I am a transdisciplinary artist and designer based in Zurich since 2012. My practice blends design, sound art and performance to create works that respond to their context, environment and audience. I work as a freelance designer, composer, inventor, lecturer and sound artist; I connect the audible elements of our surroundings with art, sustainability and life. I have taught as a professor of Sound Art and Composition at the University of Music in Mainz, conducted research at ZHdK, and lectured at HSLU. I am currently researching EARphones and the capacity of spatial experiences in headphones using analogue approaches, exploring the intertwinement of art, environment, science and community through initiatives like Artspace Rondeel Maastricht and Environmental Artistic Research (EAR).…

Kaspar König

I am a transdisciplinary artist and designer based in Zurich since 2012. My practice blends design, sound art and performance to create works that respond to their context, environment and audience. I work as a freelance designer, composer, inventor, lecturer and sound artist; I connect the audible elements of our surroundings with art, sustainability and life. I have taught as a professor of Sound Art and Composition at the University of Music in Mainz, conducted research at ZHdK, and lectured at HSLU. I am currently researching EARphones and the capacity of spatial experiences in headphones using analogue approaches, exploring the intertwinement of art, environment, science and community through initiatives like Artspace Rondeel Maastricht and Environmental Artistic Research (EAR).…

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I am a transdisciplinary artist and designer based in Zurich since 2012. My practice blends design, sound art and performance to create works that respond to their context, environment and audience.

I work as a freelance designer, composer, inventor, lecturer and sound artist; I connect the audible elements of our surroundings with art, sustainability and life. I have taught as a professor of Sound Art and Composition at the University of Music in Mainz, conducted research at ZHdK, and lectured at HSLU. I am currently researching EARphones and the capacity of spatial experiences in headphones using analogue approaches, exploring the intertwinement of art, environment, science and community through initiatives like Artspace Rondeel Maastricht and Environmental Artistic Research (EAR).

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Language

Dutch
Fluent
German
Advanced
English
Advanced
Spanish; Castilian
Advanced
French
Intermediate

Work Experience

Film Composer at Schick Productions
February 5, 2015 - December 30, 2016
https://www.gehrigtrick.ch/k%C3%B6nigin-po.html
Prof. Soundart Composition at Johannes Gutenberg University
September 1, 2017 - February 5, 2019
Research and Teaching new content in the soundart composition studies founded by Prof Peter Kiefer

Education

Master of Sound Art and Composition at University of Music Mainz / Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2012
Industrial Design Diploma in Concept Design at UdK Berlin (Universität der Künste Berlin)
January 1, 1996 - January 1, 2002
Erasmus Exchange at Escola Municipal d'Art i Disseny, Barcelona
January 1, 1999 - January 1, 2001
Erasmus Exchange at Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Bilbao
January 1, 1998 - January 1, 1999
Mechanical Engineering Studies (partial) at RWTH Aachen University
January 1, 1993 - December 31, 1996
Aquaponics: The Circular Food Production System (MOOC) at MOOC/edX, ZHAW (Online)
January 1, 2021 - February 5, 2026
Nonviolent Communication Workshop – Anger, Guilt, Depression, and Other Dear Friends The Art of Mourning at Nonviolent Communication (Yoram Mosenzon)
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2022
Nonviolent Communication Workshop – Ask for the Moon at Nonviolent Communication (Yoram Mosenzon)
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2021
Radical Honesty Workshop at Radical Honesty Trainers
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
Business Creation Course at Technopark Continuing Education
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2016

Qualifications

Nonviolent Communication Workshop – Anger, Guilt, Depression, and Other Dear Friends The Art of Mourning
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2022
Nonviolent Communication Workshop – Ask for the Moon
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2021
Aquaponics: The Circular Food Production System (MOOC)
January 1, 2021 - February 5, 2026
Radical Honesty Workshop
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
Business Creation Course
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2016

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Non-Profit Organization, Professional Services, Other
    paper Filmscore and music composition "Queen Bum"

    Queen Bum
    SCHICK Productions 2015

    a film by Maja Gehrig

    Queen Bum is a bedtime story invented on the spot by a father and daughter.

    Teeter-Totter-Town is a Queendom right up in the sky. The subjects Triangle and Fourangle are suffering from up and downs and would like to get rid of their Queen.

    The child tries to keep the story going, the father would like to end it. Finally the child falls asleep.

    Credits:
    Produktion: SCHICK Productions

    Regie: Maja Gehrig

    Script: Maja Gehrig / Pamela Dürr

    Schnitt: Fee Liechti

    Musik: Kaspar König

    Sound: Peter Bräker

    Animation: Maja Gehrig / Stefan Holaus

    Compositing: Maja Gehrig / Stefan Holaus

    Stimmen CH / DE: Fabienne Hadorn / Raphael Clamer

    Stimmen E: Celeste Toussas / Dustin Rees

    In Koproduktion mit SRG SSR / SRF
    Mit Unterstützung von:

    Bundesamt für Kultur, Sektion Film / Zürcher Filmstilftung / Kulturförderung Kanton St.Gallen - Swisslos / Migros Kulturprozent

    paper EARphones

    EARphones
    You are a (hearing) pioneer!

    EARphones are a novel type of instrument that is played
    through your body movements, especially the movement of your head. They invite you to attentively listen to small
    movements and subtle sounds. Although they can get loud when moved, they are dampened by gravity and surface resistance. Slow movements can create mysterious soundscapes that reveal mechanical machines or granular
    synthesis – thanks to the ingenuity of EARphones.
    No Wi-Fi, no battery, no ads. Just connect with yourself! https://www.twine.net/signin