Reconstructing Harald Bode: Ein Synthie Lovers Festival

In the organizer's words:

In order to approach the extensive work of Harald Bode from different perspectives and to celebrate the successful replica of the Barberpole Phaser, ZKM and HfM are organizing a festival dedicated to analog synthesizers and electronic sound converters. Harald Bode (1909-1987) was a German engineer and pioneer of electronic musical instruments, whose numerous inventions had a decisive influence on electronic music.

The event kicks off on Friday with a symposium in the ZKM Media Theater with lectures and presentations from a scientific and artistic perspective on Harald Bode's life and work, his inventions, compositions and collaborations with musicians.
In the evening, the event will move from the ZKM to the HfM. With reference to Harald Bode's own compositions and with the help of the reconstructed Barberpole Phaser, the newly created or rediscovered sound possibilities will be explored in concerts and performances.
On Saturday, numerous workshops offer the opportunity to work with the instruments and analog synthesizers, experiment, tinker and tinker and exchange ideas with like-minded people.
The big concert in the evening with Afrorack in the ZKM Kubus closes the festival.

The festival is aimed at artists and musicians, experts and scientists in the history of electronic arts and friends and enthusiasts of analog synthesizers, as well as interested and curious people.

To the event website