams, in forgotten digital corners of unmaintained forums and blogs.
At the festival, I’ll circuit-bending several classic Beam Bot and Synthesizers to create Chimera crickets, which will be presented as installtions. In the 30min radio piece, I will share a short history and story of these robots to discuss how bots evoke feelings similar to those we have toward living beings, and how they speak to our contemporary anxieties as well as our progressive view of technology and aesthetics.Sa. 11.10. 2 – 8 PM
Su. 12.10. 2 – 6 PMExhibition Waschraum
Su. 12.10. 3.15 PM
Lecture Performance
Mimikri
Artist Talk
Su. 12.10. 4.30 PM
Waschraum
Muyang’s kinetic and interactive sound objects often focus on the poetic misuse of low-cost, low-tech, and low-maintenance analog circuits, many of which she discovered by chance on the internet. She still believes in the value and potential of outdated analog circuits in the age of AI and coding, especially in their non-standardized and unpredictable qualities. The design of many classic circuits relies on continuous modification and refinement by countless individuals—not only professionals but also amateurs—through which new applications are discovered. She regards DIY as a media-archaeological method: a way to embody critical reflection on technology through micro-political, everyday actions.
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Erik Soto Rodríguez
Through sound experiments, the transformation of objects, and the use of recycled materials, he creates sensitive scenarios that oscillate between the organic and the artificial. His works offer immersive experiences in which light, sound, and space become living organisms, inviting the viewer to become an active participant in the work. Combining technical precision with poetic dimensions, his artistic research explores sustainability, the life cycle of objects, and the way images, energy, and memory reshape our way of inhabiting the world today.
Sa. 11.10. 14 – 20 Uhr
So. 12.10. 14 – 18 UhrWaschraum
Erik Soto Rodríguez, Mexico.
Interdisciplinary visual artist whose practice encompasses installation, bioart, and theater production.
With Post-Chlorophilic Landscape, he creates a dystopian scenario in which life is created in a new materiality and nature merges with technology.
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Elkin Kutluer
SAND II (2024)
Sand, steel, time
The hourglass is running, and time is slipping through our fingers like sand. Can you hear the sand trickling?
The installation “SAND II” is an interplay of time, movement, form, and the sound that results from it. Trickling sand runs through the funnel. A pile of sand forms, which grows steadily and covers the floor over time. Put your ear to the whisper tube and listen to the sand.
Sa. 11.10. 2 – 8 PM
Su. 12.10. 2 – 6 PMWH22 / cdw Kulturareal
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Lea-Maraike Sambale
Object and sound Velour terry cloth, round steel, stool, sound (10 min, looped) Erinnerungskörper in blau is a multi-sensory spatial installation that deals with the inscription of tender touch into the somatic memory. Long, dark blue textile tubes made of velour terry cloth hang from a spiral-shaped metal structure made of round steel down to the floor. A blue plastic stool – a familiar everyday object used in bathrooms – stands at its center. Visitors are invited to take a seat and listen to a ten-minute sound recording in a loop via headphones: the sonorous noise of a hairdryer and the rhythmic stroking of a brush. Erinnerungskörper in blau moves between everyday intimacy and the awareness of transience. The expansive installation places slightly overlooked moments of care at its center and poses questions about closeness without real contact. The work creates a space for memories stored in the body and negotiates how we can remember touch. At the RANGE Sound Festival, only the 10-minute sound of the installation will be heard.
Sa. 11.10. 2 – 8 PM
Su. 12.10. 2 – 6 PMArtist Talk
Su. 12.10. 4.30 PM
Waschraum
Lea-Maraike Sambale (she/her) is a transdisciplinary artist with a hybrid practice. She currently lives and works in Vienna. Since 2020, she has been studying fine arts at the Kunsthochschule Kassel with a focus on sculpture, new media, and theory and practice. Most recently, she completed a one-year Erasmus study program at the University of Applied Arts Vienna in the class for transmedia art under Professor Jakob Lena Knebl. In her artistic practice, Sambale moves between sensual-haptic textures and digital spaces. Her works include multimedia installations, performative video works, and textile objects. Her work focuses on the tension between physicality and technological surfaces, as well as the exploration of analog and digital cultures of memory. She often deals with social and political power dynamics and forms of care, placing particular emphasis on perspectives that are often underrepresented or rendered invisible. Her work has been shown in exhibition spaces in Kassel, Berlin, Hildesheim, Chemnitz, and Vienna.
