Close-up of a coarsely woven beige-and-red cloth. The fabric is worn and frayed in many places, and the red dye has faded and is flaking off.
© KMRUi

Listening tours with Joy Bausch

Event

Joy Bausch offers a tour through the various stations of the multi-part sound installation FOLDS (In tape fields) by KMRU. Drawing on KMRU's investigation of urban auditory orders, the tour focuses on sound, movement, and situational attention through collective walking, pausing, and listening.

Dates
Thursday, 23.4.2026, 6:30 - 8 PM
Saturday, 25.4.2026, 4 - 5:30 PM

Starting Point
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
Grabbeplatz 4
40213 Düsseldorf

End Point
Filmwerkstatt Düsseldorf
Birkenstr. 47 (Hof)
40233 Düsseldorf

The tours are free.
Participants will need a valid public transport ticket. 
Please register at bildung@kunsthalle-duesseldorf.de. 

 

Bio

Joy Bausch (*1979 in Düsseldorf) is a freelance audio engineer, musician, and accessibility consultant. In addition to composing for radio plays and stage productions (currently for Junges Schauspiel Düsseldorf), he performs as a guitarist, e.g. in the duo Annabelle&Joy. As a lecturer, he focuses particularly on making audio and music production accessible to all.

 

Accessibility

  • Listening tour in spoken German

  • On-site and on-route assistance

  • Assistant dogs are welcome

  • Pick-up service: We are happy to pick you up from the nearest public transport station and can accompany you to the exhibition and event locations. Please contact us in advance to arrange this.

Documentation

Joy Bausch stands in front of the emergency exit of the UFA Palast Düsseldorf with a tour group. In the ceiling above him, a loudspeaker plays KMRU’s audio piece.

© Stiftung IMAI - Inter Media Art Institute, Photos: Kai Werner Schmidt

A futuristic-looking sound installation hangs from the ceiling of the white-tiled model room at the Heinrich-Heine-Allee subway station. Standing in front of it are people listening to KMRU’s audio piece.

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Generously funded by