"Drepsen" is a sound installation created as part of the collective sound art exhibition Klangspeicher, at the Großer Wasserspeicher (Singuhr-Hoergalerie) in Berlin.

The Großer Wasserspeicher in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg was built in the 19th century and served as a water reservoir for many years. Nowadays the naked stone walls, built in 5 circles around the center tower, provide great sound reflection surfaces. The Großer Wasserspeicher therefore has an immense reverberation time of about 14 seconds.

During the sound exhibition Klangspeicher, one loudspeaker per circle plus one subwoofer were stimulating the air inside the reservoir.

Drepsen is custom-tailored to the acoustic properties and resonance frequencies of this extraordinary space.
The above movie only gives a very subjective impression of what the sound was like inside the reservoir. On location, the sound is overwhelming, inspiring, fantastic. The most amazing effect is the changes of musical harmonies, sound colour, and rhythm, that occur when the listener changes his position within the circles of the reservoir.

Hosted by Singuhr-Hoergalerie 

Curated by Sam Auinger

Technical assistance: Dany Scheffler and Hannes Strobl

Singuhr-Hoergalerie assistance: Christian Roth

Participating artists: Damian Rebgetz, Jan Cziharz, Tomek Wochnik, Daniela Imhoff, Christian Schulz, Emad Parandian, Robert Schwarz, Annie Goh, Pure, Thomas Koch, Alexander Sieber, Anke Eckardt, Gilles Aubry, Ulrike Sowodniok, Max Schneider, Till Spielhoff, Bastian Holzheimer, Johannes Steininger, Patrick Muller.

Support by the University of Arts Berlin (UdK) – Sound Studies.

Original music composition for the 40 minute film by Jeff Desom. Awarded "Best Luxembourgish Short Movie" by the Letzebuerger Filmprais in 2007. If you like vegetables, you will love the Plot Spoiler! Watch the official Plot Spoiler trailer here. Find further information about the talented Jeff Desom here.

Writer, director, producer, cinematographer, production designer, editor, special & digital effects: Jeff Desom

Actors: Gilli Milligan and many more

Music composition: Patrick Muller

Full credits

WOLKEN - Theatralisierung eines Naturphänomens is an exhibition by Sarah Kamender at the Beuth Hochschule für Technik in Berlin, 2008. Wolken… explores the representation of clouds in a theater stage environment. A series of case studies was created by Sarah Kamender, the results of which can be seen in this exhibition. The above video shows an excerpt of about four minutes. The original score is about half an hour long.

Concept development, research, design, manufacturing, stage design, photography: Sarah Kamender

Music concept development, music composition: Patrick Muller

Music composition and live performance for theater play RAINWASH by J.P. Morgan. Premiere at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) in Liverpool, UK, 2003. Nominated for "Best Original Music" by the National Student Drama Festival (NSDF) in 2003. A quad surround system plus two subwoofers were used to supply a fully immersive sound experience. A computer/sampler based audio setup enabled to perform the music in realtime, responding to the actors on a detailed, semi-improvised level.

Written and directed by J.P. Morgan

Lighting Design: Sarah Kamender
Music composition and performance: Patrick Muller