Listening at Herz Jesu
Ambient event at Herz Jesu Church with Ulla Straus and Water Lily
08.03.2024
Following on our tradition to host a special programme for March 08th (International Women’s Day), this year our main aim was to open up a new space in our home town and create a musical event. The Herz-Jesu Church in Neuhausen immediately caught our eye. The architecturally stunning building by Allmann-Sattler-Wappner is optimally designed for classical concerts and other musical events. We invited two artists from the fields of ambient and experimental music. The combination of a local artist and an external guest was particularly important to us in terms of exchange and first-time collaboration.
We realized the evening with the Munich-based art student Water Lily, whose work at the Akademie der Künste focuses primarily on sound and space. Her DJ set was a combination of her own compositions and collected recordings. We were also able to invite Ulla Straus, an ambient pioneer from Kansas, USA, to perform in Munich for the first time. ulla has been living in Berlin for a year, which is why this booking was possible at all. ulla is an important name in the ambient field, the artist’s live sets comprise an atmospheric collection of fine drone and playful and eclectic elements.
Images and videos by John Haag