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Performance by Nicole L’Huillier: “ Ouverture” January 29, 2026, Schering Stiftung, Berlin

Performance by Nicole L’Huillier: “ Ouverture” January 29, 2026, Schering Stiftung, Berlin
Photo: Luis Kürschner

Performance by Nicole L’Huillier: “ Ouverture” January 29, 2026, Schering Stiftung, Berlin

Performance by Nicole L’Huillier: “ Ouverture” January 29, 2026, Schering Stiftung, Berlin
Photo: Luis Kürschner

Performance by Nicole L’Huillier: “ Ouverture” January 29, 2026, Schering Stiftung, Berlin

Performance by Nicole L’Huillier: “ Ouverture” January 29, 2026, Schering Stiftung, Berlin
Photo: Luis Kürschner

Performance by Nicole L’Huillier: “ Ouverture” January 29, 2026, Schering Stiftung, Berlin

Performance by Nicole L’Huillier: “ Ouverture” January 29, 2026, Schering Stiftung, Berlin
Photo: Luis Kürschner

Performance by Nicole L’Huillier: “ Ouverture” January 29, 2026, Schering Stiftung, Berlin

Performance by Nicole L’Huillier: “ Ouverture” January 29, 2026, Schering Stiftung, Berlin
Photo: Luis Kürschner

Performance by Nicole L’Huillier: “ Ouverture” January 29, 2026, Schering Stiftung, Berlin

Performance by Nicole L’Huillier: “ Ouverture” January 29, 2026, Schering Stiftung, Berlin
Photo: Luis Kürschner

Performance by Nicole L’Huillier: “ Ouverture” January 29, 2026, Schering Stiftung, Berlin

Performance by Nicole L’Huillier: “ Ouverture” January 29, 2026, Schering Stiftung, Berlin
Photo: Luis Kürschner

Ouverture

Listening Session with Nicole L’Huillier + Nyksan as part of transmediale

Ouverture

Listening Session with Nicole L’Huillier + Nyksan as part of transmediale

Date:

January 29, 2026, 6–7 p.m.

Venue:

Project Space Schering Stiftung
Unter den Linden 32-34
10117 Berlin

The program begins at 6 pm with an introduction by Dr. Christina Landbrecht.
We kindly ask you to arrive on time, as unfortunately no admission will be possible after the listening session has begun.
The listening session lasts approximately 45 minutes.


On the occasion of the 39th edition of transmediale, the Schering Stiftung hosts a listening session titled Ouverture by Chilean artist Nicole L’Huillier. The Session is conceived and presented in collaboration with Colombian sound artist and producer Nyksan. It revolves around the interactive Dream-Drums, created originally for the 36th Ljubljana Biennial in 2025. Dream-Drums are sculptures and/or instruments fitted with elastic microphone membranes that transform touch into sound.The sounds resulting from playing the drums are digitally processed and combined with dreamy textures and drone compositions based on Theta (4-8 hz) and Alpha waves (8-13 Hz). They fill the space and resonate with the brainwave activity and heartbeat patterns of the listeners. This way the visitors are guided into states of rest such as relaxation, meditation, dreaming, or mind wandering. All of those are of major importance to health and well-being as they encourage the processing of emotions, cause stress relief, and enhance creativity. The listening session can be considered as a beginning of the collaboration between Schering Stiftung and the artist. Opening on April 23, 2026, L’Huillier’s first solo show in Berlin titled Rehearsal Room will be presented at the Schering Stiftung.

Nicole L’Huillier (b. 1985) is a transdisciplinary artist and researcher from Santiago, Chile. Her practice centers on exploring sounds and vibrations as construction materials to delve into questions of agency, identity, collectivity, and the activation of a vibrational imagination. Her work materializes through installations, sonic/vibrational sculptures, custom-made (listening and/or sounding) apparatuses, performances, experimental compositions, membranal poems, and writing. She holds a Ph.D. in Media Arts & Sciences from MIT (2022). Her work has been shown at the 36th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts (2025), 14a Bienal do Mercosul (2025), 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia (2024), Tabakalera Donostia (2025), Kunsthalle Bern (2024), Ming Contemporary Art Museum (McaM), Shanghai (2023), ifa-Gallery Stuttgart (2023), Bienal de Artes Mediales Santiago (2023, 2021, 2019, 2017), Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (2022), transmediale, Berlin (2022), Ars Electronica, Linz (2022, 2019, 2018), Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC), Santiago de Chile (2022), 6th Ural Industrial Biennale, Ekaterinburg (2021), and 16th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia (2018), among others.

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Nicolas Sanchez aka Nyksan is a Bogotá-born, London-based sound artist and producer who leans toward the adventurous end of the sonic spectrum. He works primarily with mutant electronics, bass technologies, ambient music, drone and experimental sound practices.

Under the Colombian Drone Mafia moniker, his work focuses on the intersection of synthesis and field recordings, creating immersive sonic spaces that operate between unconventional and primitive structures. His compositions weave through atonal layers of texture and timbre, generating a constant tension between memory and dream territories.

He is also the co-founder of TraTraTrax, a key Latin American label and platform dedicated to amplifying cutting-edge electronic music erupting from Sur América and the Global South.

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Partners 

Ouverture is organized in collaboration with DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program. Nyksan's stay in Berlin is made possible by a fellowship from the DAAD Arts and Media Program, financed by funds from the Federal Foreign Office. The event is part of transmediale 2026.

 

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