SONAR – Sound. Performance. Interaction in rural areas: We explore the surroundings of Saxon Switzerland and the Eastern Ore Mountains in joint audio workshop formats. In July and August, the SONAR program takes us to the Musiksommer Bärenstein, to the Heymannbaude Kleinhennersdorf near Bad Schandau, to the Torhaus Wehlen and at night to the Toskana Therme Bad Schandau.
28.7.-1.8.25 Kunsthaus Bärenstein: Agnes Ponizil & Hartmut Dorschner
What is an instrument?
A sonic journey of discovery that leads deep into the cultural and geological layers of the Ore Mountains.
Final concert: On August 1 at 7 p.m. at the Kunsthaus Bärenstein
13.8.25 Torhaus Wehlen: Aliaksandra Yakubouskya & Andrejs Poikans
Sound Cartography (workshop in english)
How can we capture the sonic
essence of a place on a map? How have approaches to sound cartography evolved over time? What defines this practice, and who were its pioneers? In this exploration of digital sound cartography, we will delve into the history and development of sound mapping, exploring the work of researchers who laid its foundations. In collaboration with OUTSIDEININSIDEOUTINSIDEOUTOUTSIDEIN.
17.8.- 23.8.25 Heymannbaude Kleinhennersdorf: Phonon.cz/OTTOsonics/TAMlab Linz
Liquid Summer Lab – 3D audio experiment
One-week workshop on the development of contemporary audio plays and sound works in the field of 3D spatial sound. Participants can realize their own audio productions and ideas
and present them to a wide audience at the final concert.
Final concert: 23.8.25 from 7 p.m., Heymannbaude Kleinhennersdorf
August 20, 2025 Torhaus Wehlen: Workshop Antje Meichsner (Dresden)
One-day hike through Saxon Switzerland with discussion.
Antje Meichsner is a Dresden-based multidisciplinary artist in the fields of sound, film, composition, radio, graphics, poetry. In terms of content, she deals with the body in society and which political discourses permeate the individual. And how the individual crosses the landscape. Antje Meichsner has a special focus on the people who live in Saxon Switzerland. Since 2020, she has been conducting artistic research on this region. Antje will take over part of the lab and expand our knowledge of the environment, the landscape and listening through an exploratory practice of walking and sleeping outdoors.
This is a workshop in German/English and part of the research and artist residency project “Sonic Confessions” and has been organized by the international Outsideininsideoutinsideoutoutsidein Kollectiv since 2019. This year it will take place from August 11 to September 8 in the Torhaus Wehlen.
To apply for this free workshop, please send an email to: outininoutinoutoutin@gmail.com
Sonic Confessions is supported by Netzwerk Medien Kunst, the German-Czech Future Fund, C.Rockefeller Center and the SONAR project of the Association for the Promotion of Art and Culture in Rural Areas Saxony e.V.
21./22./28.8.25 Toskana Therme Bad Schandau: Katarina Kadijevic, Aliaksandra
Yakubouskaya, Stachy.DJ
The Bodies of Water / Liquid Sound
This workshop invites you to explore underwater sounds at night
and outside opening hours on the Liquid Sound System at the Toskana Therme with the help of hydrophones and guided listening exercises.
Registration for free participation in the workshops is possible by email:
For workshops lasting several days, an overnight stay is possible on request. Microphones, recording devices, headphones, etc. are available to a limited extent for the workshops, but you are welcome to bring your own devices (a smartphone is already suitable for most applications).