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Svea Marzok
The performance video shows the intimate feeling of insecurity, doubt, inner struggles, as well as a feeling of confinement, inner isolation, and psychological stress. It invites viewers to dive into emotional depths, aims to generate empathy, and raise awareness of the struggles that many people experience in secret.
Sa. 11.10. 2 – 8 PM
Su. 12.10. 2 – 6 PMArtist Talk
Su. 12.10. 4.30 PM
Waschraum
Svea Marzok is a visual artist and has been studying at the Kassel Art Academy since 2024. Influenced by her experiences working with young adults and biographical turning points, she has developed an experimental, media-open practice that combines painting and video. Her work focuses on mental health, personality disorders, and identity. She explores how materiality and emotion resonate with each other, opening up spaces for dialogue in which viewers can actively think and feel along with her. -
Maerie C. Fricke
one bar of soap
a washroom
a shower
a memory pressed between yellowish tiles
a towel on the wall, soaking wet
a bar of soap
lemon soap, 200g, RRP $0.53
fragments of thought in sound & words
Sa. 11.10. 2 – 8 PM
Su. 12.10. 2 – 6 PMArtist Talk
Su. 12.10. 4.30 PM
Waschraum
Maerie C. Fricke is a visual artist. She is currently in Kassel, on her way to Vienna to study at the University of Applied Arts, and next year she will be studying at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under Nina Canell. Maerie C. Fricke’s artistic practice focuses on materiality and transformation processes—always in relation to social structures and dynamics. Her interdisciplinary approach extends to the realms of sound, text, and installations. The artist is driven by themes such as collective memory, the continuity of violent and radical structures, and sometimes simply a longing for something banal.
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Anita Berger
“Everyday Sound Makers” Can you hear the sounds of everyday life?
The world is full of sounds, even in places where we would hardly expect them. A glass bumping against the edge of a table. The humming of electrical appliances. The creaking of an old door. For me, all of this is music: not composed, not staged, but created in the moment. I don’t just hear with my ears. When sounds arise, I see lines, flowing shapes, vibrating shadows. For me, sound becomes a movement in space, an image that cannot be captured. This work invites you to experience this perception. Instructions:
1. Place the headphones on the back of your neck, in direct contact with your skin.
2. Touch the objects.
3. Hear the sound. See the light. Experience the image. Tip: You can also touch other people: when they touch the objects, the contact flows through you.Sa. 11.10. 2 – 8 PM
Su. 12.10. 2 – 6 PMWH22 / cdw Kulturareal
“Detours broaden your knowledge of the area.” This sentence sums up how I see my own path. For a long time, I worked in a field that was characterized by clear processes and immediate demands, a daily routine that left little room for creativity or individuality. At the same time, I have always had an interest in music, art, and philosophy, which I am now pursuing in depth as part of my studies. So I live in a constant tension between the demands of reality and the freedom of individual expression and thought. This tension is also reflected in my work, in which I translate everyday things into new contexts and connect meanings. It is not a radical break, but a coexistence that has grown step by step. For me, it is not the paths I have taken that are decisive, but how they have shaped me.” – Anita Berger
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Eeva Ojanperä
frühe morgen – early mornings
The audiovisual work transforms grief in time and space.
The father’s slides are sent out into the sky through the windows. The form of the memories is no longer so important—their location is all the more so.
Sounds from Karelia are projected inward onto the curved wall: from a kesämökki, a Finnish log cabin, from memories of the family’s summer residence that united hearts but has been lost.
