
Peter Strickmann
Through radically simple and sparse means, I engage with the listening habits emerging from daily routines and moments of surprise, seeking to create joint listening environments.
In my live performances, I work with sets of objects, custom-built instruments, and feedback manipulation, setting the stage for a spontaneous music that exists somewhere between miniature object theater, musical improvisation, and listening exercise.
I aswell build lo-fi kinetic installations for exhibitions and create graphic poems, drawings, and text scores for publications, inviting imaginary or creative listening in outdoor and domestic spaces.
e-mail
contact[ät]peterstrickmann[.]info
Studio adress
Peter Strickmann / Atelierhaus Adlershof
Hans Schmidt Str. 4, 12489 Berlin
Web
Instagram: instagram.com/peter_strickmann
Publications: peterstrickmann.bandcamp.com
Video: vimeo.com/peterstrickmann / youtube.com/peterstrickmann
I enjoyed studying Audiovisual Art/Sound Art and Public Art at Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar, Saarbrücken and graduated as Meisterschüler of Prof. Christina Kubisch in 2013.
PERFORMANCES
I performed on festivals/series like Seanaps Festival Leipzig, settantaventidue Milano, mex Dortmund, Proginė Vilnius, DRiFT! Festival Kyiv Berlin, Musikfestival Bern, Delta Wave Antwerpen, elektrosmog Mannheim, The Listening Biennial, blurred edges Hamburg, tmrw Berlin, Shiny Toys 2019 Mülheim, Troglobatem Festival Stuttgart, Ready Making #4 Berlin, Econore Noisefest Mönchengladbach, audiograft festival Oxford (online), klangstaetten stadtklaenge Braunschweig, Anachronism Bremen/Hamburg, Sans Titre Strasbourg, Orange Ear Berlin, Holo Sounds #5
EXHIBITIONS
Places where I exhibited my work include: zeitraumexit Mannheim, Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, FFT Forum Freies Theater Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Titanik Galleria Turku, Saarländische Galerie Berlin, Neuer Kunstverein Gießen, Prima Kunst Kiel, Kunsthaus Erfurt, Schloss Biesdorf Berlin, IKOB Museum für Zeitgenössische Kunst Eupen, konnektor Forum für Künste Hannover, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien Berlin, Literaturarchiv Saar-Lor-Lux, amomgst many others.
PUBLICATIONS
Labels and projects that published some of my solo-, duo- or group sounds on cassettes, vinyl or digitally are: Ana Ott (D), Rayon (UK), meudiademorte (D), 901 Editions (IT), Discreet Archive (UK), Stenze Quo (NL), SPAM (D), econore (D), Planetary Listening (D), Dazy&Holy (D).
PROJECTS
I am running the Schnarcharchiv (Snoring Archive) since 2009 and the miniature audio-netlabel Klappkart since 2021. I curated various series, projects and spaces in NRW and Saarbrücken between 2004 and 2016 and was busy with Neuer Saarbrücker Kunstverein until 2016. Since 2022 I organize the „Rumpeln“ concert series in Berlin.
STUDIES
2014 Artistic Research In Sound (Prof. Andreas Oldörp), Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saarbrücken (Ger)
2014 Meisterschüler with Prof. Christina Kubisch
2009-13 Studies Public Art (Prof. Georg Winter), Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saarbrücken
2008-13 Studies Audiovisual Art (Prof. Christina Kubisch), Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saarbrücken
2003-04 Studies Philosophy and Social Sciences, Universität Duisburg-Essen (Ger)
GRANTS / RESIDENCIES
2025 Musikfonds, project grant
2024 virtual residency program 9°(10) at 901 Editions, IT
2022 Stiftung Kunstfonds, Neustart Kultur
2021 Working grant, Stiftung Kulturwerk der VG Bild-Kunst, Neustart Kultur
2020 Stiftung Kunstfonds, Neustart Kultur mit Kind
2019 Residency, Gaststipendium, Künstlerhaus Bremen
2018 Residency, Künstlerhaus Lauenburg
2018 Travel grant for Titanik AiR, Goethe Institut Finland
2018 Residency, Titanik AiR sound art, with Evgenija Wassilew, Turku Finland
2017 Project grant for Schnarcharchiv, IKF / ecce, Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur des Landes NRW
2016 Research grant for pututuuuut Peru, Ruhr Residence GO, Kunst Vereine Ruhr
2016 Residency, Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf
2016 Residency, Braunschweig PROJECTS sound art
2015 Short list, Robert Schuman Preis 2015
2015 Exhibition award, statements, with Susanne Kocks, Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken
2014/2015 Studio grant, Saarländisches Künstlerhaus
2014 Residency, artmix8 – german-luxembourg artist exchange program
2012 Stipend for Vietnam Fieldtrip, Saarland-Stipendium, StudienStiftung Saar
2007 Award, Förderpreis zum Ruhrpreis für Kunst und Wissenschaft der Stadt Mülheim/Ruhr with Gruppe ZgS/Kunstraum Mülheim
