In Podcast Episode 35, Aneta Nousheri talks with Merche Blasco and Farzané about two performances at festival Blaues Rauschen 2026 that expand our understanding of perception: FAUNA and LIVE HUMAN-COMPUTER IMPROVISATION. Merche Blasco and Farzané are both multimedia artists, but they arrived at their practice through different paths. Merche Blasco’s background in engineering and music has shaped her approach to sound as something physical and open-ended. Farzané began with classical music and film before turning to technology, driven by a curiosity about how sound can continuously evolve. What connects them is a shared interest in performance as a space where sound, body, and technology come together through improvisation.

© Author: Aneta Nousheri

In Episode 34, Tim Löhde meets composer Robert Lippok alongside sound performer Hye Young Sin. They discuss how physical materials, from the delicate resonance of glass to discarded everyday objects and trash, can be transformed into striking sonic experiences. The conversation moves through the historical relationship between architecture and acoustics, as well as the fragile balance between order and chaos. Both guests will present new works at the BLAUES RAUSCHEN Festival. With his project “Material”, Robert Lippok reflects on fluid societies and architectural superstructures, while Hye Young Sin experiments with fundamental physical properties in her upcoming work “House Warming No. 2”, where a digital electronic network generates and produces air currents.

© Authors: Tim Löhde & Veronika Batzdorfer

In Episode 33, artist and musician Tim Löhde meets Thomas Lehn and Georg Graewe at “Café Weidinger” in Vienna to talk about improvising and composing together with electronic and acoustic Sounds, as well as the unique qualities of their instruments: piano and analogue synthesizer. As a duo, they'll present their electroacoustic performance "Key Commands" at the BLAUES RAUSCHEN Festival, where Graewe's piano and Lehn's synthesizer are linked via microphones. This connection opens up a new space for musical interaction, in which each instrument shapes and responds to the other. Although they have known each other for over 30 years, this is their first joint performance.

© Authors: Tim Löhde & Veronika Batzdorfer

What happens when music is no longer created by human bodies, but by algorithms? In episode 32 of our podcast, we explore the effect of AI-generated sounds: Can we still trust such sounds and allow ourselves to be moved by them? Veronika Batzdorfer & Tim Löhde not only discuss this, they also test it with various AI tools for music and sound generation using their own voices.

© Authors: Veronika Batzdorfer & Tim Löhde

Want to lsten to the last episode of this podcast? The Cost of Innovation

In this episode, we dive into one of the most urgent and fascinating topics of our time: artificial intelligence. How do artists and thinkers navigate the shifting boundaries between humans and machines? What does it mean to stay authentic, responsible and creative in an era increasingly shaped by algorithms? Kyra Preuß discusses this topic in conversation with Portrait XO and Jürgen Geuter.

© Author: Jonas Porombka

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© Autor: Vincent Klapfenberger

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© Autorin & Sprecherin: Teresa Rodriguez Gerung

Music :

"BRPODIn-Outro", "Citytrip Trailer3", "Flash Me", "MOOGY1", "Embers", "Outside Elektro" all © Karl-Heinz Blomann

"Illiac Suite" by Lejaren Hiller.

Das Festival Blaues Rauschen macht vom 24. Mai bis zum 08. Juni erneut das künstlerisch-technologische Spannungsfeld zwischen Analog und Digital erfahrbar. Audiovisuelle Performances und Klanginstallationen werden ergänzt durch Film, Talk und einen Workshop, nahbar und menschlich, digital und analog. Blaues Rauschen ist dabei nicht nur der Raum für Musik, Kunst und Kultur, es versteht sich als Anregung zum kritischen Denken, ein Appell zur gemeinsamen Auseinandersetzung mit unserer heutigen Lebensrealität.

© open systems e.V.

© Musik: Karl-Heinz Blomann

Produktion: studio b media GmbH

Der diesjährige Blaues Rauschen Workshop bietet Künstlerinnen, Coderinnen, Tänzerinnen und Musikerinnen an, sich mit den Möglichkeiten der Co-Kreation, Open Innovation und gemeinschaftlich generiertem Content auseinanderzusetzen. Dabei stehen selbstbewusste Maschinen, analoge und digitale Synthesizer sowie aktuelle gesellschaftliche Diskurse im Fokus. Unter der Leitung von Sarah Belle Reid wird über drei Tage hinweg eine ca. 20-minütige Performance entwickelt. Wir stellen die Workshop-Leiterin im Gespräch vor.

© open systems e.V.

© Musik: Karl-Heinz Blomann

Produktion: studio b media GmbH, Autorin: Clara Quebbemann