Inspired by the Finnish origin story of the world, “Alkumuna,” in which the world can only come into being through the breaking of seven duck eggs, pieces of eggshells find new meaning here: with them, it is possible to catch a brief glimpse of what it can mean to have a world (or a home) and to lose it.
Sa. 11.10. 2 – 8 PM
Su. 12.10. 2 – 6 PMWH22 / cdw Kulturareal
Eeva is an interdisciplinary audiovisual artist. Her focus is on moving images, animation, and sound, exploring technological mediation and the interplay of presence and absence in everyday life in her works.
Ojanperä has curated and organized exhibitions such as “SHOWROOM” at the ZfKW and has participated in numerous group projects, including “PoolIt!” (UK14 Kassel, 2024) and ‘Horizonte’ (Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg, 2023). She is also a founding member of the Kassel sound festival “RANGE.”
Her work is characterized by the combination of sound design and tactile elements, and she works as a sound engineer, sound designer, and Foley artist.
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Artie S
Drones to close the night, Lyra-8 goes brrrrrr
Fr. 10.10. midnight
Neue Nachrichtenmeistrei
Su. 12.10. 8 PM
Mimikri
Artie S is a multi-media artist and architect based in Vienna and Kassel, with works ranging from photography and drawings to soundscapes.
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Yonagold
Ambient DJ Set
Sunday 12.10. 2 PMMimikri
Yonagold alias DJ Joyboy JonaYonagold aka DJ Joyboy Jona
Sometimes vinyl, sometimes digital. Sometimes lounge, sometimes disco, sometimes rave.
Genre surfing my way trough electronic music.
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Soukaina
A Moroccan electronic experiment: Soukaina El Adak explores sound, identity, and movement through DJ Sets.
Sunday 12.10. 7 PM
Mimikri
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Moa Florell and Jonas Eschner
Performance and Installation
In this collaboration we examine the relation between sound and movement through technological means. Our aim is to merge fragments from different artistic fields into a single expression. This unity may be unattainable, but it remains our horizon. The performance uses raw physical and technological elements: sensors, bodies, oscillations. A wooden box-frame, about 2.5 meters on each side, carries sensors that generate sound. Moved by a dancer, its signals are processed by a computer and guided by an artist. The sound in turn informs the performers, creating a loop between the inanimate and the living. Over time the frame is dismantled. What remains is a pile of wood and electronics, still transmitting values, now producing a steady sound that endures as an installation throughout the festival.
Sa. 11.10. 6 – 8 pm PerformanceSu. 12.10. 2 – 6 pm Installation Exhibition
kleine Weinkirche / WH22 cdw Kulturareal
In 2024, we collaborated on the short project Angles as an artistic duo. Coming from different professional backgrounds, we are eager to continue this collaboration, deepening our combined knowledge and artistic expression. Moa Florell is a contemporary dancer, performer, and choreographer from Trosa, Sweden, with more than 15 years of stage experience across Sweden, Germany, Italy, and Portugal. Since 2024, she has been based in Kassel, where she contributes to the freelance dance scene as a member of the association Tanzwerk. Alongside participating in collective artistic projects, she develops her own works, including Tag Für Tag and Unveiling Layers. Her artistic practice explores fundamental human themes such as identity, communication, and relationships, with the aim of creating emotional resonance and inviting audiences to reflect on their own experiences. Jonas Eschner is a visual artist and musician from Kassel, Germany, with over ten years of arts education. His practice explores the blend of digital and acoustic realms, merging interactive design with live performance. He works with CG and animation but also programming real time applications, digital modeling, and custom interfaces, reflecting a balance between systematic techniques and human expression.
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Joshua Weitzel and Samuel Nerl
Moritzturm (2023) – Installation / Performance
In 2022, Samuel Nerl and Joshua Weitzel took an in-depth look at the role of Landgrave Moritz “the Scholar.” Although his forced conversion of the Kassel population to Calvinism was a violent act of domination, it also led to the influx of Huguenot refugees several centuries later.
