- Guest lecture
Viola Yip human body and machine body
Viola Yip, born and raised in Hong Kong, now based in Berlin, is an experimental composer, performer, improviser, sound artist and instrument builder.
16.03.2026, 9.30am–12.30pm – HKB, Papiermühlestrasse 13d, Multifunktionsraum, 3014 Bern
Viola Yips instruments and sound performances have been presented in music festivals and venues such as Issue Project Room New York, The New School NYC, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Cycling ‘74 Expo Hong Kong Arts Center, University of Huddersfield, QO-2 Brussels, Moers Festival, Center for Art and Media ZKM Karlsruhe, Academy of Media Arts Cologne, A L’arme! Festival, DARA String Festival, Heroines of Sound, Akademie der Künste Berlin, Blurred Edges Festival Hamburg, Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, NEXT festival Bratislava and Serralves Contemporary Art Museum in Porto.
Other than her solo career, she also works closely with guitarist, composer, sound artist and researcher of cybernetic aesthetics Nicola L. Hein as part of the duo Transsonic, investigating immersive performative cybernetic systems with sound, light, space and movement.
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16.03.2026, 9.30am–12.30pm
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