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Genre | Electronic music, Experimental music, Audiovisual art |
Dates | January/February |
Location(s) | Berlin, Germany |
Years active | 1999–present |
Website | www |
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 Art".[1]
Changing through various shapes and formats over the years, the festival currently takes place as a 10-day 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.
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Festivals
[edit]CTM Berlin
[edit]Title | Theme | Edition | Date |
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CTM 2021 | Transformation | 22nd Edition | 19 January – 31 January 2021 |
CTM 2020 | Liminal | 21st Edition | 24 January – 2 February 2020 |
CTM 2019 | Persistence | 20th Anniversary Edition | 25 January – 3 February 2019 |
CTM 2018 | Turmoil | 19th Edition | 26 January – 4 February 2018 |
CTM 2017 | FearAngerLove | 18th Edition | 27 January – 5 February 2017 |
CTM 2016 | New Geographies | 17th Edition | 29 January – 7 February 2016 |
CTM 2015 | Un Tune | 16th Edition | 23 January – 1 February 2015 |
CTM 2014 | Dis Continuity | 15th Anniversary Edition | 24 January – 2 February 2014 |
CTM.13 | The Golden Age | 14th Edition | 28 January – 3 February 2013 |
CTM.12 | Spectral | 13th Edition | 30 January – 5 February 2012 |
CTM.11 | #Live!? | 12th Edition | 1 February – 6 February 2011 |
CTM.10 | Overlap | 11th Edition | 28 January – 7 February 2010 |
CTM.09 | Structures | 10th Edition | 22 January – 31 January 2009 |
CTM.08 | Unpredictable | 9th Edition | 25 January – 2 February 2008 |
CTM.07 | Building Space | 8th Edition | 25 January – 3 February 2007 |
CTM.06 | Being Bold! | 7th Edition | 3 February – 11 February 2006 |
CTM.05 | Basics | 6th Edition | 4 January – 12 February 2005 |
CTM.04 | Fly Utopia! | 5th Edition | 30 January – 7 February 2004 |
CTM.03 | Play Global | 4th Edition | 31 January – 8 February 2003 |
CTM.02 | Go Public! | 3rd Edition | 5 February – 17 February 2002 |
CTM.00 | Get Personal | 2nd Edition | 11 February – 20 February 2000 |
CTM.99 | The Mirror Ball Of The Electronic Age | 1st Edition | 12 February – 21 February 1999 |
CTM Siberia
[edit]Title | Location | Dates |
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CTM Siberia | Krasnoyarsk | 11–12 September 2015 |
Novosibirsk | 14–20 September 2015 |
Books
[edit]GENDERTRONICS – DER KÖRPER IN DER ELEKTRONISCHEN MUSIK[3]
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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ DISK/CTM Festival Official Website
- ^ "CTM Festival Editions Archive".
- ^ Gendertronics web page