“Moritzturm” is part of a series of performances that deal with biblical and religious themes from an agnostic perspective. The performance consists of three acts: Procession / Initiation / Dismantling.
The procession involves transporting 10 vintage loudspeakers in a handcart across the city to the venue.
The initiation is the main part of the performance and lasts about 40 minutes. While Joshua Weitzel gives a sermon in the role of the pastor (based on classics of sound studies and analog sound synthesis), Samuel Nerl builds a cross about 3 meters high from the loudspeakers.
The loudspeaker cross remains in place until dismantling, at least one day later.
Sa. 11.10. 6 – 8 pm PerformanceSu. 12.10. 2 – 6 pm Installation Exhibition
kleine Weinkirche / WH22 cdw Kulturareal
The work of artist and curator Joshua Weitzel (born in Kassel in 1989) is based on a social understanding of art and encompasses improvisation, electroacoustic and experimental composition, installation art, jazz, intermedia projects, curating, and art education.
Samuel Nerl studied philosophy at Philipps University Marburg and the University of Kassel from 2009 to 2017, and film at the Kassel Art Academy and Babelsberg Film University.Through his many years of work in various areas at the Kassel State Theater, he has gained extensive experience in the performing arts.
He has been working as a freelance artist since 2016. The focus of his work is on the visual arts. His projects are characterized in particular by the short-circuiting of ephemeral arts with general criticism of the material end product. His work is therefore characterized by documentary works and significant sculptures.
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Noise Dance Battle Workshop with Franziska Ullrich
Noise dance battle as different form of a jam / get together. Maybe on Sunday as a closure. Always one sound person and one dancer gets a short time slot and performs spontaneously. The audience can vote for the best ones from each discipline and they do the last duet. They’ll get a flower or whatever funny or just simply our honour.
Sunday, 12.10. 4 – 6 pm
neue Nachrichtenmeisterei
Write to us here to register for the workshop via email: workshop@range-festival.de
In 2021, Franzi completed her studies in Fine Arts at the Kunsthochschule Kassel with a focus
on New Media/Installation/Performance. She experiments with the embodiment of poetry in
dance and voice performance. Ecosomatic rituals, alchemical work with text and textiles,
and exploring movement with touch in partner and group constellations form the basis of
her practices. She also completed her training as a contemporary stage dancer at Sozo
Visions in Motion Kassel.
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Shape Lessons – Percussion Workshop with Fr.AnZ Wagner
Shape Lessons In this workshop, I introduce Casey Canglosi’s “Shape Lessons” system. Originally a practice concept for percussionists, I used the content to create live music. Participants play on different instruments according to geometric patterns. This playfully creates polymetric structures that form meditative soundscapes when played together. The musical forms are visualized and then brought to life. “Shape Lessons” train coordination and inspire musicians to explore new rhythmic and metric forms. The workshop will take place in two parts. Beginner Level: Previous musical experience is helpful but not necessary. The workshop is open to everyone. 90 minutes / German spoken / English possible Advanced Level: Workshop content for experienced musicians. 90 minutes / German spoken / English possible
Sunday, 12.10. 2 – 4 pm
neue Nachrichtenmeisterei
Write to us here to register for the workshop via email: workshop@range-festival.de
FrAnZ received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Kassel Music Academy in 2024. Since then, contemporary and globally inspired musicians have been strumming and tapping away.
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Field Recording Basics Workshop with Clemens Pitschke & Eeva Ojanperä
Introduction to acoustic ecology, bioacoustics, and field recording practice. Theory session followed by outdoor recording excursion in the Schillerviertel neighborhood.
Saturday, 11.10. 2–6 pmFlipdot Hackspace
Write to us here to register for the workshop via email: workshop@range-festival.de
Clemens is an acoustician and field recordist from Dresden. In his work, he explores soundscapes through field recordings and shares these experiences in workshops and lectures. With the Land.Schafft.Sound project, he and Axel Matz launched a platform for the exchange and acoustic exploration of soundscapes in 2021. His main interest now lies in the fields of bioacoustics and ecoacoustics.
