Sound Stories Silent Site

In the organizer's words:

:: GERMAN BELOW ::

Sound Workshop 15.01.2025 16:00-19:00
WitH Anton Kats
Language The workshop takes place in English with German
FREE ENTRY Donations welcome
ACCESS Our space is accessible by wheelchair

PARTICIPATION The workshop is open to all, but has limited capacity with half of the spots reserved for our neighbors living in Wedding. If you are interested in joining us, kindly send an email with subject line "Sound Workshop" to weddingaffairs@savvy-contemporary.com with your name and in which neighborhood you live.

Have you ever wanted to play with synthesizers, drum machines, samplers, and your voice? To join storytelling and music in a collective with others? If so, we invite you to Sound Stories Silent Site, a playful and experimental workshop where music, imagination, and improvisation come together. Whether you are a neighbor, a curious beginner, or a sound lover, this is your chance to co-create in a musical ensemble, to re-imagine the possibilities of sound, and explore how your stories can come alive through collaborative creativity. No experience is needed, and everyone of all ages is welcome. Families, too!

We hope to see you at SAVVY to make sound and stories together:

Sound Stories Silent Site is a performative laboratory for improvised music and storytelling. The laboratory invites the audience to shape an improvised music ensemble and set aside conventional understandings of sound, composition, performance, and narrative. The project wonders: How does the collective ethics of a place sound, especially when inspired by difference and contradiction?

The lab seeks to disrupt colonial hierarchies and formalized identities through the sonic. Through a series of collaborative modules, the improvised ensemble engages with sound engines, synthesizers, and storytelling, weaving narratives of otherworld-making. Entering this sonic playground requires no prior experience in sound or music, and there is no age limit.

Initiated by artist and musician Anton Kats at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in 2017, the project has since produced vinyl releases, performances and interventions across borders and disciplines. The outcomes of the lab will be broadcast on SAVVYZAAR, online and on Berlin's 88.4 FM and Potsdam's 90.7 FM.

Anton Kats was born in Kherson, Ukraine, and works as an artist, musician and educator. Anton's practice draws from the everyday, inspired by the complex narratives of Satelite Island, a neighborhood in the south-Ukrainian port city of Kherson. Kats develops responsive and site-specific projects exploring the interdependencies of learning, migration, and the non-normative. His works have been presented at Haus of World Cultures, steirischer herbst, SAVVY Contemporary, Serpentine Galleries and Tate Modern. Kats took part in documenta14 and performed at Roskilde Festival, Fusion Festival, and Sonic Acts. Anton Kats is a fellow of the Berlin Artistic Research Program (2024-25).

:: DEUTSCH ::

Sound-Workshop 15.01.2025 16:00-19:00
With Anton Kats
Language The event will be held in English with German
Free admission Donations welcome
VISIT SAVVY is accessible by wheelchair

Participation The workshop is open to all interested parties, but the number of participants for this workshop is limited and half of the places are reserved for our neighbors from Wedding. If you would like to take part, please register at weddingaffairs@savvy-contemporary.com with the subject "Sound workshop" and tell us your name and which district you live in.

Have you always wanted to experiment with synthesizers, drum machines, samplers and your voice? Combine stories and music with others? Then come to Sound Stories Silent Site - a playful and experimental workshop at SAVVY Contemporary in Wedding, where music, imagination and improvisation come together. Whether you're a neighbor, a curious beginner, or a sound lover, this is your chance to co-create in a musical ensemble, re-imagine the possibilities of sound, and explore how your stories can come to life through collaborative creativity. No previous experience is required and all ages are welcome. Families too!

We hope to create sounds and stories together with you at SAVVY.

Sound Stories Silent Site is a performative laboratory for improvised music and storytelling. The lab invites you to form an improvising musical ensemble and set aside conventional notions of sound, composition, performance and storytelling. The project asks the question: How does the collective ethics of a place sound, especially when inspired by differences and contradictions?

The lab seeks to break down colonial hierarchies and formalized identities through sound. In a series of collaborative modules, the improvised ensemble engages with sound machines, synthesizers and storytelling, weaving together narratives about the making of another world. No prior knowledge of sound or music is required to enter this sonic playground, and there is no age limit.

The project was initiated in 2017 by artist and musician Anton Kats at Haus der Kulturen der Welt and has since spawned vinyl releases, performances and interventions across borders and disciplines. The results of the lab are broadcast on SAVVYZAAR, online and via 88.4 FM in Berlin and 90.7 FM in Potsdam.

ANTON KATS was born in Kherson, Ukraine, and works as an artist, musician and educator. Anton Kats' practice draws from the everyday, inspired by the complex narratives of Satelite Island, a neighborhood in the southern Ukrainian port city of Kherson. Kats develops responsive and site-specific projects in which he explores the interrelationships between learning, migration and the non-normative. His work has been shown at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, steirischer herbst, SAVVY Contemporary, Serpentine Galleries and Tate Modern. Kats has taken part in documenta14 and performed at the Roskilde Festival, the Fusion Festival and Sonic Acts. Anton Kats is a fellow of the Berlin Artistic Research Program (2024-25).