A War of Decibels: SCHIZO SONICS live

21 March 2021, 8 – 9 pm
Performance I (live stream)

Live performance with Nik Nowak, afrobionix, Infinite Livez, Konstantin Tschechow, Moritz Stumm

The live interpretation of the audio piece A War of Decibels of Nik Nowak’s sound installation Schizo Sonics has been adapted for the audience to digest from the comfort of their home in live stream.

Live-stream and further information at http://sounding.systems

The KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art presents the programme series SOUND(ING) SYSTEMS on the occasion of Nik Nowak's exhibition Schizo Sonics in the KINDL's Kesselhaus. The symposium and the three performances will be live-streamed in March, April and May.

SOUND(ING) SYSTEMS examines the history of the Cold War via the so-called ‘Lautsprecherkrieg’ (loudspeaker war) and the ‘Studio am Stacheldraht’ (Studio at the Barbed Wire) in Berlin. The program focuses on the surprising political entanglements of Jamaican and Korean sound systems in the global struggle between the great powers fighting for ideological influence; the controversial use of acoustic weapons in Cuba as well as the politicization of subcultural movements. A critical analysis of the ideological demands made on sound systems separate to the Cold War, examining the global transformations of sound system cultures.

Generously funded by the Musicboard Berlin GmbH

Supported by Neustart Kultur and Stiftung Kunstfonds