Eeva is an interdisciplinary audiovisual artist. Her focus is on moving images, animation, and sound, exploring technological mediation and the interplay of presence and absence in everyday life in her works.
Ojanperä has curated and organized exhibitions such as “SHOWROOM” at the ZfKW and has participated in numerous group projects, including “PoolIt!” (UK14 Kassel, 2024) and ‘Horizonte’ (Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg, 2023). She is also a founding member of the Kassel sound festival “RANGE.”
Her work is characterized by the combination of sound design and tactile elements, and she works as a sound engineer, sound designer, and Foley artist.
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Kollektiv eigenklang – Interactive Audiovisual Experience + Workshop
“eigenklang” is an interactive audiovisual experience that defies simple description. Born from ever-changing settings, diverse participants, and the research-driven spirit of Kollektiv eigenklang behind it, every encounter becomes a unique journey.
It transforms into whatever the moment demands: a sonic playground, musical team building, intimate sound therapy, or collective audio trip. The technical foundation remains constant while the experience evolves organically.
All participants connect through wireless headphones to a binaural microphone system at the installation’s center – a human discoball that hears everything that happens around it. Using loops, effects, samples, and synthesizers, we collaboratively craft fascinating soundscapes that invite deep immersion. Participants can contribute through their own voice, breath, movement, or any sound they create, empowering everyone to lean back and absorb, or dive in and participate as musicians, visual artists, dancers, or any form of creative expression that emerges.
Sa.11.10. 2 – 8 PM
Su.12.10. 2 – 6 PM Installation Exhibition
Saturday 11.10. – 2 – 4 PM Workshop
Schillerstr. 40, Kassel
Write to us here to register for the workshop via email: workshop@range-festival.deKollektiv eigenklang emerged in late 2017 with the invention of their eponymous installation and the goal of creating interactive happenings where visitors don’t merely consume art and culture, but actively participate in its creation. Their roots trace back to Kassel’s vibrant subculture scene, where during documenta fourteen (2017) the collective first came together to explore the possibilities of organic live looping and participative music. This foundational experience in one of the world’s most significant art events profoundly influenced their vision of how experimental sound practices can unite diverse communities through shared creative exploration. The collective works across multiple disciplines including visual installations, inclusive art and media education, and professional 360° audio and video productions. They specialize in creating inclusive community arts projects and work extensively with people with disabilities, ensuring their multimedia productions are accessible to all participants. Interaction and improvisation form the essential elements of their artistic practice. Founded with a vision to dissolve traditional boundaries between performer and audience, Kollektiv eigenklang has spent eight years developing innovative approaches to community arts and community music. Their semi-nomadic lifestyle reflects a deep commitment to authentic community engagement, living and producing in rural settings while serving as guests at diverse projects and communities.
Eight Years of Sonic Exploration Over the past eight years, Kollektiv eigenklang has facilitated more than 300 happenings with thousands of participants across diverse contexts and countries. Each event has contributed to the continuous evolution of both the technical installation and interactive performance methodology. The installation has proven remarkably adaptable, manifesting in locations as varied as underground clubs and major music festivals, from galleries and residential projects to street crossings, river boats, and rainforest clearings. This mobility reflects the project’s core philosophy: authentic artistic experience can emerge anywhere when the right conditions for collective creativity are established. Living Between Art and Community
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Youngbin Noh
<inner dansdansdans>
Sometimes, when I’m doing something—or just sitting around lost in thought—I suddenly hear a meaningless sound coming from the white noise. And somehow I recognize a rhythm in it.
Not that it’s particularly rousing or really invites you to dance. But still… it’s precisely these quiet, unobtrusive sounds that sometimes make me want to just move.
