The news about our spring season has been overshadowed by an announcement by UdK Berlin about the closure of all Master’s programs at the Central Institute for Continuing Education and Transfer (ZIWT). An immediate admission freeze for the academic year 2026 initiated the dissolution of the MA Sound Studies and Sonic Arts program.
As Europe’s largest art university, with its claim to cover the entire spectrum of the arts with over 70 degree programs, the Berlin University of the Arts is not only losing an entire discipline. The city of Berlin, known and worldwide as a center for sound art and experimental electronic music, is also losing its only university-level degree program in this field!
We cannot accept this closure. Instead, we demand a forward-looking institutional model for the sonic arts at this university. We appeal to the Berlin University of the Arts to fulfill its responsibility as a player in the cultural ecosystem of this city and beyond!
Our students, and students invited from other faculties of UdK protest this decision by showcasing their works and bringing attention to the issue. You can support us by signing our petition , spreading the news and visiting our events at SoundsAbout. SoundS Matters, and we need to show that to the university!
PROGRAM
6-8. February
Participation AI
Installation by Jae Shik Kim
Vernissage:
6. February: 18:00-22:00
Opening times:
7-8. February: 12:00-18:00
13. February
dExpr Nonebient
Concert
19:00-2220-22. February
Collected memory
Installation by Jung Hsu
Opening times:
20-22. February: 14:00-18:00
27. February
Concerts by Loris Foti and Elisa Visca
18:00-22:00
28. February
Bruxism
Installation by Marina Mason
19:00-22:00
6. March
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Installation by Angelos Tassopoulos
18:00-21:00
13-14. March
Electroacoustic Performances
V4L
Ruben Kotkamp + Bernat Boronat
Guro Kverndokk + Pedro Mileu
20:00-22:00
20-22. March
Installation by Vicente Yáñez
27-29. March
Installation by Martina M. Yáñez