(Re-)Searching for Resonances
Contemporary Music at the Collegium

October 27, 2023

In collaboration with

In the concert event “(Re-)Searching for Resonance,” PhD students of the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) present musical works that were created as part of their research projects. Through multimedia performance, artificial intelligence improvisation, sound installations, and traditional instrumental music, the various spaces of the former observatory are musically explored. The different aesthetic imprints and technical approaches create a broad spectrum of contemporary musical creation.

Program

18:30

Opening and welcome remarks

18:35

Torii

Jakob Stillmark (artist)
Hèctor Rodriguez (performer, flute)

Meridian Hall

18:50–20:00

Music is played in different rooms. Guests are divided into two groups and guided through the program.

	Finding Out How to Love the Stranger Who Bites the Flowers off Their Stems Julia Wiger-Nordas (artist) Fanny Chellé (performer, bass clarinet) Wojtek Chałupka (performer, baritone saxophone) Rudolf Wolf Room
	Insistence Machine Melody Chua & Maryam Mehraban (artists) Maryam Mehraban (performer, keyboard AIYA, improvisation machine) Library
	Teli Po-Yu Wang (artist) Bengt Mikael Johannes Olausson (violoncello) Gallery
	Sonic Figures Hugo Vasco Reis (artist) Sound installation Laboratory
20:00	Artefact 3 Faidra Chafta-Douka (artist) Olivia Palmer Baker (performer, contraforte) Meridian Hall
20:30	Open discussion and closing remarks