Saturday 11.10. 10.30 PM
Neue Nachrichtenmeisterei
Youngbin Noh
Dokfestlounge Kassel 2023
Bruit Secret mit YSL Gropius Bau Rehearsal studio Berlin 2024
Bruit Secret mit YSL apiece gallery Vilnius 2025
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Binaural Audio & Radio Plays Workshop with Tobias Böhm
Dive into the world of binaural sound recording. Work in small groups to create 90-second audio pieces using artificial head microphones, voices, objects, and environmental sounds. No prior experience necessary.Sunday, 12.10. 2–6 pm
Flipdot Hackspace
Write to us here to register for the workshop via email: workshop@range-festival.de
Tobias Böhm is a film sound engineer, mixing engineer, sound effects artist, sound designer, and voice actor for film and multimedia art. In workshops, I also teach all areas of sound recording and post-production: original sound, field recording, voice recording, audio editing, and mixing in stereo and surround formats.
He is a long-standing member of the German Film Sound Association (bvft), which campaigns for greater recognition of film sound as a creative medium and works to improve working conditions for film sound professionals.
Since its founding in 2009, he has been co-chair of the “Netzwerk Hammerschmiede e.V.,” one of the largest associations of the independent art and music scene in Kassel. There, he is committed to preserving affordable studios and rehearsal rooms and helps organize the cultural and concert program.
In addition to his enthusiasm for the topic of “hearing,” he supports numerous projects for environmental and climate protection, sustainable action, humanism, inclusion, and social justice, as well as improved education and research.
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djfroggy69
Really likes mixing David Guetta with gabber <3. Sometimes tries his hand at downtempo.
Saturday 10.10 midnight
Neue Nachrichtenmeisterei
djfroggy69 cute and messy dubstepbro
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heden
heden love for music fuses together base heavy, fearless, and unrestrained sounds.
Saturday 11.10. 1 AM
Neue Nachrichtenmeisterei
heden is a high energy magic, commands the space, gets you bouncing and feeling care free.
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Habian666
Dance set: Legendary Dance Music Paladin Habian666 heroicly slays the decks yet again!
Saturday 11.10/ Sun. 12.10 3.30 AM
Neue Nachrichtenmeisterei
Habian666 is a DJ, musician, producer and Sound artist based in Kassel.
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Timothy Hammer and Marit-Helen Brunnert
a spoken word soundscape
Friday 10.10. 9 PM
Neue Nachrichtenmeisterei
We are a duo studying at Kunsthochschule Kassel, both with a passion for atmospheric sounds and poetry. Usually being active in different disciplines, we will come together for our first joint performance.
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Franziska Ullrich and Franz Wagner
A regular piece dissolves within its own symmetry; movement emerges along the edge of the metric. We are two with five bodies, secretly becoming seven impossible polyhedrons—have we listened to the underlying flower of life, or drawn a crack into the ground? A composition of sound and dance.
Freitag 10.10. 11.30 PM
Neue Nachrichtenmeisterei
In 2021, Franzi completed her studies in fine arts at the Kunsthochschule Kassel, specializing in
new media/installation/performance. She experiments with the embodiment of poetry in
dance and voice performance. Ecosomatic rituals, alchemical work with text and textiles,
and the exploration of movement through touch in partner and group constellations form the basis
of her practice. She also completed training as a contemporary stage dancer at Sozo
Visions in Motion Kassel.
FrAnZ received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Kassel Music Academy in 2024. Since then, contemporary and globally inspired musicians have been strumming and tapping away.
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Sidney Mantei
live composission based on Tape loops, spoken word and noise.
Saturday 11.10. 10.15 PM
Neue Nachrichtenmeisterei
My name is Sidney Mantei. I am an artist based in Kassel. I mostly do multy-media-installations but also sound based art such as music and experimental sound performances.
