Langer Abend: Gespräch und Konzert – Jessica Ekomane mit Antonia Majaca, KMRU und Okkyung Lee

In the organizer's words:

April 11, 25, 7 p.m.

In English language

Location: KW 4th floor

Tickets available online. / Limited number of tickets available at the Box Office.

Admission 10 EUR

Schedule

19:00 Admission*

19:00 - 19:30 Open exhibition: Antechamber

19:30 Talk: Jessica Ekomane and Antonia Majaca

20:15 Concert: Jessica Ekomane

21:00 Concert: KMRU

21:45 Concert: Okkyung Lee

In the context of Antechamber, the exhibition by Jessica Ekomane, KW and the Berliner Programm Künstlerische Forschung present a special evening with a talk and three concerts. Ekomane's sound installation on the top floor of KW will be transformed into a space of shared experience. The evening program takes up central themes of her work - by understanding sound as a social practice and focusing on listening as a communal experience.

The evening begins with a conversation between Ekomane and the critic and theorist Antonia Majaca. They will discuss the politics of rhythms, alternative temporalities and the transformative potential of sound. This will be followed by three consecutive concerts exploring the concert evening as a medium - with alternative approaches to shaping time and space through sound.

Ekomane will present compositions based on her research into time structures and rhythm, which also shaped the exhibition Antechamber .

The sound artist KMRU is dedicated to minimalist, immersive sound spaces and combines field recordings with rich synthetic textures.

In direct relation to these spatial sound approaches, composer and cellist Okkyung Lee explores the interplay of movement, physicality and sound in a playful, improvised performance. All three approaches unite body and mind and emphasize the importance of sound as inseparable from its experience.

Throughout the evening, KW Café Bravo will offer a bar with drinks and snacks.

*Due to installation work, the Antechamber exhibition will be closed during the day on April 11. The central sound piece of the exhibition will be presented once at 7pm at the beginning of the evening, before the talk with Ekomane and Majaca begins.

Biographies of the contributors

Jessica Ekomane is a Berlin-based electronic musician and sound artist whose work has been presented internationally at institutions such as the Hamburger Bahnhof, the Reina Sofía Museum and the CTM Festival. As a fellow of the Berlin Program for Artistic Research 2024-25, she explores algorithmic composition, alternative tuning systems and African mathematical knowledge systems that reconnect traditional and contemporary musical forms.

Antonia Majaca is a curator and theorist based in Venice. Her research operates at the intersections of art, technology and political epistemologies, with a particular focus on the decolonization of scientific and technological narratives in the context of the planetary ecological crisis.

Joseph Kamaru, known as KMRU, is a Nairobi-born, Berlin-based sound artist whose work combines field recordings, noise and sound art. He expands listening cultures and questions listening habits through compositions, installations and performances. He has performed at the Barbican Hall, Berlin Atonal and the CTM Festival, among others, and has released on labels such as Editions Mego, Subtext and Seil Records.

Okkyung Lee is a cellist, composer and improviser known for her radical playing techniques and cross-genre approaches. Her works move between noise, improvisation, jazz, classical and traditional Korean music and challenge common concert formats. She has released over 30 albums and collaborated with artists such as Christian Marclay, Mark Fell and Arthur Jafa. In 2025 she is a fellow of the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin program.

The evening takes place in collaboration with the Berlin Artistic Research Program.