Description
A 12-week course in sound art, electroacoustic composition, DIY electronics, field recording, and performance — taught by two of Berlin’s most experienced sound artists.
Starting September 2026 · ACUD Kunsthaus, Berlin-Mitte
About this course
Sound Art for Beginners is a hands-on introduction to the world of sound as a creative medium. Over 12 weeks, you’ll learn to record, build, compose, and perform — guided step by step by two professional artists who have spent decades working at the intersection of sound, technology, and art.
This course immerses you directly in the creative process. You won’t just study sound art — you’ll make it. You’ll build your own microphones and electronic instruments from scratch. You’ll go out into Berlin and record the city. You’ll compose electroacoustic pieces in a DAW. You’ll experiment with your voice. You’ll learn to code sound with Pure Data. And at the end, you’ll present your work in a public performance at ACUD.
Every session concludes with a listening session or deep-listening exercise — training your ears as much as your hands.
Max 8 participants. Two instructors. One semester that changes how you hear the world.
Your Instructors
Antje Vowinckel
One of Germany’s most respected sound artists and radio art composers. Antje has been creating electroacoustic compositions, radio plays, and sound installations for over 30 years. Her work has been broadcast and performed across Europe, and she brings a rare combination of artistic depth and pedagogical clarity. At Berlin School of Sound, she teaches composition, field recording, voice work, and performance.
Georg Werner
Berlin-based artist and engineer working at the intersection of sound, electronics, and installation. Georg specializes in DIY electronics, sensor-based instruments, and site-specific sound installations. He builds things that make sound — and teaches you to do the same. His modules cover everything from soldering your first microphone to programming interactive sound environments in Pure Data.
Programme
Module 1 (14.09.26, 17:30uhr) — Antje Vowinckel Introduction to Sound Art Genres, history, and theory. What is sound art? Where did it come from? Where is it going? A foundation for everything that follows.
Module 2 (21.09.26, 17:30uhr)— Georg Werner Electroacoustic Principles in Practice, Part I Understanding sound by building it. You’ll construct your own simple DIY microphone and DIY loudspeaker from basic components.
Module 3 (28.09.26, 17:30uhr) — Georg Werner Electroacoustic Principles in Practice, Part II Going deeper. Build your own DIY contact microphone, hydrophone, and DIY preamp. Learn how these tools capture sound in ways a normal mic can’t.
Module 4 (05.10.26, 17:30uhr) — Antje Vowinckel Field Recording We meet at a lost place in Berlin and record sounds with different types of microphones. The city becomes your instrument.
Module 5 (05.10.26, 17:30uhr) — Antje Vowinckel Electroacoustic Composition, Part I Working with a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). Organizing sessions, organizing sounds, working with plugins. Your first steps in composing with recorded material.
Module 6 (12.10.26, 17:30uhr) — Georg Werner Sensors and Electronics for Performance and Installation, Part I Build a chirping circuit powered by the sun. Your introduction to electronics as a creative tool.
Module 7 (19.10.26, 17:30uhr) — Antje Vowinckel Creative Voice Lab Automatic speaking, dialect karaoke, telephone pranks, extended voice techniques, street interviews, AI voices. Your voice as raw material — pushed in every direction.
Module 8 (26.10.26, 17:30uhr) — Antje Vowinckel Electroacoustic Composition, Part II Dramaturgy, creating depth, transitions, poly-layering. Taking your compositions from sketches to finished pieces.
Module 9 (02.11.26, 17:30uhr) — Georg Werner Sensors and Electronics for Performance and Installation, Part II Build a sound player with sensor input. Your instruments start responding to the world around them.
Module 10 (09.11.26, 17:30uhr) — Antje Vowinckel Performance Lab Build your own setup with amplified objects, playbacks, voice, instruments, visuals, pedals, MIDI controllers. Learn to perform with everything you’ve built and recorded.
Module 11 (16.11.26, 17:30uhr) — Georg Werner Site-Specific Installation and Electronics, Part III Using a passive system in a specific place. Continuation of the sound player with sensor input. Your work begins to inhabit space.
Module 12 (23.11.26, 17:30uhr) — Georg Werner Introduction to Creative Sound Software (Pure Data) Your first steps in programming sound. Pure Data is free, open-source, and endlessly powerful. Build your own digital instruments and sound environments.
Final Presentation (30.11.26, 17:30uhr) — Antje Vowinckel & Georg Werner Public presentation of your final performance and composition work at ACUD Kunsthaus. Friends, family, and Berlin’s sound art community are invited. This is your moment.
Pricing
1899eur normal / 1599eur – early bird until 15.07.2026
Possible to sign 50:50 contract. Pay first part at start. Pay second Part after Module 6.