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Samuel Julian Grace
Untitled
Investigating the material properties of abstract sound with Supercollider and Pure Data.Friday 10.10. 8.30 PM
neue Nachrichtenmeisterei
Samuel Julian Grace is an artist who works predominantly with sound to investigate its relations to the body and mind. Samuel works abstractly, twisting areas of perception, cognition and understanding while challenging definitions of art
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Videodilettanten- Elko Braas und Jan Heise
An audiovisual performance based on the bidirectional transformation between video and audio signals. In this experimental format, visual information—brightness values, color intensities, movement patterns—is translated into acoustic structures in real time: light becomes sound, movement becomes rhythm, color becomes frequency.
The transformation process works in both directions—audio signals in turn modulate the visual level and generate abstract image worlds that arise directly from the vibrations and overtones of the music. This feedback loop between the modalities creates a self-organizing system in which sound and vision are in constant dialogue.
Pixel grids become oscillator fields, waveforms materialize as geometric structures.
Friday 10.10. 11 – 11.15 PM
Neue Nachrichtenmeisterei
Videodilettanten is an audiovisual collective founded in 2017 by Elko Braas and Jan Heise, dedicated to the exploration and artistic application of analog video technology. The project deliberately moves beyond digital perfection and uses the characteristic properties of analog signal processing—noise, distortion, unpredictable interference—as creative elements.
Videodilettanten develops audiovisual performances that focus on the electromagnetic properties of video signals. Through experimental interconnections, feedback loops, and the manipulation of historical video hardware, lively, organic visual worlds are created that interweave with acoustic elements in real time.
In addition to live performances, the collective also creates installations that treat space as an extended instrument, as well as VJ sets that enrich club and festival culture with media-archaeological approaches. In their work, Braas and Heise regularly collaborate with artists such as Jan Grebenstein, continuously expanding the creative spectrum of the project.
The work of Videodilettanten represents a conscious regression in the history of technology—not out of nostalgia, but as a critical practice that gives new relevance to the forgotten aesthetic potential of obsolete technologies. The project combines craftsmanship with conceptual acuity.
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Monoyama
At the Range Festival, Monoyama presents a live performance exploring the fusion of sound modulation and short recordings captured on site. By combining these immediate field recordings with intricate electronic processing, a complex yet delicate sonic blend emerges. This dynamic interplay creates a new mode of sound perception, inviting the audience to engage in an immersive and reflective listening experience.
Friday 10.10. 11.30 PM
neue Nachrichtenmeisterei
Monoyama explores the boundaries of sound at the intersection of space and digital aesthetics. His works combine complex textures with minimalist clarity, creating immersive soundscapes that challenge perception and invite listeners on a sensory journey of discovery. In his performances, his architecture unfolds with a contemplative intensity that arouses curiosity and creates space for reflection.
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Cat Woywod
Catalysing possible futures through non-linear time experiences,Cat Woywod’s live compositions weave sonic topographies with field recordings, electronic processing, and voice. Between Meditation and Catharsis, Its site-specific rituals reflect on human and non-human sensory experiences.
Frequently commissioned for film scores, sound installations,
instrumental compositions and sound designs,
Cat Woywod also collaborates with dancers and multidisciplinary artists as a live performer internationally.Dreaming through the ears,
It creates timespace for sounding cripqueer Hope within apocalyptic Cataclysm“Like Ghosts in the Sun” – Live Composition Remixes
Saturday 11.10. 9.30 PM
Neue Nachrichtenmeisterei
Cat Woywod questions habits of perception.
Born as a descendant of artisans in Post-Wall Germany,
It grew up in Silicon Valley, USA, the lignite mining industry of the Lower Rhine,
The lime, slate, and metal industry of the Bergisches Land and on the soil of the Upper Bavarian foothills of the Alps. Since 2016, it’s haunts peculiar perceptions of time and space, through sound, light and drag in Kassel, Germany.
Cat Woywod has been working as a freelance artist, sound designer, sound engineer, and drag thing since 2020. In 2023, it was awarded the “Kasseler Kunstpreis for Intermedia Art” by the Dr. Wolfgang Zippel Foundation, and is a post-grad from 2024 – 2026. Master student for “Sound Art / Composition” with Prof. Kiefer at the HfM, Johannes-Gutenberg-University Mainz.