“Squares Will Fall” began in 2012 as an electronic composition lasting exactly 30 minutes, which continued to evolve, eventually forming the foundation for an improvisation by Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and Jan St. Werner during Mouse on Mars’s Dimensional People sessions at Vernon’s Wisconsin studio. In 2021, “Squares Will Fall” took the form of a multidirectional loudspeaker choreography for the The 6th Ural […]
We often think of space as static, defined by architecture, form, or function—but what if space were understood instead through waves, pulses, and resonances? Vibraception: Investigations in Wavespace brings together a range of experimental and theoretical approaches to understanding space precisely as shaped by such vibratory forces. Conceived as a companion to a series of site-responsive […]
Mats Gustafsson meets Jan St. Werner in 2019 when they both perform with Peter Brötzmann and a group of prolific improvisers for three days at Flutgraben in Berlin. Mats and Jan notice their mutual passion for performing not just inside spaces, but also with them, activating environments and shaping sound through diversion. Mats introduces Johan […]
Two-year Master’s degree programme which approaches sound as an autonomous artistic medium that extends beyond music. The program is directed by Jan St. Werner and is grounded in both theory and experimentation. Students engage with contemporary art, sound studies, and popular cultures through dedicated theory courses, while developing their own practice in production and rehearsal […]
The Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb presents a solo exhibition by Jan St. Werner, a researcher, sound artist, and composer of electronic music, titled Vibraception – Investigations in Wavespace. The exhibition transforms the museum space into a sound environment, using sound as a tool to activate both space and architecture. Precisely directed sound waves shape […]
Conversely Yours is a traveling sound piece performed by a wooden loudspeaker with two oddly adjusted membranes. The object can be placed temporarily in any space, in any orientation. The sounds unfold in an infinitely randomized sequence and, in coexistence with their environment, create one continuous piece. Conversely Yours can be placed in a private […]
Axiomatic Rhythmicry is predicated on generative spatial relationality. Unlike classical rhythm, which conforms to preconfigured temporal grids, this system treats rhythm as a construct within variable dimensions. Operating through nodes and interstices, Axiomatic Rhythmicry generates spatial multiplicities, rejecting binary symmetry. Its emergent behavior reflects organic and cognitive processes, proposing a multidimensional framework in which sonorous […]
Jan St. Werner acid-metric Three sound-producing objects in three locations. https://ebensperger.net/werner-acid-metric But rather it is all one location; the sound is present throughout the entirety of the space of the exhibition. These three works each have their own distinct character as regards sound: the dense-spectra drones of Reflector (a detail that sticks with me: a […]
vibraception: excitatory yards and vibraceptional plate Excitatory Yards Participatory Public Space Installation For Two Rotatable Speaker Panels And Electronic Sound With his two experimental sound stations, Excitatory Yards, Jan St. Werner allows the architecture of MSU to be perceived in a conscious and unconventional way, as the installation functions as an acoustic amplification of the […]
For his installation Volumes Inverted, Jan St. Werner uses two custom-made loudspeaker instruments that generate clear sound reflections of the surroundings. One of the loudspeaker instruments rotates slowly around its own axis in the center of a ruin on La Certosa, an island located in close proximity to the Biennale’s Giradini, producing ever new sound […]
The New Alphabet, Volume 21 A publication series by HKW Berlin Editors: Detlef Diederichsen, Arno Raffeiner, Jan St. Werner Publisher: Spector Books 90 pages, German and English edition Color illustrations, paperback with folded dust cover ISBN DE: 978-3-95905-657-1 ISBN EN: 978-3-95905-658-8 Price: 10 € People perceive audio events in very different ways. There is still […]
Under the title Thresholds, the German Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale 2024 narrates history and the future from various artistic positions. Thresholds stands for the present as a place where no one can stay and that only exists because one thing has occurred and another still awaits. For people with biographies characterized by migration, […]
Louis Chude-Sokei, Hani Mojtahedy, Yara Mekawei, Mendi & Keith Obadike, Gascia Ouzounian, DAF (Dynamische Akustische Forschung), Michael Akstaller, Jan St. Werner What do spaces that have shaped history sound like? Do we dare reimagine such histories and spaces through listening, especially those that are rooted in state violence and terror? What happens when we listen to […]
Jan St. Werner Excitation Resonance Ebensperger Berlin 15.09.–11.11.2023 Fichtebunker, Fichtestraße 6, 10967 Berlin For Ebensperger’s first exhibition at its new gallery spaces, electronic music artist and composer Jan St. Werner sonically activates Fichtebunker with custom built loudspeaker instruments beaming electronic sounds through a sequence of resonating chambers.
Participatory Installation For Rotatable Speaker Panels And Electronic Sound. With his two experimental sound stations, Excitatory Yards, Jan St. Werner allows architecture to be perceived in a conscious and different way, as the installation functions as an acoustic amplification of the building and the outdoor space in dialogue with the visitors. A single loudspeaker is […]
The Institute of Speculative and Critical Inquiry and the Serralves Museum present: A Terra Compartilhada Summer School Collaborative Experimentation in Sound Faculty: David Grubbs and Jan St. Werner David Grubbs and Jan St. Werner lead participants in multidisciplinary explorations of sound, body, and space, combining traditional and theoretical knowledge with hands-on experimentation in using sound […]
