Interpret*innenkammer—Polyphonic Workshop. Sound, Performance & Concept

The University of the Arts Bremen (HfK) is one of only a few art schools in Germany to unite the music, visual arts, and design divisions under a single roof. In 2018, HfK Bremen established a position that is unique in the country: a professorship that sits at the intersection of these disciplines. As part of the new structure, the visual artist, performer, and musician Raphael Sbrzesny initiated a cross-curricular laboratory space, the “Interpret*innenkammer,” which combines the qualities of a rehearsal stage, sound studio, and atelier. In around fifty projects over the course of five years, it has nurtured a form of creative teaching that has blended theory and practice, affirmation and critique, preservation of tradition and contemporary relevance in novel ways. The polyphonic workshop’s practice has emphasized cooperative and collaborative approaches, expanded concert formats, site-specific interventions with a focus on public settings, and major transdisciplinary performance projects between design, fine art, digital media, and music.

The publication Interpret*innenkammer—Polyphonic Workshop. Sound, Performance & Concept was conceived as an open archive in 50 booklets documenting various interdisciplinary teaching projects implemented by the professorship for creation and interpretation at HfK Bremen and its concentrations in sound, performance, and conceptual work. With contributions by Fabian Goppelsröder, Christina Scheib, Judith-Frederike Popp, Wolfgang Ullrich, Bastian Zimmermann, and Raphael Sbrzesny.

• Editor: Raphael Sbrzesny / Hochschule für Künste Bremen
• Language: German/English
• Format: 21.5 × 30 cm
• Features: 976 pages, 1252 color images, hardcover
• ISBN: 978-3-95476-611-6
• Release: February 2024
• Price: EUR 48.00