varukt | Inge Gappmaier is looking for URBAN SOUND RECORDINGS from all over the world as part of the dance performance Stadt der Körperlosen (City of the bodiless), premiering in December 2026 at brut Vienna, Austria.
This collected archive of city scapes will be an integral part of the shows’ sounddesign, composed by Paul Kotal.
Everybody is welcome to take part!
Recording device: Mobile phone.
We are grateful to receive files from all over the world
until Mon. 12 October 2026 via THIS ONLINE FORM*.
Later contributions are also possible latest until the End of October.
The score for the Audio Recording consists of three parts.
To ADD YOUR urban soundscape please read the instructions below.
More Information about Stadt der Körperlosen
The dance performance Stadt der Körperlosen (City of the Bodiless) takes the audience into a shifting urban landscape in which the dimensions of space, time and embodiment are thrown into disarray. Together with five performers, choreographer Inge Gappmaier explores how digital communication technologies shape our understanding of ourselves as human beings and our notions of living together.
Between disorientation and connectedness, control and loss of agency, the performance opens up a space of experience that reflects the ongoing renegotiation of reference systems in an increasingly digital world. Placed within the model city designed by Mira König and the real-time sound architecture composed by Paul Kotal, the audience is guided into different perspectives of perception. Digital and physical logics of space and time shift in relation to one another and develop their own distinct dynamics. Spaces of reflection emerge on collective organisation, feeling of powerlessness, and how we deal with proximity and distance.
At the heart of the dance performance lie questions of orientation and humanity in a world where boundaries are increasingly being violated by force and familiar frames of references are being eroded. Stadt der Körperlosen invites the audience on an exploration of the city as an abstract concept, in which poetic shifts reveal unfamiliar perspectives.
Link to Website of brut Vienna
* Technical instructions for recordings via mobile phone:
You can use your phone’s built-in recording app, such as Voice Memos, Voice Recorder etc. Please make sure that you are not recording through Bluetooth headphones and that your phone is not connected to any Bluetooth device. Ensure that the phone’s microphone is not covered or muffled by a phone case, clothing, your hand, or anything else. Keep your phone approximately 20 cm (8 inches) away from your mouth while speaking and speak naturally like you are heaving an actual phone call.
The Audio-recording consists of 3 parts (in three separate files) and should be recoded, while you walk through your city:
File 1 and 2 are optional.
1) INTRODUCTION
Start the audio file by saying
– your name (optional)
– name of the city (area)
– date and time
2) DESCRIPTION | ca. 3 min.
If it is possible to walk freely in your city, start walking in any direction and begin to describe in the language of your choice what you perceive in the very moment. (This can be anything that draws you attention e.g. how do you move or orientate? How does your body feel while moving through the city? How is the floor underneath your body? What do you see, smell, sense or feel, remember, hear, taste,… ?).
3) SOUNDSCAPE | 5 to 8 min.
Continue your walk without speaking but recording the soundscape of the city surrounding you.
Note: Please make sure, not to submit recordings containing copyrighted music, recognizable private conversations, or other material that you do not have the right to share.
Finally, please save the recordings (if possible) in the following format:
YYYYMMDD_CITY_CREDIT (e.g.: 20260825_Vienna_Inge Gappmaier1)
Upload the files in the follwing ONLINEFORM*.
If there are any questions or problems occurring, you can contact us: opencall@varukt.at
Thank you very much for your contribution and support!
Inge and the varukt Team
* If the Google Form is not available in your country or does not work, please write a mail to: opencall@varukt.at
We then will send you the form in a different version.
SHARING THE OPEN CALL
Since we want to collect as many different cityscapes as possible, we are grateful if you can forward this Call to people living in different cities and areas in the world.
FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT
Here you can find further information about the project Stadt der Körperlosen.
Premiere: 17 december 2026
further shows: 18 and 19 december 2026
brut Vienna
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