Commercial WorksSound Walk - Jewish Life in Esslingen
A location-based audio tour of Jewish history in Esslingen, Germany.
This hybrid (augmented?) sound walk lets participants with an internet-connected device walk around the city of Esslingen, Germany seeing historic locations while listening to artistic musical responses to past events. The project celebrates 1700 years of Jewish history in Germany through a range of voices, often experimental and critical in their content.
There are two versions of the project, a “pure” version with that artistic works triggered at specific geographic locations and the second version with accompanying journalistic podcast commentaries.
My role in the project was to create the web site. The design was conceived such that it would work on both mobile devices and desktop browsers for users who could not come to Esslingen. The system integrates a dynamic map and automatic location-based playback. SWR has done a radio report (in German) about the project.
Even if you can’t go to Esslingen you can explore the work here with your browser. Just click on the locations. (Parts may go offline sometime in 2022.)
Organized by Podium Esslingen
Contributors:
- Artistic Direction:
- Steven Walter & Joosten Ellée
- Research and Dramaturgy:
- Lena Fritschle
- Composition:
- Shasta Ellenbogen, Rike Huy, Elischa Kaminer, Paulina Kiss, Marco Mlynek, Mary Ocher, Amir Shpilman
- Podcast:
- MUJK // Thilo Braun, Maria Gnann und Marie König
- Management PODIUM Education:
- Wiebke Rademacher
- Management PODIUM Digital:
- Julian Stahl
- Audio Engineering:
- Simon Heinze
- Generative Audio Programming:
- João Pais
- Editorial Support:
- Steffen Greiner
- Project Management:
- Pamina Rottok