CTM Festival

CTM Festival
Genre Electronic music, Experimental music, Audiovisual art
Dates January/February
Location(s) Berlin, Germany
Years active 1999–present
Website www.ctm-festival.de

The annual CTM Festival is a music and visual arts event held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1999, the festival originally focused on electronic music, but has since evolved to cover a wide range of genres under the banner "Festival for Adventurous Music and Related Visual Arts".[1]

Changing through various shapes and formats over the years, the festival currently takes place as a week-long event in which the music program is supplemented by an extensive daytime program of workshops, art installations, panel discussions, screenings and presentations that illustrate the latest artistic, technological and economic developments in music and media cultures.

Distinguishing the festival from many others in its field is the fact that CTM spotlights music’s social role in electronic and digital culture. Through the festival, as well as various events curated by CTM throughout the year, the organization reflects the latest musical currents against a backdrop of new technologies, modern art, historical perspective, and social issues.

Festivals

TitleThemeDate
CTM 2019Persistence25 January – 3 February 2019
CTM 2018Turmoil26 January – 4 February 2018
CTM 2017FearAngerLove27 January – 5 February 2017
CTM 2016New Geographies29 January – 7 February 2016
CTM 2015Un Tune23 January – 1 February 2015
CTM 2014Dis Continuity24 January – 2 February 2014
CTM.13The Golden Age28 January – 3 February 2013
CTM.12Spectral30 January – 5 February 2012
CTM.11#Live!?1 February – 6 February 2011
CTM.10Overlap28 January – 7 February 2010
CTM.09Structures22 January – 31 January 2009
CTM.08Unpredictable25 January – 2 February 2008
CTM.07Building Space25 January – 3 February 2007
CTM.06Being Bold!3 February – 11 February 2006
CTM.05Basics4 January – 12 February 2005
CTM.04Fly Utopia!30 January – 7 February 2004
CTM.03Play Global31 January – 8 February 2003
CTM.02Go Public!5 February – 17 February 2002
CTM.00Get Personal11 February – 20 February 2000
CTM.99The Mirror Ball Of The Electronic Age12 February – 21 February 1999

Publications

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GENDERTRONICS – DER KÖRPER IN DER ELEKTRONISCHEN MUSIK

Edited by CTM and Meike Jansen

When, in the early 50s, electronic music appeared on the scene with the promise of abandoning all physical limits of music-making this was – like much besides – a Promethian male fantasy. Indeed, this music subsequently led to everything but disembodiment. From the psychedelic trances of the 60s and Kraftwerk robotics of the 70s, through to Techno ecstasies, gender-political interventions in the 90s and laptop performance – the questions as to how, from whom, to what ends and in which contexts electronics and the human body might be cable-linked have continually had to be addressed anew.

“Gendertronics” is an in-depth study of questions raised by last year’s festival theme, "Performing Sound", edited by CTM and Meike Jansen and published by Edition Suhrkamp Verlag. With contributions from Olaf Arndt, Claudia Basrawi, Jochen Bonz & Thomas Meinecke, Mariola Brillowska, Kurt Dahlke, Diedrich Diederichsen, Harald Fricke, Tom Holert, Miss Kittin, Pinky Rose, Birgit Richard, Terre Thaemlitz, Marc Weiser and 17 black and white drawings by Jan Rohlf. – In German language only.

See also

References

  1. ↑ DISK/CTM Festival Official Website
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