Interaction, improvisation and transdisciplinarity:
Interview by Makery.Info with Simon Berz at Home Made 2025
Foto: Andi Hofmann
Upcoming Shows:
Mittwoch 17. September 19:30 BERLIN SOLO IMPRO Birgit Ulher – trumpet, sound installation
Guilherme Rodriguez – cello
Simon Berz – drums, electronics
Leila Martial – vocals
Aki Takase – piano
Sonntag 28. September 2025 Kunstmuseum Winterthur 14:00 – 15:00 Virginia Overton | Schlamm – Konzert
Das Noise- und Experimentalmusik-Quartett Schlamm erweitert sein Instrumentarium aus Violine, Gitarre, Bassklarinette und elektronischen Erosionsgeneratoren um das Klangkunstwerk Ducati x Lavinia (2024) von Virginia Overton. In einer Live-Performance legt das Ensemble einen Klangteppich aus Kunst und Sound in den Ausstellungsraum.
Freitag 31.10. 26 MushRoom Science+Fiction Festival Basel 19 Uhr TECTONIC Solo Set
Sonntag 30.11. 2025 MOODS Zürich 18 Uhr Konzert 19 Uhr
Simon Berz TECTONIC Solo / SCHEIDER TM Berlin Solo
& Supriese act… Solo Show TECTONIC Basalt stones drums analog electronics
TECTONIC Pre Release Show Video by Andi Hofmann
Dezember 2025 VERSCHOBEN! auf 2026 MEIN BLAU Aktionsraum Berlin Prenzlauer Berg
Simon Berz Solo Exhipition
IMPROSITIONS
24.12.2025 ab 22 Uhr WUNDERBAR Rondell, Landsgemeindeplatz Zug Wie jedes Jahr zeigen wir uns solidarische mit den leidenden diese Welt. Kommt zusammen geniesst die heissen Getränke, die Feuer, die Menschen und ein kleines feines Konzert. Rondell, Landsgemeindeplatz Zug
1 Mai- 10 Mai 2026 Gewürzmühle ZUG
AUSstellen Simon Berz Einzelaustellung
17. Mai – 5 Juli 2026 Gluri Suter Huus GSL Wettingen
Einzelaustellung Simon Berz
Simon Berz improvised with found slate stones during morning rituals in the Swiss Alps during the pandemic. The recording NATURE documents the search for the infinite variety of sounds of these million-year-old stones.
The Sound of the Stones
In 2009, I found thin, ringing slate slabs in Haute-Provence in the south of France. This discovery led me to a new path in my work with found objects. The raw sound of the stones, combined with water droplets or electronics, has accompanied me ever since. The sound installation TROPF was awarded the 2011 work year of the Canton of Zug. Last year, I was able to present the new variant of the installation at Kunstraum Aarau 2023. The collected recording TROPF was released by DUMPF Edition Zurich. With the instrument TECTONIC (basalt stones from Iceland and electronics, 2015), I toured and performed concerts between Cuba and Japan.
Other new releases:
Our music is driven by the ongoing global disaster, expressing the last moments of human failure – a call to action for solidarity, for social and ecological responsibility
