CTM Festival

The annual CTM Festival is a music and visual arts event held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1999, the festival originally focused on electronic music, but has since evolved to cover a wide range of genres under the banner "Festival for Adventurous Music and Art".[1]

CTM Festival
GenreElectronic music, Experimental music, Audiovisual art
DatesJanuary/February
Location(s)Berlin, Germany
Years active1999–present
Websitewww.ctm-festival.de

Changing through various shapes and formats over the years, the festival currently takes place as a 10-day long event in which the music program is supplemented by an extensive daytime program of workshops, art installations, panel discussions, screenings and presentations that illustrate the latest artistic, technological and economic developments in music and media cultures.

Distinguishing the festival from many others in its field is the fact that CTM spotlights music’s social role in electronic and digital culture. Through the festival, as well as various events curated by CTM throughout the year, the organization reflects the latest musical currents against a backdrop of new technologies, modern art, historical perspective, and social issues.

Festivals[2]

CTM Berlin
TitleThemeEditionDate
CTM 2021Transformation22nd Edition19 January – 31  January 2021
CTM 2020Liminal21st Edition24 January – 2 February 2020
CTM 2019Persistence20th Anniversary Edition25 January – 3 February 2019
CTM 2018Turmoil19th Edition26 January – 4 February 2018
CTM 2017FearAngerLove18th Edition27 January – 5 February 2017
CTM 2016New Geographies17th Edition29 January – 7 February 2016
CTM 2015Un Tune16th Edition23 January – 1 February 2015
CTM 2014Dis Continuity15th Anniversary Edition24 January – 2 February 2014
CTM.13The Golden Age14th Edition28 January – 3 February 2013
CTM.12Spectral13th Edition30 January – 5 February 2012
CTM.11#Live!?12th Edition1 February – 6 February 2011
CTM.10Overlap11th Edition28 January – 7 February 2010
CTM.09Structures10th Edition22 January – 31 January 2009
CTM.08Unpredictable9th Edition25 January – 2 February 2008
CTM.07Building Space8th Edition25 January – 3 February 2007
CTM.06Being Bold!7th Edition3 February – 11 February 2006
CTM.05Basics6th Edition4 January – 12 February 2005
CTM.04Fly Utopia!5th Edition30 January – 7 February 2004
CTM.03Play Global4th Edition31 January – 8 February 2003
CTM.02Go Public!3rd Edition5 February – 17 February 2002
CTM.00Get Personal2nd Edition11 February – 20 February 2000
CTM.99The Mirror Ball Of The Electronic Age1st Edition12 February – 21 February 1999

CTM Siberia
Title Location Dates
CTM Siberia Krasnoyarsk 11–12 September 2015
Novosibirsk 14–20 September 2015

Books

GENDERTRONICS – DER KÖRPER IN DER ELEKTRONISCHEN MUSIK[3]

Edited by CTM and Meike Jansen

When, in the early 50s, electronic music appeared on the scene with the promise of abandoning all physical limits of music-making this was – like much besides – a Promethian male fantasy. Indeed, this music subsequently led to everything but disembodiment. From the psychedelic trances of the 60s and Kraftwerk robotics of the 70s, through to Techno ecstasies, gender-political interventions in the 90s and laptop performance – the questions as to how, from whom, to what ends and in which contexts electronics and the human body might be cable-linked have continually had to be addressed anew.

“Gendertronics” is an in-depth study of questions raised by last year’s festival theme, "Performing Sound", edited by CTM and Meike Jansen and published by Edition Suhrkamp Verlag. With contributions from Olaf Arndt, Claudia Basrawi, Jochen Bonz & Thomas Meinecke, Mariola Brillowska, Kurt Dahlke, Diedrich Diederichsen, Harald Fricke, Tom Holert, Miss Kittin, Pinky Rose, Birgit Richard, Terre Thaemlitz, Marc Weiser and 17 black and white drawings by Jan Rohlf. – In German language only.

See also

References
  1. DISK/CTM Festival Official Website
  2. "CTM Festival Editions Archive".
  3. Gendertronics web page
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