Experiment 3, Musik aus dem Moment (live in Köln-Nippes)

EXPERIMENT 3: Trio for Free Improvisation 
Friday, July 17, 2026, 8:00 p.m., BLOCK7, Barbarastraße 3-9, 50735 Cologne-Nippes
(See below for directions)

Free admission

IRMGARD HIMSTEDT - flute, voice
VOLKMAR MÜLLER - sound magnifier, electronics
JUNIL KIM - Violin 

Music born of the moment: We use sounds and noises to explore something we hold within ourselves—or perhaps suppress.
From silence, movement, and electronic impulses, dense soundscapes emerge, hovering between intuition and reaction. We listen to one another, pick up on cues, break off, and rebuild.
Between excess and subtle transitions, a music unfolds that arises in the moment—raw, open, and unrepeatable.
Musique concrète, spatial electronics, and spontaneous interaction form the resonant space for this collaboration.
An invitation to lose oneself in a vast landscape of emotions—and perhaps to rediscover something of oneself within it.

Irmgard Himstedt 
Flutist, vocal artist, performance artist, dancer, visual artist
Scenic musical productions, musical direction, and participation in Cologne’s independent theater scene, international performance art festivals and concerts (Germany, Switzerland, Croatia, ESP, GB, NL), most recently with the flute ensemble of the Cologne Society for New Music (kgnm) and the Ensemble for Intuitive Music. Since 2016, improvised performances combining music, movement, voice, language, and objects, as a soloist, with the PAE Aktionslabor e.V., the Cologne Stimmfeld Association, and the performance collective PML. 

Volkmar Müller 
Studied architecture in Wuppertal,
studied and taught architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Learned to play the piano, guitar, and synthesizer. Band projects blending rock and jazz in Bonn, Cologne, and Munich. Composed music for theater and dance in Munich and Cologne, as well as radio plays and sound readings, and produced CDs. Organized and curated music and art festivals in Istria, Croatia.
Member of Echtzeithalle e.V. (Munich University of Music and Performing Arts); member of the Intuitive Orchestra—Markus Stockhausen.
Works as a musician and architect in Cologne. 

Junil Kim, violin 
"I’ve been teaching myself to play the violin for 17 years. It gives me the opportunity to grapple with my limitations and my way of life. Through it, I become more flexible in my way of thinking—by both limiting and expanding the range of sounds I can produce." 

Free admission—Donations welcome

Directions: From Barbarastraße, walk straight across the courtyard at NORMA, passing NORMA and later an old brick house on your right until you reach a dead end (tram tracks), turn left; the entrance to BLOCK7 is next to the pink brick house at Natur Bewegt e.V., next to TörtchenTörtchen.