Sounding the Collection – Soundworkshop

How do you hear images? How can a space be translated, a color set to music, a surface or mood transformed into sound? What memories, atmospheres and inner images arise when looking at a work of art, and how can these be made audible? The two-day workshop invites you to explore the Berlinische Galerie's collection from an auditory perspective. Together with the artists Bea Targosz, Laura Mello, Özcan Ertek and Andrei Cucu, participants will develop experimental sound compositions that reinterpret and expand selected artworks and exhibition spaces. The workshop focuses on the connection between perception, space and sound. Participants will engage in attentive and focused listening, collect acoustic impressions within the exhibition and explore how visual experiences can be translated into auditory narratives. Based on individual works or spatial situations, concepts for short site-specific audio pieces will be developed that work with recorded noises, speech, sound fragments and atmospheres.

Workshop day 1
The first day of the workshop is dedicated to raising awareness of acoustic perception and sound research. Through listening exercises, joint reflections and experimental recordings, the participants develop initial ideas and collect material inside and outside the exhibition spaces.

Workshop day 2
The second part focuses on artistic realization: the recorded sounds are cut, edited and arranged. Simple audio editing techniques and compositional impulses are used to create poetic, atmospheric or narrative sound works that open up new approaches to the artworks.

Final presentation
To conclude the project, the resulting works will be presented on 3.7.26 from 3 p.m. as part of a joint tour of the collection. The audio pieces will remain permanently accessible to visitors and offer a further sensory level of encounter with the works.

Prerequisites
The workshop is intended as an open platform for experimental work and is aimed at people with an interest in sound, art, perception and interdisciplinary working methods. Please bring your own laptop, headphones and basic experience with audio editing in a digital audio workstation.

Workshop leaders: Laura Mello, Bea Targosz, Özcan Ertek, Andrei Cucu
Participation fee: 5 € (registration with online ticket, activation soon)
Note: The ticket is valid for both workshop days, no ticket is required for the final presentation.

A project as part of the Voluntary Social Year Culture 2025/26, idea and concept by Greta Wehking.