About
The Institute for Sound and Music e.V. is a Berlin-based non-profit organization dedicated to the culture of Sound, Immersive Art, and Electronic Music.
Presently, the ISM is raising support and awareness for its ultimate goal to establish a new and permanent home for a cutting-edge museum experience in Berlin, through a series of three global touring exhibitions.
ISM Timeline
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2021
- 2023
Admin Team
The core team is a community of dedicated individuals, living in Berlin, working in the field of sound, art and technology, who share the common goal for creating a permanent space for: sound and human experience, immersive art, technology (science) and electronic music.
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NICHOLAS MEEHAN
Chairman
Director of FEED, Partner at KW Institute for Contemporary Art. Musician, Music/Sound Technologist, ISM Concept Founder
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Brendan Power
Deputy chairman
Former Berlin Nightclub Manager, Sociologist, Journalist, ISM Concept Founder
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Marie-Kristin Meier
Vice Chairman
Music Science Graduate, Research Associate and Curator at ZKM from 2014-2016, guest lecturer at Hocschule für Gestaltung (HfG) Karlsruhe.
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BEN FAWKES
Vice Chairman
Content Manager, Soundcloud (former), Deezer (current).
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CLEMENS MIEGEL
Treasurer | Legal
Bar Association Berlin Member, Partner at Otto & Miegel Accountancy & Law Firm
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MARTYN ROBERTS
Development, Communications
Founder and Technical Lead, Squareball Digital GmbH, a digital product team in Berlin
Advisory Board
We have an extended board of members who act as advisors and experts, recognized for their contribution in several areas of art and technology.
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DANIEL MILLER
Daniel Miller is a British DJ and music producer who founded influential indie label Mute Records in 1978.
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MO LOSCHELDER
Curator Heroines of Sound, Berlin Influencer, Booking Agent Media Loca, Activist for Gender Equality in Music, and Refugee Rights
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MATTHEW HERBERT
Distinguished London-based Composer, Director New Radiophonic Workshop.
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FRANK BRETSCHNEIDER
German electronic musician, co-founder of Chemnitz-based experimental label, raster-noton.
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NED BECKETT
Director and senior agent of international booking agency, LittleBig, and founder of the Leisure System record label.
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DANIEL MAAS
Creative Director at Facts and Fiction GmbH, live communication agency in Berlin.
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LUIS-MANUEL GARCIA
Ethnomusicologist University of Birmingham, Music Writer, Max Planck Institute Fellow
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TOBY GÖTZ
Co-founder of Berlin-based digital design and motion graphics studio, Pfadfinderei. Sound artist and gear expert, working with analog synthesizers.
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DOUGLAS SUROWITZ
Founding member of FEED GmbH, and active supporter of art and community-based US/DE initiatives.
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ULI SCHÖBERL
Interactive Art Director, Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA, USA
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HONZA TAFFELT
Co-founder of Berlin-based digital design and motion graphics studio, Pfadfinderei. Multidisciplinary media and design artist, international lecturer, and graduate of Universität der Künste, Berlin.
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ALEXANDER LJUNG
SoundCloud Co-founder and CEO, Consultant, Speaker, Sound Designer, Producer.
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ANNIKA WEYHRICH
Global PR Manager at Native Instruments, Cultural & Gender Studies HU Berlin, Guest Lecturer at University of Arts Berlin (UdK)
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Joanna Petkiewicz
Former Programme Manager at Spitalfields Music, London; Producer at Artichoke, London; Dramaturg & Curator at Berliner Festspiele/Gropius Bau.
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Suzanne Ciani
Suzanne is a five-time Grammy award-nominated composer, electronic music pioneer, and neo-classical recording artist.
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MEA LIEDL
Key Account Manager and Artist Relations for Bitwig GmbH.
Our Partners
The Goethe-Institut is the cultural institute of the Federal Republic of Germany with a global reach. We promote knowledge of the German language abroad and foster international cultural cooperation.
Berlin-based design and motion graphics studio specializing in creative services for stage entertainment, large-format media installations, tradeshows and events.
Designing, supplying and producing furniture in Berlin for modern working and living.
MUTE is the recording label originally founded by Daniel Miller in 1978
The ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe is a unique cultural institution worldwide, because it is a place that expands the original tasks of the museum.
Meyer Sound Laboratories manufacture self-powered loudspeakers, multichannel audio show control systems and electro acoustic architecture.
The Senate Department for Culture and Europe, Directorate K, is comprised of four divisions and supported by three service units: finances, personnel and internal services, and IT and communication management.
A modern promoter of cultural events with a unique structure: it simultaneously implements exhibitions at the Martin Gropius Bau as well as performances at its festivals, academy programmes and guest production series.
The Federal Cultural Foundation supports projects in the field of arts and culture within the scope of federal competence.
Norient researches new music from around the globe and mediates it multi-modally via various platforms.
Global online audio distribution platform, based in Berlin.
Martin-Gropius-Bau, originally a museum of applied arts and a listed historical monument since 1966, is a well-known Berlin exhibition hall located at 7 Niederkirchnerstraße in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
A digital product studio who focus on leading technologies and creative processes, based in Berlin and Manchester
Resolume is an instrument for VJs, AV performers and video artists.
HEDD | Heinz Electrodynamic Designs are a Berlin based manufacturer of analog state-of-the-art studio monitors for all segments of music production, broadcast and installation.
An online medium and a platform for contemporary culture and society.
Berlin-based platform for female pioneers and women of the current electronic music scene, crossing bridges between genres.
Functioning as a network covering the overlapping border areas of pop, art and science, raster-noton is an influential German electronic music record label established in 1999, based in Chemnitz.
Cologne and Berlin-based live communication agency, with a focus on world class events, trade fairs, exhibitions and multimedia installations.