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Exhibition “SUPERPOSITION”

22. January 2020

I was invited to curate an exhibition in the project room "DISKURS" and am looking forward to the opening of the now built exhibition: SUPERPOSITION on 22.01.2020 at 7 pm. SUPERPOSITION shows radical positions about the perception from the field of Science Art / Art and Science of the artists: Olaf Schirm (artist and curator of the show) Lucas Buschfeld Edith Kollath Sebastian Wolf SUPERPOSITION runs until 29.02.2020. The opening hours can be found on the website of Diskurs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/joW9yBIx5uE Here is my text about the exhibition: The philosopher William von Occam recommended in the Middle Ages to free philosophy from all superfluous things with a razor knife, in essence...

Manifesto.XXI reports about Symboter

4. March 2019

The magazin Manifesto.XXI reports about Symboter in March 2019. Symboter in construction zone with violin, 1976 Triggered by the release of my early music works of the 80s by french label Alter-K, the magazine Manifesto.XXI reported in a long story (french language) about my music work with many photos included. It is worth having a look at: "Anthologie d’un pionnier de la musique électronique". The report can be viewed here ...

Radio plays and reports about Symboter

19. February 2019

On February 19th, 2019 my music work "Music for 5 pianos" was played first time in radio at radiopanic in the feature "Indiedrome". I was proudly introduced as "pioneer of electronic music", here to the Show. Also, a week beforehand, on february 12th 2019, my songs "Running" and "Voyager24" have been aired first time, here the link to the Show ...

Interview in GONZAI magazine with Symboter

16. February 2019

GONZAI online magazine did an interview with me about my music and work with machines and robots. Now it has been published online in their magazine with many photos and links (french language, some links don't work anymore). The interview spins around my thoughts and works with machinery in sound and physical art. I like the somehow funny and dystopic style of the interview text. Here is the link to the online interview. Here is an excerpt of the introduction: Après une pause de presque trois décennies, Olaf Schirm – son vrai nom – continue avec le même état d’esprit :...

Publication of my most important music pieces

26. September 2018

The French label "Alter-K" prepares the release of the most important songs from the (especially) early years of my artistic work as a musician for electronic compositions. This is where the information accumulates on their site. The release is now scheduled for February 2019. Remarks in 2024: the link does not lead anywhere, nor can I find any entry about me. This reflects the work Alter-K has done to promote my songs. Contract ends soon and I am looking for a new label then....

Exhibition at the Alte Münze, Berlin

19. March 2018

An exhibition at the Alte Münze, Berlin shows two of my works: the sound object: ReSon A the laser kinetics object: Quantom Opening is on Saturday 24.03.2018 at 5 pm, here are the further dates: ResonA sound kinetic object by Olaf Schirm Quantom laser kinetic object by Olaf Schirm Here is the exhibition project website ECSTASIES TERESA Performance video ...

New song "Cluster"

25. February 2018

Months of sound tinkering and subtleties. Now he's out: Cluster. A song that brushes sound and counter-sound with and against the line. I was inspired by a sound of the Omnisphere2, so I decided to use this software synthesizer in particular.Melody voice is a Waldorf Blofeld, that's almost clear, the Blofeld hoarded next to my Prophet 12 to the instruments with which I can best express what I want to represent. Cluster by Symboter ...

Interview video by kunstleben berlin

24. February 2018

Many thanks to Kunstleben Berlin for this in-depth interview about my works: Olaf Schirm (Symboter) - Die Auslotung der Frequenz ...

New song "Heart-Drive"

13. August 2016

A song of impressions that come from the heart (heart) connects with the driving beat (drive) of the machine sounds.In addition, a pun (harddrive), because everything comes from hard drive and was generated electronically with synthesizers. See the entry in the records section about this song. ...

PureData Extended on Raspberry Pi

14. December 2015

For the prototype of a sound object I need, among other things, an electronics, which can play up to 12 long samples simultaneously and can also change them via external midi controller (e.g. filter, volume). Since I didn't want to use a PC and also not a sampler like the wind chime "Modern Chimes" I wondered if maybe a Raspberry PI, of which I have two pieces lying around, could be suitable for this. In this context, reports on the network often criticize the poor audio output and the low performance of the PI. Also my model is already old, there...

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