As a sound designer I work on audio performances, audio walks and theatre pieces with a focus on interaction and public space.
Kein Schiff wird kommen
by Katrin Bretschneider
Where ships from all over the world once came and went in Bremen is now home to Überseestadt, one of the largest urban development projects in Europe. The radical change is made tangible with sound collages and original sounds. The participatory audio performance opens up new perspectives and personal spaces for reflection. Which myths and stories do we want to continue to tell and which do we want to re-evaluate? How do we deal with radical change? How does the history of a place influence its future?
The further development of the performance into an audio walk can be heard here permanently.
Concept, text & voice: Katrin Bretschneider
Sound design: Ilona Marti
Dramaturgy & film editing: Christina Vogelsang
Ritual design: Verena Ries
Set design: Doris Weinberger
Choreographic advice: Magali Sander Fett
Pilots: Jorun Jensen, Elisabeth Sowa, Tabea Pullmann
Production management: Daniela Guse, Jorun Jensen
Assistance: Elisabeth Sowa
Research: Lilja Girgensohn
Communication: Frank Schümann
Supported by: Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media in the programme # TAKE HEART Senator für Kultur BremenArbeitnehmerkammer Bremen
Here and Now
Women⁺ Experiencing Homelessness in BerlinOpen space in the exhibition BERLIN GLOBAL in the Humbold Forum (Stadtmuseum Berlin) by querstadtein e.V.
Five (formerly) homeless women⁺ describe their perspectives and experiences of homelessness in Berlin. The six audio stations show the courage and perseverance of the women⁺ to stand up again and again for a self-determined life.
Interview partners: Anna, Janet, Janita-Marja, Richi, Susanne
Audio station concept: Selina Byfield
Realisation of listening stations: Selina Byfield, Ilona Marti, Daniel Schauf
Sound design: Ilona Marti
Photographs: Muhammed Lamin Jadama
Media design and production: Studio it's about
Shaking Hands with Ghosts
by Katrin Bretschneider
AG Weser in Bremen Gröpelingen was one of the largest shipyards in Europe. Today, the site is home to the Waterfront – a shopping mall. In 2021, Katrin Bretschneider, whose parents met while working at the shipyard, staged a participatory audio performance on the former shipyard site about the identity-forming and solidarity-based labour struggles of the past and poses questions about utopias of future work.
The further development of the performance into an audio walk can be heard here permanently.
Artistic direction, text, voice: Katrin Bretschneider
Sound design: Ilona Marti
Ritual design and dramaturgy: Verena Ries
Shadow projection: Constantin Jaxy
Pilots: Sophia Zimmermann, Lennard Wilking, Lixin Zhang
Technical direction: Frank Barufke
Video technology: Florian Wilke
Project development: Oliver Behneke, Katrin Bretschneider
Production management: Daniela Guse, Elisabeth Sowa
Research: Katrin Bretschneider, Elisabeth Sowa
Assistance: Jorun Jensen
Communication: Ulla Tiedemann
A production by Katrin Bretschneider in co-production with Schwankhalle Bremen. Supported by the Senator for Culture Bremen and the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media in the programme #TakeAction. With the kind support of the Bremen Chamber of Labour, Waterfront Bremen and Kultur Vor Ort e.V., sponsorship: Pikto Panoptikum e.V., patronage: Senator for Economics, Labour and Europe Kristina Vogt.
Remote X
by Rimini Protokoll
In Remote X, a group of 50 people set off into the city wearing headphones. They are guided by a synthetic voice - as we know them from GPS navigators. The encounter with this artificial intelligence leads the group to perform an experiment on themselves. How are joint decisions made? Who do we follow when we are guided by algorhythms?
As a sound designer, I was involved in 33 adaptations worldwide. In each city, an individual soundtrack (sound concept: Nikolas Neecke) was created from text, field recordings and music.
Concept, Script and Direction: Stefan Kaegi
Script and Direction on Location: Jörg Karrenbauer, Anton Rose
Sound Design Concept: Nikolas Neecke
Sound Design on Location: Peter Breitenbach, Jascha Dormann, Aaron Ghantus, Karolin Killig, Tobias Koch, Ilona Marti, Nikolas Neecke, Ekaterina Reshetnikova, Florian Wulff
Dramaturgy: Aljoscha Begrich, Juliane Männel
Production Management Rimini Protokoll / Touring: Monica Ferrari
"Remote X" is a production of Rimini Apparat.
In coproduction with HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, Maria Matos Teatro Municipal and Goethe-Institute Portugal, Festival Theaterformen Hannover/Braunschweig, Festival d'Avignon, Zürcher Theater Spektakel, Kaserne Basel.
Supported by the Capital Cultural Fund Berlin and by Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia and Fachausschuss Tanz und Theater Kanton Basel-Stadt. A House on Fire coproduction with the support of the Cultural Program of the European Union.