Sound installations in Bonn 2010-2025

Beethoven-Haus Bonn
Special exhibition hall
7. February — 9. March 2026
We—Mo, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

(closed: 12.2. and 16.2.2026)

Opening: Friday, 6 February 2026 at 6 p.m.

Sound art in public spaces was the central theme of artistic practice and research for »bonn hoeren« and »soundforum bonn«. Initiated by the Beethoven Foundation for Art and Culture of the Federal City of Bonn, this internationally unique project has been continuously investigating the acoustic conditions and sound contexts of the city of Bonn since 2010. To this end, Bonn City Sound Artists were appointed each year to realize a new sound installation in the city at the end of their project residencies.

To mark the conclusion of “soundforum — bonn hoeren,” the exhibition presents these final projects by the eighteen city sound artists from 2010 to 2025 in the city of Bonn in documentary form with images, texts, and video films.

Bonn City Sound Artists:
Sam Auinger (AT/DE), Erwin Stache (DE), Andreas Oldörp (DE), Christina Kubisch (DE), Stefan Rummel (DE), Max Eastley (GB), Edwin van der Heide (NL), Gordon Monahan (CA), Maia Urstad (NO), Akio Suzuki (JP), Bill Fontana (US), Robin Minard (CA/DE), Roswitha von den Driesch & Jens-Uwe Dyffort (DE), Miki Yui & Stefan Schneider (JP/DE), Raul Keller (EE), Nika Schmitt (LU).

Special tickets at the ticket office!

Beethoven-Haus, Special exhibition hall
Bonngasse 22-24, 53111 Bonn

Project and artistic director: Carsten Seiffarth
Exhibition texts: Markus Steffens, Carsten Seiffarth
Translations, proofreading: Philip Jacobs, James Campbell
Design: graphisches büro cyan, milchhof berlin (Carsten Stabenow)
Print: termindruck  (Mario Kohler)

A project of the Beethoven Foundation for Art and Culture of the Federal City of Bonn in cooperation with the Beethoven-Haus Bonn.