Hamburg Student Research Center

The PLAY – Creative Gaming Festival takes place in Hamburg from November 18–21 and brings together media art, discussion, and education with the culture of digital games. This year, ligeti zentrum is also taking part with a workshop and the exhibition The Ear Wants to Hear.The Ear Wants To HearThe Ear Wants to Hear is an interactive exhibition from the Klangskulpturen (Artistic Research Lab) project, which explores the phenomenon of sound through artistic research. It sharpens your perception in a playful way—whatever your age.The “Plapalapap” installation introduces you to abstract sound: large ear sculptures record your voice and transform it as you play with the sensors on the floor—fragmenting it, distorting it, and reassembling it in new ways. You’ll experience firsthand just how much impact your own movements can have.The “Sound Bananas” installation combines balance with sound perception. As you set the rocking bananas in motion, you play scales—and exploring your own motor skills together with others creates a collective concert.The “Balance Board” installation helps you find your own center. Sounds accompany you as you maintain an upright posture while standing. In this way, your body’s balance itself becomes an instrument.Register and find more information on the PLAY Festival website.

Sonic Pi brings music and programming together, opening up new perspectives for teaching. Computer science teachers get to know a programming environment in which fundamental concepts do not remain abstract but can be experienced immediately through sound. Music teachers, in turn, gain an unconventional approach to composing and creating music that is interesting for both beginners and experienced musicians.In this workshop as part of MINT.Woche, we will work through Sonic Pi’s most important functions step by step and write code that generates melodies, sounds and rhythms. Programming becomes tangible as a musical tool, and fundamental computer science concepts can be experienced concretely instead of merely being discussed theoretically.No prior knowledge is required. The training teaches the basics and is deliberately intended as a starting point for developing individual teaching ideas and possible applications across different types of schools and subjects.Registration via Pretix is requested.